Thundershirt Product Review Reduce Stress And Anxiety In Dogs
Thundershirt Product Review Reduce Stress And Anxiety In Dogs
The Thundershirt is a soft body wrap that basically hugs your dog and makes them feel secure, similar to wrapping a baby in a receiving blanket.  You can read more about how they work here : How it works  OR
Take a look at what one news channel had to say about Thundershirts:
I had a beautiful Husky/Shepard mix one time a few years back. Her owners were moving so I took her in on a foster basis. Her name was Luka .  Luka was about  2yrs old and SO afraid of bad weather.  Thunder, flashes from lightening and even just loud, hard rain.  Luka also liked to snack on our mini blinds when we left the house . You always knew when a storm was coming because she was under the kitchen table and would not come out for nothing.
No, this isn’t Luka … Â but believe me it is close to it !Â
(Can you say prime candidate?)
I had Luka with me in the midst of the whole crate training debate and was trying not to use one if we left for short periods of time. Â I quickly learned that this was not on option. She would get so stressed out and anxious that she was eventually going to hurt herself and that was a big concern. Â Had I known about Thundershirts then, Â she would have been a prime candidate (same as the poor baby in the picture above, woah!) . Â Luka was placed in a home that had a few other dogs and I hear she actually no longer has these issues. Perhaps the company of other fur friends has eased her mind! Â Â That is great !
As for Lily….. Â Lily is scared of Fireworks and other similar loud noises. This time of year it is the gun shots, she has a lot of woods near her home and hunters frequent the area. Â For the most part she is fearless, but the loud noises just really stress her out. Â Â Another perfect candidate for a Thundershirt, only this time we got to try it out ! Â This is Lily, the family’s silly n sweet Shih Tzu /Westie wearing her Thundershirt because there had been groups of 4 wheelers going by on the trails off and on all day.
Here is  Lily after a few minutes after being in her Thundershirt,
Laying down & completely calm, forgetting all about the noise
Now, I know what you are saying… Â yes we could have just made her lay down for the picture and yes it could be coincidence that she was behaving differently from the simple fact that she was distracted by having the shirt on. Also, Â If you watched the video above then you heard the creator of Thundershirts say that they are 80% effective, which means 1 in 5 may not benefit from this form of treatment. Â All I can say is, try it out. Â Thundershirt offers a money back guarantee and they have really great customer service. Â This is one of those no fear purchases !
The Thundershirt is working very well for Lily! On top of making her feel calm and secure, the Thundershirt is providing some much needed warmth in this already cool Northern New England fall weather!
Thundershirts are also now made for cats ! Â If you have ever heard a cat moan, howl or meow because it is lonely or afraid, oh my goodness. Â The sound is horrific. Â If the sound is that bad, can you imagine how the cat is feeling? Â Try a Thundershirt for Cats
Samantha
Samantha hails from Virginia and is a proud wife to a retired Deputy Sheriff and mother to two amazing little boys named Jack & William. A veteran product reviewer; Samantha has been reviewing products for 8 years and offers high quality product reviews with original photography.
Samantha
Samantha hails from Virginia and is a proud wife to a retired Deputy Sheriff and mother to two amazing little boys named Jack & William. A veteran product reviewer; Samantha has been reviewing products for 8 years and offers high quality product reviews with original photography.
14 Comments
Jenn
I saw these at the pet store a few weeks back and I am pretty interested in seeing if they will work on our cat. Our dog does fine… but the cat really freaks out and runs back and forth, back and forth in the living room. Drive me nuts. Thanks for testing it out for us.
michele d
I never have heard of this before. My pup has high anxiety when we leave her. I think that she would benefit from this. I am going to take a look at this company.
Sasha Cory
Wow, sounds cool! All of our dogs are fearless but I’ll keep this in mind if we ever have a dog that has anxiety.
patricia woolverton
These are interesting. My moms dog needs something like this. She is a pure mental case lol
Alaina Bullock
How cool! I know 2 dogs (and 1 cat) who could really use this! I cannot wait to tell my friend about it…it’s her animals that need it, bad! LOL! Thanks!
Betsy Rubendall Barnes
These are cool! I wish they were around years ago, we had a dog that went insane when it stormed. I would have tried this 🙂
Lucy Black
What a great product! My princess gets so frustated and scared with bad weather, especially with rain.
Karen Che
I’ve never seen these in stores but now I may have to seek one out. My dogs are very afraid of fireworks around Fourth of July and Christmas. If Thundershirts help, I am definitely getting two.
mary beth barrett
I have never heard of these before but they sound really interesting. Great Review…
Melinda Dunne
I would love to have this for my babies. One of my dogs has a really hard time when her Daddy is gone and she loves to wear clothes so that would be perfect.
aprila
super cute my cat would look adorable in that
Miranda M
Thank you for the review, I’d seen the commercials for this product and always wondered if it worked–I’m glad to hear it does! Also, I didn’t know they now made Thundershirts for cats–I might need to get one to use on my cats Mia and Luna when they go the the vet (they get very anxious).
Joni Mason
I’m SO glad someone came up with this idea!!! It kind of goes along with the same idea as swaddling a fussy baby.
Hannah C
This is a really great idea for dogs with anxiety or just dogs in general since it seems to be comfy!! I like it. I want to get this for my dog.