I am the blessed owner of two beautiful distinquished bassets. Both are females, the pup is tricolored, predominate black, 7 months and full of more pep and enthusiasm than anyone I have ever known. She was purchased off a breeder who (as it should be) not only wanted to see my home and meet my family but wanted to meet my older basset as well. We got Daffy, the pup, to be a companion for Daisy, the older basset.
Daisy is three years old. We got her as a rescued dog at 8 months. Not through a shelter which would have been less heart wrenching. Daisy and a male basset of different litters were purchased by a poor couple with get rich schemes off the litters. Fortunately for my dog, the couple split and put the dogs up for adoption. When I picked up Daisy she literally jumped into the front seat of my car and slept all the way home. Unfortunately she had been so neglected and traumatized that she was at the vet three times in first two weeks due to malnutrition ( she weighed 26 lbs, could see every bone) and intestinal parasites, and the trauma was any loud noise would spook her. She is also a tricolor, predominately white. I did not know this til after her first bath. I thought she was brown and black, she was that filthy, with external parasites as well.
The first July 4th was when we knew the full extent of her noise aversions. She hid in the bathroom and shook and shivered. Now we know to try to shelter her inside from the noise but it seems to be to no avail. We have a dog door, a 120'x120' fenced in back yard and the pup seems to have no issues. When a loud noise frightens Daisy she runs inside and shakes in her cage.
The reason for this long winded background is that our neighbors across the street are not very intelligent people. They recently purchased a junk Jeep. This is a long line of loud vehicles, jet skiis, etc, that when the vehicle doesn't work on the road (or water), the neighbor revs the engine, making a very loud raucus and more often than not, the vehicle to backfire. The backfire triggers something in Daisy that causes her to run, shake, hide, etc. Daisy is the sweetest girl ever. I do not know what to do to help her. This has been going on for six consecutive days now. My poor baby is all over herself. The pup even cried last Saturday.
How can I help my dogs???
Daisy is three years old. We got her as a rescued dog at 8 months. Not through a shelter which would have been less heart wrenching. Daisy and a male basset of different litters were purchased by a poor couple with get rich schemes off the litters. Fortunately for my dog, the couple split and put the dogs up for adoption. When I picked up Daisy she literally jumped into the front seat of my car and slept all the way home. Unfortunately she had been so neglected and traumatized that she was at the vet three times in first two weeks due to malnutrition ( she weighed 26 lbs, could see every bone) and intestinal parasites, and the trauma was any loud noise would spook her. She is also a tricolor, predominately white. I did not know this til after her first bath. I thought she was brown and black, she was that filthy, with external parasites as well.
The first July 4th was when we knew the full extent of her noise aversions. She hid in the bathroom and shook and shivered. Now we know to try to shelter her inside from the noise but it seems to be to no avail. We have a dog door, a 120'x120' fenced in back yard and the pup seems to have no issues. When a loud noise frightens Daisy she runs inside and shakes in her cage.
The reason for this long winded background is that our neighbors across the street are not very intelligent people. They recently purchased a junk Jeep. This is a long line of loud vehicles, jet skiis, etc, that when the vehicle doesn't work on the road (or water), the neighbor revs the engine, making a very loud raucus and more often than not, the vehicle to backfire. The backfire triggers something in Daisy that causes her to run, shake, hide, etc. Daisy is the sweetest girl ever. I do not know what to do to help her. This has been going on for six consecutive days now. My poor baby is all over herself. The pup even cried last Saturday.
How can I help my dogs???