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My 3 year old adopted lab golden retriever mix female has developed an uncontrollable fear of my husband coughing. It does not matter if it is a slight cough or worse right now as he has a cold and is coughing more. She can wake from a sound sleep if he coughs. Right now she is really bad as he has a cold. It is not even a really bad cough but she will get very nervous and pace. She will try to climb up on things (i.e. the night stand) or knock things over and shake uncontrollably. I am trying not to enable or encourage her fear but with him having the cold I am really getting concerned for her. The other night she was so bad that husband went downstairs and I kept her in the bedroom with me and had the radio on so there was noise, she could still hear him and was frightened out of her wits. Finally he came upstairs and we went downstairs on the couch. She did climb up on the end of the couch and stayed there the rest of the night shaking whenever she heard him but would settle down a bit. She is constantly glued to my side right now and will squeeze herself in any area to be beside me even puts herself between the toilet and the wall. Please help with any suggestions you might have. Thank you, Sheila