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jsvd87

Noise shy pup

I have a fresh 10 week old griff pup. and he is great. easy to train can tell he has a good nose etc… I’ve only had extremely high drive/stubborn French britts before. When getting a Griff many people told me they will be a more sensitive dog and they’re right.

at this stage it makes the basic obedience stuff easier because he just wants to be around me wherever I go and wants to please but I am concerned that he is noise shy.

with my britts I’m sure I could have just brought them out and shit over them no problems but I did the proper training and intro. when I made noise as they ate they were unfazed.

with the griff he tucks his tail when I make noise. He also gets startled by other random loud noises for example my neighbor drove past (gravel road) with a loaded dump trailer banging around. The dog and I were in the driveway and he ran off to the backyard.

long story short I want to make sure I do this correct. A few questions. If he is tucking his tail when I bang a pan or smack a book while eating should I stop that for now? Obviously I’m not doing it super close to him. Any softer approaches to introducing noise? Or is this standard puppy behavior and i just had meat heads before? Should I get the cd of gunshots/classical music? I forget the name. Any advice is appreciated!

tldr - my young griff pup is noise sensitive and I’ve never had a dog who is before. Just want to make sure I don’t mess this up.

Posted Jun 8, 2026, 10:21 PM UTC

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