I have a male Shih Tzu named Rufus and he is so afraid of thunder storms. I live in Ohio and I think we got the storms after they passed your way. I end up putting him in bed with us. It's the only way I can get him to calm down. Normally, our dogs do not sleep with us, but he curled up at my feet and he must feel safe, because he does calm down. We got some hail for a few minutes & that really made him nervous...thunder & loud hail...good grief. I have a female Shih Tzu and she could care less about storms.