How do pets sense a storm is coming?

Question

Everytime I am about to get hit by a thunderstorm or something like that my dog acts very differently. She becomes scared and very clingy....even an hour or more before the storm hits. This is about every time so its not just a coincidence. I was wondering if anyone else experiences this or knows how pets can sense things like this happening.

Answer 1

they feel the change in barometric pressure the build up of electricit and other causes because there sences are about 20%better than ours at the lest so yeah they do sence the storms coming

Answer 2

Most animals have better hearing that we do, and they hear thunder long before we can.  They also sense changes in pressure; we do too - they just pay attention to it.

Answer 3

Many case reports cite instances of animals' behaving in strange ways before any natural phenomena occurs,but few scientific data exist on the matter.

Domestic animals,dogs and cats in particular do have hearing and sensory capacities that are greater than ours.It would not be surprising if they were able to sense these kinds of things better.

Their hearing is more sensitive and covers a wide range of frequency and they have a much better sense of smell.Meteorologists say that storm winds may carry smells from other areas and temperature and humidity differences that are detectable(particularly by animals) far in advance of any actual precipitation,and even human beings sometimes say they can smell when snow is coming.That is especially true of certain kinds of heavy snow storms accompanied by winds.

Answer 4

This is because pets feel the change in pressure. They also protect themselves by going under a shelter. I think that dogs bark when there is a storm coming, but I am not sure.

Respectfully,

BK