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ThunderShirt For Your Anxious Dog

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Posted in Uncategorized | December 3rd, 2011

Do you have a dog that is afraid of the vacuum cleaner, fireworks, or thunderstorms?

My big boy Vlad gets into the bathtub when it thunders. My Vlad is NOT a sissy… He is 97#s of beautiful black fur. Vlad is a flat coated retriever that I was lucky enough to be able to adopt many years ago.

Vlad is the love of my life but it breaks my heart when it thunders he is inconsolable. He pants, shakes and drools while he cowers in the bathtub.

My little girl Ilsa… hates the vacuum cleaner. She runs around the house barking when I even open the door of the cupboard that I store it in. When she runs around the house barking in her shirking bark she of course gets the others dogs going too. It is indeed very noisy around the house when I try to clean. I usually put Ilsa outside before I start.

I had heard a lot of talk about Thundershirt.

Thundershirt is a lightweight fabric cloth that you wrap around your dog. It is available in many sizes to be able to accommodate all sizes of dogs.
The logic behind what it does makes total sense to me. The concept is like a mother taking her baby in her arms and holding tight to comfort them. Surround your dog with a BIG hug.

I am not going to tell you that it was a 100% cure for my Vlad and Ilsa but it was a tremendous improvement. Vlad no longer feels the need to jump in the bathtub when it thunders. And my Ilsa just barks a bit when I first drag out the vacuum, I actually think it is now more out of habit than of being scared.

I have no excuse now not to use the vacuum cleaner.

I highly recommend Thundershirt for your anxious dog.

Thundershirt is available in the size you need for your dog at Entirely Pets... where I buy all of my pet products.

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