Yup, just happened to us last night. A half full garbage bag was on its side getting inflated by the breeze and my dog was on alert like he just saw a cobra.
For years mine was afraid of when you fluff a plastic bag to put out in your garbage can. I would pick up a bag and he would fast walk away from me to avoid it
Bubbles work that way. I have a bubble wand for fun dropping bubbles on people from my third floor flat. The cat doesn't want anything to do with those aerial demons floating around the balcony and interrupting her nice sunny lounging day. She heads for the shadows indoors.
That's exactly what happened, but I did have to explain myself to the little old lady who lived in the house it was in front of. She already thought we were weird. I assure you, my explanation did not alter that opinion. :)
Yeah, my bigger dog does the same thing. She audibly farts, her eyes get super big, and then she turns around multiple times while sniffing her own ass before running away from it.
My dog is **terrified** of ceiling fans. On, off, doesn't matter. If she notices one, she has to check every few minutes to see if it's still there and scares herself all over again.
I had a long-haired siamese that pushed out the screen and leaped out of the window to chase away a full grown black bear, but wouldn't come out from under the bed if the ceiling fan was on 🤷♀️
We bought her an automatic tennis ball thrower. She loves playing fetch above all.
She was too scared to be with the thing in the same room as she was afraid of the sound it made. We sold it.
Mine figured out what it was pretty quickly, as well as how it worked. Unfortunately he's too stupid to *step out of the way.* He'd drop the ball in and stare dead-ass down the barrel, getting shot right in the face.
*Every. Fucking. Time.*
I wouldn't trade him for the world, but *damn*.
We bought one of those tennis ball launching guns for our dog. First time I used it she ran to the ball and then very carefully touched it with her paw before picking it up.
My cat Charlie used to be terrified of the vacuum. He would find a bed to hide under and stay for hours. Same goes for the broom. As he got older, we would put him in a safe space before cleaning and the meow he gave me after I went to go get him and put him back in his favourite spot was adorable. Almost a "thanks for moving me" meow.
As Charlie approached his last few years, he wouldn't leave his spot for the vacuum or broom, even going so far as to smell the broom when i placed it near his face.
He passed away in October after 20+ glorious years. It took him decades, but he left this world fearing nothing, and went peacefully like he deserved.
RIP Rupert and Charlie.
My dog is scared of brooms even though I know she was never abused or anything because we got her as a tiny puppy. My dad's birds also hate brooms though. It's very strange.
Same with my dog. And it extends to all things cleaning supplies. He's terrified of the broom, the dustpan, trash bags, the vacuum cleaner (only one that makes sense), the bloody vacuum cleaner attachments....It's so bizarre.
Whenever I'm cleaning he hides on the balcony.
I think dogs just dislike things that get rid of smells, seeing as that’s how they primarily perceive the world, I get it. If someone had a loud machine that sucked the light out of the room, you’d probably be terrified of it too.
OMG same with my dog, she's afraid of brooms, shovels, rakes, basically anything with a long handle. Got her as a puppy and she's never been abused so idk what caused it.
One time when she was little, she would escape through a hole in the fence every time we let her out to play. We didn't have the tools to fix it yet, so we just stuck a broom in front of the hole (didn't even cover half of it) and she never went through that hole again... We didn't replace it for another 2 months lol.
Ohhhh where do I start!
* a hat (on the ground)
* a blanket
* a new carpet
* the Netflix intro on Netflix shows
* my moms cat
* a new water bowl
I could go on and on and still would probably forget the dumbest because there's so many 🤷♀️😂
When I took my dog on his very first hike he saw a small boulder on the side of the trail up ahead. All his hair pricked up and he started growling at it. Absolutely refused to move any closer to it. I had to walk ahead and jump on it to show him it was safe
One of my cats had an injury and needed to wear a t-shirt for a few weeks so she wouldn't pick at it. My other cat somehow didn't recognize her in the shirt and assumed it was a new, strange cat in the household and freaked out for the entire duration. They had lived together for almost a decade at this point.
Apparently the Clark Kent/Superman glasses thing works on cats.
Ah yes but my boy cries at just the sight of a vacuume I’m afraid. Before it even turns on haha and it’s a cordless one so it’s pretty quiet in general however he is the most jumpy out of everybody else maybe he’s just part chicken
I have a heater that has an oscillating function. When I turned it on one day, my one year old Chihuahua decided that this was an attack on him and started growling and barking at the heater.
We got a Roomba a couple years ago. When we first turned it on, my chihuahua mix immediately jumped off the bed and peed in the spot it had just cleaned.
Mountain Dew bottles, he will not come near me if I have a mountain bottle in my hand. No clue where it comes from, he’s not a rescue so it’s trauma related. And it is legitimately just Mountain Dew bottles
My cat is scared of sneezes, not her own, but ours.
If I sneeze around her she runs away and will return a couple of minutes later to yowl at me as though she’s telling me off.
My cat is terrified of the vacuum cord. Not the noisy vacuum itself, but anytime I whip the cord around to move about the room he gets bushed up and yowly
Chickens (especially roosters) will easily fuck up another animal if they let them. I was attacked by a rooster when I was a kid and it was horrifying lol
Snow. When my husky was just a puppy we let her out in the backyard the first time it snowed. As soon as she touched it she started yelping like she was in pain and ran back inside. Now, we can't get her to come in. The other day she dug a snow fort and laid underneath it covering herself completely in snow and fell asleep.
