# Why are dogs so afraid of storms? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 11, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-dogs-so-afraid-of-storms/663201 "2013-07-11T03:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-dogs-so-afraid-of-storms/663201/41 "2013-07-11T22:53:36Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Did you get her straight from working, or was she debriefed somewhere? > I knew a woman who had her about to retire and new guides at the same time. I stayed with the old dog while she took the new one to the store. God, that dog was frantic. ☹ We raised her as a puppy, and she was selected as a breeder when she went back. Since we lived with 50 miles of GDB we got to keep her, and bring her back when she went into season and when she was ready to deliver. After she retired she became ours - before that she belonged to guide dogs - and was worth more than I am. 🙂 Alas as a breeder she didn’t get to go to the store and everyplace else. Two dogs in her last litter became breeders also. One lives close to us, so we sometimes get to see her. And she has great grandchildren now. But she hardly ever gets frantic - when puppies run up to her in the field she is like “I know all about puppies, go away.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-dogs-so-afraid-of-storms/663201/42 "2013-07-11T23:33:19Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > We raised her as a puppy, and she was selected as a breeder when she went back. Was she ever trained as a guide? It must be very stressful to have such an important job and be retired. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-dogs-so-afraid-of-storms/663201.md?page=2)