Advise needed

Sorry, hold a great close to your eye should of course say 'treat'. What is it with iPads that they have the ability to change words after you checked it! Whitewave, I hope you can help your dog, a friend has a border terrier who developed the kind of behaviour you describe when she was about ten years old. Try google, there are some great sites offering advice. My dog has been a challenge ?

Will give that a go as well iam64

Thanks for taking the time to reply everyone

I had a young dog who reacted to big Dogs after a German shepherd terrified him. The fear extended from big dogs to include wheelie bins, small children, men in hats, bycicles and especially, balloons. I'm not sure flooding him with these terrifying things would have helped. It was time consuming, but I worked on exposing him to one horror at a time, I taught him 'watch me' hold a great close to your eye, the dog will focus on the bit of cheese/chicken when the dog is watching it say watch me, good and give the treat. This won't take many repetitions over any days. Once you have it cracked, say watch me, get someone to make a not too scary noise, dog will stay fixed on treat and your eye, watch me, good, treat and praise. I can now walk my dog past terrifying German shepherds and balloons - Huh bring it on.

No rose he's only got like it as he's got older. We think it started with thunder and of course fireworks, but is now extending to all sudden noises.

Yes will give the clattering around a go. He quivers like a jelly and goes into panic mode. I definately think calm and unconcerned is the way to go though. Cesar Milan calm and assertive

Has he always been like this from the word go?Is it getting worse?
Police train dogs and horses to cope with yells/ whistles/screams etc by making it a regular occurrence ( and by staying calm and unconcerned themselves.)
Could you be in a room with the dog, while your DH clatters in the kitchen, and you calmly talk and stroke him, and then you go off and clatter whilst your DH calms him.You may need to do this quite a few times.?

8!!! Well 8 in July. We've managed to get him in now but he's very jumpy. We are trying to ignore it and behave as if nothing is wrong.

How old is he, whitewave?