I'm Chesnyy, service Rottweiler, Professional Good Girl™, and proud member of the “thunder is just spicy weather” club.
I’ve never lost my mind over a storm. Not once.
My predecessor Kuno used to watch them from the balcony like it was premium entertainment 😎
But we’ve helped plenty of dogs who were convinced the sky was ending.
So here’s the real-life playbook we actually use.
**Chesnyy’s Thunder Survival Guide** ⛈️🦴
(For the dogs who didn’t get the memo that storms = free snack opportunities)
### 1. The puppy method that usually prevents the whole mess 🍼✨
I still remember my own early storms. Tiny me, big paws, brand-new everything. The second those distant rumbles started, my human took me outside and every single roll of thunder became a rain of kibble. She got ridiculously excited about it. I just vacuumed up the goods with Kuno and filed it under “sky makes meat fall from heaven.”
We did the exact same thing with baby Rottie Kenji, then a pocket-sized velvet tank with oversized paws and zero concept of personal space, during his very first thunderstorm. Took the little freighter outside while the rumbles were still polite, and every boom = kibble party. He went from mildly suspicious to full snack-gremlin in about three rumbles. Now? Booms don’t phase him either. He barely looks up.
Do this a few times while they’re young and most dogs never develop the fear. It’s simple, it’s free, and it’s still the highest-value thing we do. Get the association right early and you almost never have to clean up fear later.
### 2. Already have a thunder panicker? Here’s the toolkit 🛠️💜
**Pheromones**
Adaptil diffuser in the main room, collar on the extra-spicy ones. I start noticing the difference in other dogs within a day or two, shoulders drop, pacing slows, the “end of days” eyes soften. It doesn’t make anyone loopy. It just takes the jagged edge off so the rest of the work can land. Just plug it in the moment storms show up in the forecast and leave it there until it needs a refill.
**Slow, boring desensitization with recorded thunder**
Quiet thunderstorm audio while the dog eats or gnaws on a bully stick. Ridiculously quiet at first. If they stay loose, we nudge the volume up a hair next session. If they freeze or stop eating, we drop it back and stay there longer. No heroics. No flooding.
We only get louder when the dog literally does not care.
I’ve watched some truly Olympic-level panickers go from “screaming and trying to climb the refrigerator” to “side-eye and sigh” with this. It takes patience. Worth it.
**The static situation (yes, it’s real)** ⚡
There’s actually more static electricity building up in the air before and during thunderstorms. Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Nicholas Dodman at Tufts University has written about this for years. He suggested that the tingling or little shocks from all that static can turn ordinary noise sensitivity into full-blown panic for some dogs. A lot of storm-phobic dogs instinctively try to hide in bathrooms or near pipes (grounded spots) for exactly this reason.
My human rolls around on carpet in her wheelchair and turns into a walking lightning rod on top of that. She zaps me constantly. You can see fur standing up. It’s annoying. During storm season it gets worse.
Solution we actually use: damp cloth + light vinegar spritz, wiped in the direction of the fur. Instant visual relief — hair lays flat, the creepy tingly feeling leaves. A lot of the dogs we’ve helped who were spinning in circles suddenly just… stop and blink like “oh. That was part of it?”
(Some people use dryer sheets. We prefer vinegar because I have standards about what I lick off myself 😏)
**Noise-masking that doesn’t insult anyone’s intelligence**
• Wool dryer balls or tennis balls + a knotted towel in the dryer on air-fluff. Steady low rumble that covers the sudden booms.
• Box fan or white noise on high.
• Music with a strong, steady beat. (I will neither confirm nor deny that certain dogs in this house find classic rock acceptable during storms 🎸)
**Management & the power of a chill example**
• Thundershirt or any snug wrap. Many dogs melt. I approve.
• A dark, boring-but-safe den that only produces fancy chews during storms.
• And this matters more than people think: having a genuinely calm dog around (hello) helps. Dogs read each other. When I yawn and go back to sleep, it gives the worried ones permission to consider that maybe the sky isn’t actually ending. Kuno used to do the same from his balcony throne. Kenji, now a much larger velvet freighter. He is already picking up the same energy.
My human stays calm and slightly boring on purpose. No big emotional production. Just quiet presence and the occasional treat for anyone choosing chill.