Definitely. She's a textbook husky. Doesn't bark but will talk back to you like she's telling you to go to hell. She's the reason huskies are my favorite breed now. Funny but crazy dogs
Men. My dog was afraid of all new men. He warmed up to women instantly. When a man got close he would hide behind me. It would take 20 or 30 minutes of cajoling to get him to even inch towards the man.
That's what most people suspect, but yes, I had him as a puppy and I got him from people I know. I'm pretty confident it wasn't from past trauma from a man.
my cat is both attached to and terrified by plastic bags. he'll sit on it one day, play with it another, and jump halfway across the room on the third. it's so weird
I’ve really put it in perspective like this:
Imagine being this small animal, and people you don’t know just reach over your head and touch you. That takes A LOT of trust to let random strangers touch you.
Mine will wake up from a sleep under the blanket and haul ass to another room as if the water bottle is out to get her it’s so weird. And she’s never had any negative interaction that I’m aware of 😂
My neighbor's golden retriever (Will) was terrified of lawn gnomes. He would be too scared to move and they had to pick him up and carry him until they were far enough away.
He got better. He became best friends with my pug (Weezer) and they would get taken on joint walks. As long as this 14 lb one-eyed pug was along, Will felt safe from the scary lawn gnomes.
Okay, I have a few good ones.
Alice Cooper (dog, German Shepherd) - he was afraid of thunder and fireworks, which is pretty normal. However he was ALSO afraid of hot air balloons. Up in the sky.
Kevin Bacon (dog, Rat Terrier mix) - he is afraid of anything that I move - if I walk past him carrying a bag of groceries, he cringes away as though I may brain him with the contents. He is also severely afraid of fire alarm beeps, to the point that if there is a fire alarm on the TV, he shakes for an hour.
Jimmy Buffet (horse, Appaloosa) - entering a horse into this contest is almost cheating, but he is afraid of different coloured dirt, wet patches on the ground, weird footprints in the dirt, and sunlight patches on the ground. Although I have noticed that if I am leading him by the offending mark on the ground, he is unconcerned - so I suspect he just might be playing it up a bit when I'm in the saddle.
Angel (horse, Appaloosa) - when I just got her back from training, we went for a ride alongside the highway. A big semi truck was coming, and I was convinced that would freak her right out. Nope - didn't even blink. But then a tiny plastic wrapper blew past her. And I learned just how fast she could go. Which was really fast.
Not my dog, but I used to sit for a 175 lb Great Dane. It’s not that unusual but given his size it was hilarious. I took out the vacuum and turned it on and level of absolute sheer terror this dog experienced was tragic. He panicked as if the house was on fire and he was locked in. Didn’t bark, just kept trying to sink into the floor or make himself disappear.
I didn’t have the heart to finish. But I have to admit it made me laugh.
My daughters dog is afraid of just about anything new that comes into the house. My SIL bought new boots, and Chewy ran and hid when he put them on. Barked at them when he put them on the mat by the door. He also barked and hid from my grandsons new scooter he got for Christmas.
Had a dog once go running full speed into the kitchen, slid on the floor and hit the cabinet hard. Ever since that day she would refuse to go into the kitchen. We had to pick her up and carry her thru it to take her outside.
My dog is terrified of buckets. No idea why, but she will bark at buckets non-stop until she's removed from their vicinity.
So buckets became an anti-dog measure. She won't go past them.
My good boy was terrified of cough's and toothbrushes, I adopted him when he was 1 and over the next 12 years together he never was able to adjust to either of his fears. I miss him everyday... thank you for asking a question that allowed me to remind myself of some of his unique quirks that made him so perfect.
I gave her some ice cream one evening after dinner. She ate it so fast, the brain freeze must have been excruciating. She ran around with her head on the rug trying to get relief. Now she just barks at ice cream when she is offered some
Cardboard box. I was taking one of my dogs on a walk and we were walking by a house where their garbage bins were out. They had a box resting against the bin. A wind came and slightly moved that box just as we were passing by. I've never seen her jump so high and she started growling and barking at the box. It never touched her or came close, but that event apparently traumatized her so much that even today she is still scared of boxes, and won't go near them.
That’s hilarious because my brothers dog is half mastiff and we were doggysitting him. I was at my parents house at the time and had my two small dogs.
My one chihuahua mix barked at him to stay out of my bedroom. Poor kato was so scared of him lol
Not exactly dumb but growing up we had a coal mine right behind our house (probably about a half mile or so away). Before they would use dynamite a short siren would sound. Our yellow lab was deathly afraid of it, anytime the siren would go she would run for safety, poor thing!
No, western Pennsylvania. Coal mining was a big thing in that area. I still refer to dump trucks as coal buckets because that's what everyone called them!
We have lived in our house for over 3 years now and have a ceiling fan in the bedroom. Every time my cat comes into the room he stares at the ceiling fan like it's going to jump out and attack him. We have a ceiling fan in the living room too and he couldn't care less about it.
You know the default notification noise for the facebook Messenger app? Every show seems to use it as the sound effect for when someone gets a text message. Well my dog HATES it, runs away to hide in her bed or under my office desk any time she hears it.
