Fireworks offer a lot of challenges for dogs. Similar to war vets with PTSD, dogs often struggle when fireworks are going off.
Thunderstorms are one of the most common sounds that bother dogs. With about one-third of dogs suffer from anxiety from thunderstorms. However, it's not only the booming of thunder.
These loud vehicles can be a struggle for dogs to deal with. The screeching of metal on metal and the beeping these vehicles produce can drive a dog crazy. They also create a high-pitched noise that humans can't hear.
However, it is also about the movement of the machine that bothers dogs. Most dogs can't stand vacuum cleaners, with good reason: they sound like a tornado!
Everyone cringes when a baby starts to cry. However, dogs can often pick up on the high-pitched sounds that babies make when they cry
Construction zones have a lot of different noises. From drills to saws to beeping from heavy machinery, all of these sounds can be especially scary for dogs.
Car alarms are loud, annoying and can cause your dog to go crazy. The high-pitched noise is within the painful hertz range of sound for dogs.
If you live close to an airport you may notice that your dog behaves fearfully every time a plane flies overhead. This may be especially true if your dog was in a rural area as a puppy and never conditioned to hearing this loud scary noise.
Certain noises may have the opposite effect on dogs and may help to calm or soothe them when scary noises are going on around them.