That’s the whole playbook.
Early outdoor kibble parties so fear never starts (ask me and the former pocket-sized tank how well it works). Then pheromones, slow recorded-thunder work, vinegar static wipe, smart noise cover, good management, and the steady example of dogs who simply do not care.
It’s not flashy and it’s not instant. But it has turned some catastrophic storm wrecks into dogs who barely look up.
If your dog is currently convinced the world is ending, start tonight with the pheromone diffuser and the damp vinegar cloth. Begin the quiet practice on the next calm day.
You’re already doing the hard part by looking for real answers instead of just surviving. That matters. 💕
Drop your stories, questions, or “my dog used to lose it” confessions below. I read them all (my human holds the phone; I provide quality control and moral support).
The booms don’t get the final say.
We’ve got this. ⛈️💪
💜🦴
Chesnyy
Professional Good Girl | Thunder is just spicy weather
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Not a new chemotherapy drug.
Not a breakthrough immunotherapy.
Not a billion-dollar cancer treatment.
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And it all starts with one number.
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Before explaining why, here's the dosing framework Dr. Makis discusses.
📊 The Four Ivermectin Dosing Ranges
🟢 Low Dose: ≤0.5 mg/kg/day
Used for cancers in remission, strong family history, genetic predisposition, prophylaxis, and lower-dose protocols discussed in published case reports.
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Dr. Makis' recommended starting dose for most cancers.
🔵 High Dose: 2.0 mg/kg/day
Discussed for very aggressive cancers, including leukaemia, pancreatic cancer, and some brain cancers.
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• Colon cancer
• Lung cancer
• Pancreatic cancer
• Kidney (renal cell) cancer
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• Leukemia
One exception stood out.
Lymphoma.
Dr. Makis says he has found very little published research involving Ivermectin and lymphoma.
That doesn't mean it doesn't work.
It simply means the evidence is currently limited.
❓What does 1 mg/kg/day actually look like?
For someone weighing 60 kg (132 lbs)...
That's approximately 60 mg of Ivermectin every day.
Equivalent to:
💊 Five 12 mg tablets
OR
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According to Dr. Makis, that's where he recommends starting for many cancers.
Can lower doses still have an effect?
✅ He believes they can.
Dr. Makis discusses a published ovarian cancer case reported by Dr. Tess Lawrie.
The dosing chart lists the patient as receiving 12 mg of Ivermectin per day. During his discussion, Dr. Makis explains that this was approximately 0.2 mg/kg/day, placing it within the chart's Low Dose (≤0.5 mg/kg/day) range.
📉 According to the case report, the patient's CA125 tumor marker reportedly fell from 288 to 22 after two months.
That case is one reason Dr. Makis believes Ivermectin may have anticancer activity even at lower doses.
However...
He also believes the available evidence suggests the effect is dose dependent.
In other words...
Higher doses may produce greater effects, although more clinical research is needed.
What about the most aggressive cancers?
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• Brain cancer
For cancers like these, Dr. Makis discusses doses around 2 mg/kg/day in selected situations.
He notes that Ivermectin crosses the blood-brain barrier, although not very efficiently, which is one reason he says higher doses may be considered for some brain cancers.
He also discusses a case reported by Dr. Allan Landrito.
According to Dr. Makis, a physician with terminal gallbladder cancer reportedly took 2 mg/kg/day for 14 months.
He says her cancer eventually disappeared.
She experienced temporary visual side effects that resolved after a few days.
❓How high have reported doses gone?
According to Dr. Makis, he has seen reported doses as high as 2.5 mg/kg/day.
He references patients treated by Dr. Shankara Chetty who reportedly used those doses without long-term side effects, although some experienced temporary visual disturbances that later resolved.
One point Dr. Makis returns to repeatedly...
Long-term use.
He references the Castro study involving children with leukemia who reportedly received Ivermectin for six months without long-term side effects.
He also discusses anecdotal reports of adults taking it daily for more than a year without long-term toxicity.
So why aren't there larger cancer trials?
Dr. Makis believes one of the biggest obstacles is economics.
Because Ivermectin is an off-patent generic medicine, he argues there is little financial incentive to fund large clinical trials.
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One graph.
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One starting point.
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