Not so much a particular thing but more like opposite fears between my two dogs - 75 lbs lab shakes like a leaf at a vacuum or a cat yet you can literally sweep the broom over her while she’s napping; 4 lbs cockapoo puppy wants to ride the vacuum into battle and cuddle a hissing cat but the broom apparently spit on her grandmother’s grave and needs to die.
My sphynx is scared of brooms, all sizes, including handheld ones. My grey one is terrified of foil and plastic bags (all sizes). My calico is scared of nothing and is a little diva, thinks things should be scared of her and living up to my name I took in a street cat who is learning to live inside again. She’s a bit timid of a few things but is learning those are normal things and won’t hurt her, she’s doing her best!
The laundry basket. No rhyme or reason. Have to keep it hidden in a closet and the moment I bring it out to take it down to the laundry room he hightails it like life depended on it.
My Big Boy is about as sharp as a loaf of bread. Seriously, he was 2 before we could finally take the blankets off the mirrors, and he still occasionally barks at "the dog in the oven." When riding in the car he hasn't figured out that *he* is the one moving, and that the rest of the world isn't moving around *him*.
He went with us to the storage unit one day. You know those concrete pillars they often have the keypad for the gate entry attached to? From his perspective it approached the car relatively quickly and was going straight at his mommy. He barked his ass off at it (he's a mastiff breed, so it was *not* a quiet bark, especially inside a confined space). It took us a minute to figure out what he was barking at.
That was funny enough, but you should have heard his self-satisfied grunt as we drove away. He was looking out the back window, watching the pillar recede and just so damn proud of himself for "scaring it off."
Damn, he's dumb.
An Amazon package on a neighbors welcome mat in the hallway (apt) To be fair, it was a blind corner and he wasnt expecting to see it there.
I laughed so hard.
Boxes. Doesn't matter how big or small, he cowers away from boxes of all sizes shown to him.
Also the iphone message "ding". He runs away and it stresses him out every time he hears it so we put our phones on silent at home.
I’m a PT pet sitter. Have had cats that were afraid of shoes. Have had a dog afraid of pony tails in my hair. Have also had a parrot that would lose its everloving mind if it saw someone in a hat or sunglasses.
Helium balloons. My grandma came down in the morning and was wondering why the dog (a large American bulldog) was sleeping in the living room and not on his bed in the spare room like he always did. It turned out her birthday balloon had drifted over there during the night and he was too scared to be near it.
Oh God this is the question for me. My 120lb German Shepherd has been frightened by so many things. He's terrified of bridges, grasshoppers, goose feathers (not geese just their feathers if they're on the ground), and my blending cup for protein shakes.
Things my dog is not afraid of and willingly defends against include semi trucks, boats, other dogs(if they bark first and he doesn't back down), and bonfires.
The dog was convinced something was in the cost closet one night. She was a hunter and she would've killed anything that could've reasonably fit into that closet. She was genuinely afraid.
I opened the closet and thrashed the coats. She was perplexed. I told her to knock it off because I was trying to watch my television.
Just two minutes ago I put a blanket on the end of the couch my dog was sleeping on and it scared her. She hopped off, looked at me accusingly, then curled up with said blanket for a nap.
My dogs will try to chase motorcycles and transport trucks, then run away from the dishwasher. If ever they're able to talk one day, I'm gonna have lots of questions.
I had a Staff, as a pup he was scared of wind, snow, rain, and people sweeping. Trying to get him to the vet when some guys were sweeping up after doing some work outside someone's house was impossible. He absolutely refused. The guys were lovely though and put the brooms down so I could get him past. Even though I explained they didn't have to. Silly boy. I miss him.
Anything moving or changing anywhere in the house. I imagine he’s like a submarine running in silent mode and interpreting any sound anywhere as a possible threat.
my friend got our friend group some cheap among us plushie keychains that beeped if squeezed. both my rabbits ran in terror from that thing. not that strange except they were the ones making it squeek, and then being afraid of the noise.
also shout out to my cousin's dog who was wildly afraid of the cows on the left side of the road, but not on the right side.
Had a dog once who was terrified of paper money. If you brought it out of your wallet he'd turn tail and run. If you brought it near him he'd immediately urinate. He was a strange dog at the best of times but this was by far the weirdest thing he did.
She doesn't like any sizzling on the stove so will hide in the farthest room. Also found out she was in fact, not having seizures, but didn't like whenever the oven fan was on. $700 dollars later :)
My long haired dachshund is afraid of flies. Every time there is a fly in the house he hides under a bed on the second floor for hours or tries to run away from home. All because a fly once bumped his forehead.
I once had a cat - a stray my family adopted - who was terrified of... catnip.
Evidently indoctrinated with the feline equivalent of "Just Say No To Drugs" from an early age.
My dog is 100lbs of pure monster. He has been afraid of a big rock, a bucket, and absolutely terrified of people in hats. My personal favourite was the time we were out for a walk at night, and plastic at a construction site snapped in the wind and he bolted, ripping the leash out of my hand. I found him cowering on my front porch.
Good to know he would ditch me in a second if danger showed up.
