i have two dogs and they're scared of thunder so whenever it starts thundering they start running towards to nearest person. when we're all upstairs in our bedrooms (they're not allowed upstairs) they kind of just sit on the stairs and whine at us until we come downstairs. same when we wake up and putter around upstairs until we go downstairs - they sit on the stairs until we come down and then they jump on us and beg for pats and lick everywhere they can reach ;;