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Originally Posted by The JD
I bought a Thundershirt. I just found out about them- as I understand it, they're supposed to help with dog anxiety by making the dog feel physically supported/hugged. With all the afternoon thunderstorms the last few weeks, my dog could use some anxiety relief. Hope it works!
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JD do you think it's at all like the comfort people with autism feel, when they are snugly enclosed? I'm thinking of Temple Grandon, as she tells it, when she was a kid, she found it comforting to lie under the couch cushions and have her mom sit on them. And then she developed that chute for cows who are walking down ramps in a slaughterhouse, the chutes have cushions on them and "hug" the cows, alleviating their fear and making their meat more tender because it isn't shot with adrenaline at the last minute. (!)