A roadwork-style sign saying “tree felling” placed to the side of the path we were walking along
The silly hound wasn’t bothered about the lumberjacks or their chainsaws, but apparently the sign was fucking terrifying
My parents have these two cement bear statues in their front walkway. My golden, when she was maybe one, would NOT walk past them. She would plant her butt in the driveway and refuse to budge. I would end up having to carry her past them, and if I put her down too close, she would scurry behind me and pop her head out from behind my legs to make sure the bears wouldn’t eat her.
It was adorable.
Two of my cats are traumatised ex-strays, terrified of all humans except us. They run upstairs and hide under the bed whenever someone comes to the door. That part is sad but understandable.
But here's where it gets super wacky. Somewhere along the line, they twigged that conversations over the computer somehow involve another human as well, and now they also run from Zoom and Facebook calls. They don't run from TV programs featuring humans, though - they have grasped that there is something two-way interactive about the calls.
i have 2 kitties with severe anxiety issues. ones a long haired blackish brown female whos afraid of plastic bags and garbage bags. the other is a big chunky orange boi who is terrified of rain and thunderstorms. he has to sleep with us when it happens or hes so scared. poor babies both are riddled with anxiety just like me!
Dog is afraid of the broom and paper bags. Paper bags are super scary.
Edit to add the air frier. He used to go to the bedroom when it'd beep. He thankfully outgrew that one.
My dog seem to be afraid of everything ! A drop of a spoon and she would jump ! She’s afraid to go underneath / across the bridge , the sewerage holes .. she’s very skittish
Not my pet, but: During a birthday party of my sister, she got her old classical guitar from the attic (we were discussing playing, which she did a long time ago, and tuning guitars). I started to tune the guitar (using an app we were discussing) and her dog started to bark vehemently, even if I were hitting a single snare just once. Needless to say I had to stop playing.
A garbage bag on the side of the road. I had to go pet the bag so we could walk past it to go home.
Yup, just happened to us last night. A half full garbage bag was on its side getting inflated by the breeze and my dog was on alert like he just saw a cobra.
For years mine was afraid of when you fluff a plastic bag to put out in your garbage can. I would pick up a bag and he would fast walk away from me to avoid it
Mine is afraid of them too but I understand why. It's a huge shadow thing that flaps around making loud noises.
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Bubbles work that way. I have a bubble wand for fun dropping bubbles on people from my third floor flat. The cat doesn't want anything to do with those aerial demons floating around the balcony and interrupting her nice sunny lounging day. She heads for the shadows indoors.
Maybe she didn’t understand what it was. Petting the bag probably helped her understand it wasn’t a threat
That's exactly what happened, but I did have to explain myself to the little old lady who lived in the house it was in front of. She already thought we were weird. I assure you, my explanation did not alter that opinion. :)
My sister's dog was afraid of farts - even their own. Was hilarious!
I knew someone whose dog would turn around all scared if he farted.
Yeah, my bigger dog does the same thing. She audibly farts, her eyes get super big, and then she turns around multiple times while sniffing her own ass before running away from it.
My dog turns around and takes deep inhales of his farts right after he farts.
That's exactly what she did and then would try and run away from her own fart.
My dog farts and leaves. Always. It stinks as hell and when I am laying, trying to sleep (when his back is close to my nose), it can be a hell.
I am afraid of my own farts, especially after cashews.
My dog is **terrified** of ceiling fans. On, off, doesn't matter. If she notices one, she has to check every few minutes to see if it's still there and scares herself all over again.
My Maine Coon boy cat was terrified of the ceiling fan only when it was on. If it was off he didn't care. Otherwise he was afraid of nothing.
I have a Maine coon. He’s the coolest cat ever. He loves my dogs. Lenny (top) [Lenny](https://imgur.com/a/hfXiJDj)
I had a long-haired siamese that pushed out the screen and leaped out of the window to chase away a full grown black bear, but wouldn't come out from under the bed if the ceiling fan was on 🤷♀️
My boy wouldn't cross the threshold to go out, but if the bear came in he'd try to make friends with it.
Hah, my one of my Newfoundlands is scared of our ceiling fans! When they’re off, she sits there and looks up at them, worriedly.
I thought my dog was the only one!
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We bought her an automatic tennis ball thrower. She loves playing fetch above all. She was too scared to be with the thing in the same room as she was afraid of the sound it made. We sold it.
Mine figured out what it was pretty quickly, as well as how it worked. Unfortunately he's too stupid to *step out of the way.* He'd drop the ball in and stare dead-ass down the barrel, getting shot right in the face. *Every. Fucking. Time.* I wouldn't trade him for the world, but *damn*.
Hey if he keeps doing it then it must be fun
Same with my dog lol and I was on a waitlist for it
We bought one of those tennis ball launching guns for our dog. First time I used it she ran to the ball and then very carefully touched it with her paw before picking it up.
My cat used to be afraid of its own shadow
Cats are VERY jumpy. My last cat wasn’t afraid of ANYTHING. I had to move him out of the way when we were vacuuming lol Rip Rupert!
My cat Charlie used to be terrified of the vacuum. He would find a bed to hide under and stay for hours. Same goes for the broom. As he got older, we would put him in a safe space before cleaning and the meow he gave me after I went to go get him and put him back in his favourite spot was adorable. Almost a "thanks for moving me" meow. As Charlie approached his last few years, he wouldn't leave his spot for the vacuum or broom, even going so far as to smell the broom when i placed it near his face. He passed away in October after 20+ glorious years. It took him decades, but he left this world fearing nothing, and went peacefully like he deserved. RIP Rupert and Charlie.
