There has been a number of storms hitting southern Saskatchewan this summer and some animals can suffer from stress when lightning and thunder fill the sky.

Dogs seem to have the most trouble and the Moose Jaw Humane Society prepares to care for the animals when the weather changes.

"We are back here every night at a certain time to let the dogs go in and out to go to the bathroom. On days where we know it's storming we make sure we come back and check on them to make sure everyone is accounted for and nobody has hurt themselves. A lot of them will try and chew the gates, chew the doors and end up hurting their mouths... we do keep a close eye on them," said Executive Director for the shelter Kristyn McEwen.

She mentioned the storm that hit our city early Monday morning created a few problems for the shelter workers when they jumped to action at the first sight of thunder.

"Last night the storm kind of took us by surprise and by the time we realized it was thundering out it was midnight. Our house dog had actually escaped the building and one other dog had as well too. It's hard on the animals, it's hard on the person that's on call because outside of the building as well there's lots of people with dogs that escape during storms, so we're always busy."

McEwen added along with providing the animals with comfort, they use a Thunder Jacket on some dogs to keep them calm.

"The Thunder Jacket looks like a jacket you put around a dog but it's quite tight around their body, to feel like they're being held or to feel like there's something close around them and I know a lot of people have found success with that."

The two escaped shelter dogs returned Monday morning.