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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
I’m so excited about New Years. We don’t go out. We buy cider (for me) and beer (for him), because we’re both light weights. A small cheesecake. Line up a movie theme night. And then we get the dogs ready for celebrating the arrival of a new year!
On New Year’s Eve, we’ll walk our dogs for at least 3 miles a couple times a day, have a rowdy play session in the yard, and then we get them ready for the night.
One year we tried to medicate Rodrigo, but that didn’t work out very well. I thought the medication would mellow him out, but what it did was dampen down his anxiety, so he didn’t have any fear when he took off to the woods at night. We’re fast too, so we caught up with Rodrigo quickly and guided him back to home.
We go through all this trouble, because we live near the Tulalip Reservation in a city that allows fireworks. No one around here buys just fireworks. That would be stupid and wouldn’t properly welcome in 2013. Everyone buys explosives and they freak our dogs out and guarantee that none of us (except my boyfriend) get any sleep.
This year, we’re going to try the ace bandage wrap for Rodrigo, because I hear that it may calm a dog’s fear of fireworks…
December 31, 2012 at 7:41 am
What a super idea this is…It’s a home-made Thundercoat using something that every home has tucked away somewhere…Happy New Year from Beth & Gizmo
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December 31, 2012 at 5:13 pm
Happy New Year to you too!
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December 31, 2012 at 12:19 pm
That’s a really cool idea! Just like a thunder jacket. Hope you guys have a nice New Year’s Eve tonight!
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December 31, 2012 at 5:12 pm
I know! Our dog trainer told us about it when we were trying to get one of our dogs over motion sickness in the car.
Kim
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December 31, 2012 at 5:46 pm
That’s in 1 of the Ttouch books. I’ve never used it so will be interested in hearing how it works for you. I used melatonin for my shep mix who was thunderstorm/fireworks phobic and it worked well for her.
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December 31, 2012 at 5:49 pm
And I forgot to say Happy New Year!
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December 31, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Happy New Year to you too.
I’m wondering if I’m going to need the Ace Bandage, because no one is setting off fireworks. This is unheard of around here. Fingers crossed for a quiet night
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December 31, 2012 at 7:08 pm
Neat idea! Fortunately, Sage doesn’t seem to be afraid of fireworks, but we’ve had dogs that were. I’ll be anxious to hear how it worked.
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January 1, 2013 at 9:53 am
Our dogs slept through the fireworks. No need for the ace bandage. Rodrigo had a nervous moment, but it didn’t last long, maybe 15 minutes, and he got some hugs and attention then a treat and then he was fine. They slept straight through midnight.
LOL
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December 31, 2012 at 11:52 pm
Should this work better than the Thundershirt?
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January 1, 2013 at 9:52 am
I don’t think so, Jana, because there’s the chance that the dog isn’t wrapped correctly. With the Thundershirt, I think it’s pretty hard to mess it up.
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January 1, 2013 at 6:37 am
Happy New Year
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January 1, 2013 at 9:44 am
Happy New Year to YOU TOO!!!
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January 8, 2013 at 6:06 pm
Hi Kimberly, what do you think of Thundershirts? Same theory pretty much right?
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January 8, 2013 at 6:27 pm
Yep, same theory. What I love about the Thundershirts is that they take the guess work out of it all. The wrap isn’t easy to do; I tried on New Year’s Eve and found that I didn’t buy a long enough one so it didn’t work for Rodrigo. A Thundershirt just goes onto our dog; the only mistake is if we buy the wrong size
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