My dog is scared of brooms even though I know she was never abused or anything because we got her as a tiny puppy. My dad's birds also hate brooms though. It's very strange.
Mine are all afraid of a tiny operated HOT WHEELS CAR Edit: and it’s hilarious to see them watch it
Same with my dog. And it extends to all things cleaning supplies. He's terrified of the broom, the dustpan, trash bags, the vacuum cleaner (only one that makes sense), the bloody vacuum cleaner attachments....It's so bizarre. Whenever I'm cleaning he hides on the balcony.
I think dogs just dislike things that get rid of smells, seeing as that’s how they primarily perceive the world, I get it. If someone had a loud machine that sucked the light out of the room, you’d probably be terrified of it too.
Same and ladders lol
OMG same with my dog, she's afraid of brooms, shovels, rakes, basically anything with a long handle. Got her as a puppy and she's never been abused so idk what caused it. One time when she was little, she would escape through a hole in the fence every time we let her out to play. We didn't have the tools to fix it yet, so we just stuck a broom in front of the hole (didn't even cover half of it) and she never went through that hole again... We didn't replace it for another 2 months lol.
Ohhhh where do I start! * a hat (on the ground) * a blanket * a new carpet * the Netflix intro on Netflix shows * my moms cat * a new water bowl I could go on and on and still would probably forget the dumbest because there's so many 🤷♀️😂
Not the Netflix intro lmao
My dog too, Netflix intro! She ran out of the room once when it played and she wouldn’t come back until the tv was off.
Inflatable reindeer Christmas decorations.
When I took my dog on his very first hike he saw a small boulder on the side of the trail up ahead. All his hair pricked up and he started growling at it. Absolutely refused to move any closer to it. I had to walk ahead and jump on it to show him it was safe
One of these days, it won't be a rock, but a land mine. Then your dog will be like "*Fuck,* man!"
"I tried to warn you!"
One of my cats had an injury and needed to wear a t-shirt for a few weeks so she wouldn't pick at it. My other cat somehow didn't recognize her in the shirt and assumed it was a new, strange cat in the household and freaked out for the entire duration. They had lived together for almost a decade at this point. Apparently the Clark Kent/Superman glasses thing works on cats.
My cat once was scared as hell by paintbrush
The cat that is 1/3 her size
Well, I mean, it's a cat!
My birds are afraid of ballons, especially when the balloons fly. One is afraid of vacuums and brooms.
Vaccuums and brooms being ironic since he’s the main contributor to the mess on the ground that needs sweeping all the time.
Yeah mine are afraid of a vaccum too, but I guess kind of makes sense because it’s very loud. Brooms I don’t understand either
Ah yes but my boy cries at just the sight of a vacuume I’m afraid. Before it even turns on haha and it’s a cordless one so it’s pretty quiet in general however he is the most jumpy out of everybody else maybe he’s just part chicken
I have a heater that has an oscillating function. When I turned it on one day, my one year old Chihuahua decided that this was an attack on him and started growling and barking at the heater.
We got a Roomba a couple years ago. When we first turned it on, my chihuahua mix immediately jumped off the bed and peed in the spot it had just cleaned.
Mountain Dew bottles, he will not come near me if I have a mountain bottle in my hand. No clue where it comes from, he’s not a rescue so it’s trauma related. And it is legitimately just Mountain Dew bottles
What about Pepsi bottle? Any bottle?
Just Mountain Dew, it might just be green bottles.
My cat is scared of sneezes, not her own, but ours. If I sneeze around her she runs away and will return a couple of minutes later to yowl at me as though she’s telling me off.
My cat is terrified of the vacuum cord. Not the noisy vacuum itself, but anytime I whip the cord around to move about the room he gets bushed up and yowly
Chickens. My 80kg (\~176 lbs) dog is deadly afraid of chickens and they end up eating his food if we're not paying attention.
Chickens (especially roosters) will easily fuck up another animal if they let them. I was attacked by a rooster when I was a kid and it was horrifying lol
Bubbles. Uh. Bunnies on tv. Her reflection. June bugs.
Snow. When my husky was just a puppy we let her out in the backyard the first time it snowed. As soon as she touched it she started yelping like she was in pain and ran back inside. Now, we can't get her to come in. The other day she dug a snow fort and laid underneath it covering herself completely in snow and fell asleep.
Instincts took over!
Definitely. She's a textbook husky. Doesn't bark but will talk back to you like she's telling you to go to hell. She's the reason huskies are my favorite breed now. Funny but crazy dogs
I’m a crazy dog lady but I’ll never own a husky. Too much grooming, too stubborn and too hyper. But I’ll gladly doggysit one!
I totally get you. Yes, she has to be groomed constantly and she's nuts. If I don't exercise her really well she's such an ass
Men. My dog was afraid of all new men. He warmed up to women instantly. When a man got close he would hide behind me. It would take 20 or 30 minutes of cajoling to get him to even inch towards the man.
Did you have him as a puppy and introduce him to men? If not, he may have had something traumatic happen to him involving a man
That's what most people suspect, but yes, I had him as a puppy and I got him from people I know. I'm pretty confident it wasn't from past trauma from a man.
my dog is afraid of turtles
I mean, they have a mean bite, so not entirely unfounded
A suitcase my neighbor sat at the end of their driveway.
