If a dog is afraid of something, it is not surprising that it will scare the dog to death if it is not careful.

Pet 9:15am, 9 June 2025 152

Dogs also have feelings. When they like you, they will show their love through their behaviors. At the same time, dogs are also afraid of things. So do you know what dogs fear the most? Let me share with you today, please be careful to avoid it.

1. Dogs are afraid of heights

If your dog is afraid of heights, be careful to avoid cliffs, glass plank roads and other places when going out. If the dog is too scared, it will be scared to death. If the dog is afraid of heights and dare not go up and down stairs, you can put snacks on each stairs and let the puppy try it slowly. You can also find a big dog and let it demonstrate to the puppy.

2. Dogs are afraid of snakes

Don't look at the tall and mighty appearance of dogs. In fact, some dogs are very timid in their hearts. As the saying goes, once you are bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of a rope for ten years. If a dog was bitten by a snake when he was a child, it would become fearful of it in its heart, so it would immediately stay away when it saw the snake again.

3. Dogs are afraid of getting injections

For the sake of the health of the dog, they need to get vaccinated shots, rabies shots, deworming shots, injections when they are sick, and injections when they are sterilized. These are usually done in pet hospitals. It is no wonder that some dogs are afraid of seeing pet hospitals, because they are afraid of getting injections. Has your dog been infected?

4. Dogs are afraid of squeezing the anal glands

Regularly helping the dog squeeze the anal glands, which helps the dog remove odor and be healthy. However, squeezing the anal glands is very uncomfortable and painful for the dog, so they will struggle, and slowly the dog will be very scared.

It is recommended that when helping the dog squeeze the anal glands, soothe the dog's emotions first. You can reward the dog with some dog snacks to distract the dog's attention. Then one person can hold the dog's forward drive firmly, and the other person raises the dog's tail, and hold the directions of four and eight o'clock and squeeze it out slowly. Dogs who have food will be more willing to cooperate with you.

5. Dogs are afraid of taking a bath. If the owner does not notice it while taking a bath, he drags the dog into the water and holds the dog in the water, the dog will be even more afraid of taking a bath.

So don't use violence against dogs when they are afraid. You can first soothe their emotions, and then slowly pour water on the dog to let the dog adapt slowly. It is more troublesome to help the dog with water fearful dogs take a bath. The owner should be patient.

6. Dogs are afraid of their companions' death.

Dogs are afraid of their companions' death. The dog's sense of smell is very sensitive and can easily smell the scent of the dead dog, and then its hair stands tall, trembles, and dare not approach it. Some dogs will come forward to "rescue" but are unable to do so, and they are also very afraid of their companions' death.