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Saturday, July 03, 2010

Thundershirt (TM) - The Best Solution for Dog Anxiety





How it Works
With its patent pending design, Thundershirt's gentle, constant pressure has a dramatic effect for most dogs if they are anxious, fearful or over-excited. From real world experience, we know with certainty that Thundershirt DOES WORK. Based on surveys completed by over 1,000 Thundershirt users, over 85% of dogs show significant improvement in anxiety symptoms when using Thundershirt.

As for WHY Thundershirt's gentle pressure works to calm a dog, experts such as Dr. Temple Grandin believe that pressure has a calming effect on the vervous system. Using pressure to relieve anxiety has been a common practice for years. For example:

  • TTouch dog trainers use pressure to address a wide variety of anxieties
  • Veterinarians use pressure to relax cattle when they are administering vaccinations
  • People with autism use pressure to relieve their persistent anxiety
  • Children with certain behavioural problems use pressure shirts and weighted vests to relax and focus
  • Parents use swaddling to calm an inconsolable newborn infant
Until now, there just hasn't been a well-designed, inexpensive pressure wrap commonly used for dog anxiety. Thundershirt is changing that! Thousands of veterinarians and dog trainers now recommend Thundershirts for their anxiety cases.

How to Use Thundershirt
Thundershirt is an excellent treatment for most types of dog anxiety and fear issues. For many anxieties, we recommend just putting on a Thundershirt and observing the results (No training!). You very well may see significant improvement for noise, crate, travel, barking and others with absolutely no training. For more complicated anxiety cases, we recommend using Thundershirt as part of a behaviour modification program.

One thing is for certain, for a very large percentage of dogs, Thundershirt's gentle, constant pressure has a terrific calming effect. This has obvious benefits for most types of anxiety. But Thundershirt is also a very useful tool for managing excitability or hyperactivity with strangers, on the leash, or in a training environment. Thundershirt's calming effect helps a dog to focus (or refocus) her energies in a more constructive direction, allowing training to be more effective.
How to Order
MilkBone Pet DayCare is proud to be the first in Singapore to bring you the Thundershirt!

At only SGD$55*, we will cover for packing and postage!
*Special launch price (valid till 31st August 2010)

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