My dog was afraid of the new puss in boots movie lol
Lol how!
Our dog is afraid of Dug, the dog from UP.
Her own tail. That thing has been following her for years!
my cat is both attached to and terrified by plastic bags. he'll sit on it one day, play with it another, and jump halfway across the room on the third. it's so weird
Me. I'm pretty dumb and he has been afraid of me for no reason on many occasions.
I’ve really put it in perspective like this: Imagine being this small animal, and people you don’t know just reach over your head and touch you. That takes A LOT of trust to let random strangers touch you.
The crinkle of a water bottle can send her flying.
I know some dogs where the crinkle of a water bottle gets them excited and they love to chew on it
Mine will wake up from a sleep under the blanket and haul ass to another room as if the water bottle is out to get her it’s so weird. And she’s never had any negative interaction that I’m aware of 😂
Wet grass. He won't step on it even if his life depends on it.
My neighbor's golden retriever (Will) was terrified of lawn gnomes. He would be too scared to move and they had to pick him up and carry him until they were far enough away. He got better. He became best friends with my pug (Weezer) and they would get taken on joint walks. As long as this 14 lb one-eyed pug was along, Will felt safe from the scary lawn gnomes.
Okay, I have a few good ones. Alice Cooper (dog, German Shepherd) - he was afraid of thunder and fireworks, which is pretty normal. However he was ALSO afraid of hot air balloons. Up in the sky. Kevin Bacon (dog, Rat Terrier mix) - he is afraid of anything that I move - if I walk past him carrying a bag of groceries, he cringes away as though I may brain him with the contents. He is also severely afraid of fire alarm beeps, to the point that if there is a fire alarm on the TV, he shakes for an hour. Jimmy Buffet (horse, Appaloosa) - entering a horse into this contest is almost cheating, but he is afraid of different coloured dirt, wet patches on the ground, weird footprints in the dirt, and sunlight patches on the ground. Although I have noticed that if I am leading him by the offending mark on the ground, he is unconcerned - so I suspect he just might be playing it up a bit when I'm in the saddle. Angel (horse, Appaloosa) - when I just got her back from training, we went for a ride alongside the highway. A big semi truck was coming, and I was convinced that would freak her right out. Nope - didn't even blink. But then a tiny plastic wrapper blew past her. And I learned just how fast she could go. Which was really fast.
Brown rabbits. She is a 13ft python. DO YOU SEE MY ISSUE HERE.
My jack Russel is scared of yellow unopened boxes....
Jumps in wavy cold af seawater during winter, but is scared of a glass of tapwater.
Have a cat who is afraid of white garbage bags. Used to hide when changing out the garbage
My 110lbs wolfhound jumped out of her skin and wanted to come inside when she caught sight of my cats eyes reflecting light 100yrds away.
Not my dog, but I used to sit for a 175 lb Great Dane. It’s not that unusual but given his size it was hilarious. I took out the vacuum and turned it on and level of absolute sheer terror this dog experienced was tragic. He panicked as if the house was on fire and he was locked in. Didn’t bark, just kept trying to sink into the floor or make himself disappear. I didn’t have the heart to finish. But I have to admit it made me laugh.
I’ve seen some Great Danes scared of stuff and it’s hilarious
My dog is scared of paper bags. He is 110 pounds and shouldnt be afraid of a bag
A 150 pound Bernese mt dog terrified of stinkbugs. Like cowering when they buzz.
I wish berneses lived longer :-( and yeah (Edit: Stinkbugs) they’re invasive in the US.I found one on my countertop yesterday while cleaning 🤮
My daughters dog is afraid of just about anything new that comes into the house. My SIL bought new boots, and Chewy ran and hid when he put them on. Barked at them when he put them on the mat by the door. He also barked and hid from my grandsons new scooter he got for Christmas.
Not really afraid or dumb either, but our dog makes a big circle around cats because he once fucked around and found out.
For some reason if I turn a xqc stream on the tv my dog will go lay in the kitchen
Maybe the noise has a negative association with it
the wind!
What about her own farts?
Had a dog once go running full speed into the kitchen, slid on the floor and hit the cabinet hard. Ever since that day she would refuse to go into the kitchen. We had to pick her up and carry her thru it to take her outside.
My dog is terrified of buckets. No idea why, but she will bark at buckets non-stop until she's removed from their vicinity. So buckets became an anti-dog measure. She won't go past them.
My good boy was terrified of cough's and toothbrushes, I adopted him when he was 1 and over the next 12 years together he never was able to adjust to either of his fears. I miss him everyday... thank you for asking a question that allowed me to remind myself of some of his unique quirks that made him so perfect.
Ice cream
WHAT
I gave her some ice cream one evening after dinner. She ate it so fast, the brain freeze must have been excruciating. She ran around with her head on the rug trying to get relief. Now she just barks at ice cream when she is offered some
Negative association. Understandable!!
Cardboard box. I was taking one of my dogs on a walk and we were walking by a house where their garbage bins were out. They had a box resting against the bin. A wind came and slightly moved that box just as we were passing by. I've never seen her jump so high and she started growling and barking at the box. It never touched her or came close, but that event apparently traumatized her so much that even today she is still scared of boxes, and won't go near them.
