Not exact matches
Strange noises and flashing lights can be
terrifying to cats and
dogs, and showing them that they're nothing to be afraid
of gets things off to a good start.
Almost instantly, bizarre occurrences occur: the family
dog refuses to come inside, the smell
of sulfur oozes out
of closets and wardrobes, clocks stop shortly after midnight, and
strange noises lead the family in a
terrifying game
of hide and seek to a hidden basement.
The brain chemistry
of a
dog who responds to every
stranger or novel object as a
terrifying threat is fundamentally different from a
dog who accepts these things in stride.
It was not a case
of Titan being too big for his britches and wanting to prove himself the alpha
dog in the home; he was simply
terrified of strangers, and when his brain asked him whether he wanted to fly or fight, he chose fight.
Yes, they can; I know
of several
dogs who were originally
terrified of strangers and ended up as great therapy
dogs.
Many
dogs fawned over as «protective» are simply
terrified and untrusting
of strangers.