Any experience with weird dog behavior? Hyper-activity, unbelievable greed for food? Separation anxiety reactions?

Any experience with weird dog behavior? Hyper-activity, unbelievable greed for food? Separation anxiety reactions?
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We had a Saint Bernard that was terrified of thunder. 180 pounds of dog. I was napping on the couch one afternoon and a storm came up. The girl never left the rug in the kitchen usually. That day I woke up with the dog on top of me. We lost her a while ago. She was a great dog.
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