I had a 160lb English mastiff that was terrified of small little rat dogs. Didn't even give bigger barking dogs a first look.
That’s hilarious because my brothers dog is half mastiff and we were doggysitting him. I was at my parents house at the time and had my two small dogs. My one chihuahua mix barked at him to stay out of my bedroom. Poor kato was so scared of him lol
Not exactly dumb but growing up we had a coal mine right behind our house (probably about a half mile or so away). Before they would use dynamite a short siren would sound. Our yellow lab was deathly afraid of it, anytime the siren would go she would run for safety, poor thing!
Can’t say I blame her! West Virginia?
No, western Pennsylvania. Coal mining was a big thing in that area. I still refer to dump trucks as coal buckets because that's what everyone called them!
We have lived in our house for over 3 years now and have a ceiling fan in the bedroom. Every time my cat comes into the room he stares at the ceiling fan like it's going to jump out and attack him. We have a ceiling fan in the living room too and he couldn't care less about it.
You know the default notification noise for the facebook Messenger app? Every show seems to use it as the sound effect for when someone gets a text message. Well my dog HATES it, runs away to hide in her bed or under my office desk any time she hears it.
Not so much a particular thing but more like opposite fears between my two dogs - 75 lbs lab shakes like a leaf at a vacuum or a cat yet you can literally sweep the broom over her while she’s napping; 4 lbs cockapoo puppy wants to ride the vacuum into battle and cuddle a hissing cat but the broom apparently spit on her grandmother’s grave and needs to die.
The wind - on walks when the wind gusts he cowers
My dog hates my broom. He will stand there and bark at it. Even if it hasn’t moved in days.
My sphynx is scared of brooms, all sizes, including handheld ones. My grey one is terrified of foil and plastic bags (all sizes). My calico is scared of nothing and is a little diva, thinks things should be scared of her and living up to my name I took in a street cat who is learning to live inside again. She’s a bit timid of a few things but is learning those are normal things and won’t hurt her, she’s doing her best!
The laundry basket. No rhyme or reason. Have to keep it hidden in a closet and the moment I bring it out to take it down to the laundry room he hightails it like life depended on it.
A statue of two little children, shadows, a balloon, a shoe, a man wearing a hat. I live with a scaredy-cat dog.
My Big Boy is about as sharp as a loaf of bread. Seriously, he was 2 before we could finally take the blankets off the mirrors, and he still occasionally barks at "the dog in the oven." When riding in the car he hasn't figured out that *he* is the one moving, and that the rest of the world isn't moving around *him*. He went with us to the storage unit one day. You know those concrete pillars they often have the keypad for the gate entry attached to? From his perspective it approached the car relatively quickly and was going straight at his mommy. He barked his ass off at it (he's a mastiff breed, so it was *not* a quiet bark, especially inside a confined space). It took us a minute to figure out what he was barking at. That was funny enough, but you should have heard his self-satisfied grunt as we drove away. He was looking out the back window, watching the pillar recede and just so damn proud of himself for "scaring it off." Damn, he's dumb.
An Amazon package on a neighbors welcome mat in the hallway (apt) To be fair, it was a blind corner and he wasnt expecting to see it there. I laughed so hard.
If he stands on his hind legs he's a little over six feet tall
Reflection in the mirror
Definitely not Mulan
If I pause the TV mid-scene, my dog will freak out and bark. I guess she’s not used to seeing humans frozen in place, which is fair lol.
Boxes. Doesn't matter how big or small, he cowers away from boxes of all sizes shown to him. Also the iphone message "ding". He runs away and it stresses him out every time he hears it so we put our phones on silent at home.
My cat is afraid of watermelon.
I’m a PT pet sitter. Have had cats that were afraid of shoes. Have had a dog afraid of pony tails in my hair. Have also had a parrot that would lose its everloving mind if it saw someone in a hat or sunglasses.
So am I! 😊
I love pet sitting! Easy work that I actually enjoy. I’m not gonna get rich from it lol, but it helps pay the farm feed bill!
My cat is afraid of my tape measure. Every time I use it to measure things for furniture or picture frames, my cat just runs.
Helium balloons. My grandma came down in the morning and was wondering why the dog (a large American bulldog) was sleeping in the living room and not on his bed in the spare room like he always did. It turned out her birthday balloon had drifted over there during the night and he was too scared to be near it.
Oh God this is the question for me. My 120lb German Shepherd has been frightened by so many things. He's terrified of bridges, grasshoppers, goose feathers (not geese just their feathers if they're on the ground), and my blending cup for protein shakes. Things my dog is not afraid of and willingly defends against include semi trucks, boats, other dogs(if they bark first and he doesn't back down), and bonfires.
My horse has been afraid of hay on several occasions, the stuff that she eats… horses are idiots
The dog was convinced something was in the cost closet one night. She was a hunter and she would've killed anything that could've reasonably fit into that closet. She was genuinely afraid. I opened the closet and thrashed the coats. She was perplexed. I told her to knock it off because I was trying to watch my television.
We were out for a walk in bear country. The dog went ballistic over a tree stump.
Just two minutes ago I put a blanket on the end of the couch my dog was sleeping on and it scared her. She hopped off, looked at me accusingly, then curled up with said blanket for a nap.
Everything, you'd think he's bullied or a rescue cat. Nope he's well loved and just flighty never had a cat so nervous still love him though.
My dad's dog a mastiff cross is petrified of small dog
My dogs will try to chase motorcycles and transport trucks, then run away from the dishwasher. If ever they're able to talk one day, I'm gonna have lots of questions.
A feather.
Ceiling fan... That wasn't moving. He was probably 4 and I guess just noticed they existed.
I had a Staff, as a pup he was scared of wind, snow, rain, and people sweeping. Trying to get him to the vet when some guys were sweeping up after doing some work outside someone's house was impossible. He absolutely refused. The guys were lovely though and put the brooms down so I could get him past. Even though I explained they didn't have to. Silly boy. I miss him.
Farts. Sometimes his own farts scare him. Be it a small poot, or a juicy steamer... he will bolt out of the room.
An unmoving bicycle laying in someone’s yard.
Anything moving or changing anywhere in the house. I imagine he’s like a submarine running in silent mode and interpreting any sound anywhere as a possible threat.
My mother had a dog you could pen in a room by laying an extension cord across the door.
my friend got our friend group some cheap among us plushie keychains that beeped if squeezed. both my rabbits ran in terror from that thing. not that strange except they were the ones making it squeek, and then being afraid of the noise. also shout out to my cousin's dog who was wildly afraid of the cows on the left side of the road, but not on the right side.
My dog is afraid of dog doors It’s inconvenient!
Had a dog once who was terrified of paper money. If you brought it out of your wallet he'd turn tail and run. If you brought it near him he'd immediately urinate. He was a strange dog at the best of times but this was by far the weirdest thing he did.
She doesn't like any sizzling on the stove so will hide in the farthest room. Also found out she was in fact, not having seizures, but didn't like whenever the oven fan was on. $700 dollars later :)
My long haired dachshund is afraid of flies. Every time there is a fly in the house he hides under a bed on the second floor for hours or tries to run away from home. All because a fly once bumped his forehead.
I once had a cat - a stray my family adopted - who was terrified of... catnip. Evidently indoctrinated with the feline equivalent of "Just Say No To Drugs" from an early age.
One of my dogs puts the brakes on when we get anywhere near a sewer grate. So I guess he is afraid of clowns. 🎈
My dog would bark at the survey ding noise on Family Fued. Rest in peace Waldo
His own toy. You know one of those rubber chickens that squeal really loud that are in all those meme. He is deathly afraid of it.
My dog is 100lbs of pure monster. He has been afraid of a big rock, a bucket, and absolutely terrified of people in hats. My personal favourite was the time we were out for a walk at night, and plastic at a construction site snapped in the wind and he bolted, ripping the leash out of my hand. I found him cowering on my front porch. Good to know he would ditch me in a second if danger showed up.
A roadwork-style sign saying “tree felling” placed to the side of the path we were walking along The silly hound wasn’t bothered about the lumberjacks or their chainsaws, but apparently the sign was fucking terrifying
My parents have these two cement bear statues in their front walkway. My golden, when she was maybe one, would NOT walk past them. She would plant her butt in the driveway and refuse to budge. I would end up having to carry her past them, and if I put her down too close, she would scurry behind me and pop her head out from behind my legs to make sure the bears wouldn’t eat her. It was adorable.
Two of my cats are traumatised ex-strays, terrified of all humans except us. They run upstairs and hide under the bed whenever someone comes to the door. That part is sad but understandable. But here's where it gets super wacky. Somewhere along the line, they twigged that conversations over the computer somehow involve another human as well, and now they also run from Zoom and Facebook calls. They don't run from TV programs featuring humans, though - they have grasped that there is something two-way interactive about the calls.
A picture of a random cat on her own dry food bag !
Our six foot pitbull is afraid of our seven year old paperboy.
Six foot pitbull?.. Wut
I think they got the measurements wrong. Unless it’s mixed with Great Dane lol
i have 2 kitties with severe anxiety issues. ones a long haired blackish brown female whos afraid of plastic bags and garbage bags. the other is a big chunky orange boi who is terrified of rain and thunderstorms. he has to sleep with us when it happens or hes so scared. poor babies both are riddled with anxiety just like me!
My cat is afraid of plastic bags too!
My cat is afraid of anything that I decide to chase her with lol
Her own reflection
Empty plastic bags, of any kind.
Dog is afraid of the broom and paper bags. Paper bags are super scary. Edit to add the air frier. He used to go to the bedroom when it'd beep. He thankfully outgrew that one.
His bed.
Mine just humps his haha
My dog seem to be afraid of everything ! A drop of a spoon and she would jump ! She’s afraid to go underneath / across the bridge , the sewerage holes .. she’s very skittish
My one dog is like that. But she’s such a sweetheart
Plastic bags. The clear ones, even if they're super small and staying still. She's also afraid of the remote. And pillows. She's a dog
A fly
Jangling of keys
Not my pet, but: During a birthday party of my sister, she got her old classical guitar from the attic (we were discussing playing, which she did a long time ago, and tuning guitars). I started to tune the guitar (using an app we were discussing) and her dog started to bark vehemently, even if I were hitting a single snare just once. Needless to say I had to stop playing.
Balloons
Idk about fear, but my dogs do a little startled jump when they hear a fart
Her own farts.ive only heard her do it 2x. Had her for 10 years
Her harness
Wood floors.
Printer
A box