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A review of Donna’s thunder phobia and how the ThunderShirt and other tools helped her

Donna has thunder phobia and one of the tools that we thought we would try with her was the ThunderShirt to manage her thunder phobia. I wrote to ThunderShirt, who so kindly arranged with their local distributor Hound Habitat to send me a sample of the shirt for trial.


Back to the storm brewing over our island over the last few weeks…

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Not keeping calm but carrying on – another update on managing thunder phobia

Note: Thundershirt kindly arranged with their local partner, Hound Habitat, to send to me a sample of the Thundershirt for trial after I wrote to them about Donna’s thunderstorm phobia.


Donna’s thunderstorm phobia seemed to have decreased in the last update.

But it wasn’t going to last.

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Keep calm and carry on – an update on managing thunder phobia

Daily rain. Monsoon month. Rain reigns.

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Introducing the Thundershirt or any shirt to our dog

Note: Thundershirt kindly arranged with their local partner, Hound Habitat, to send to me a sample of the Thundershirt for trial after I wrote to them about Donna’s thunderstorm phobia. 


Strange as it may sound, there is a need to introduce anything new to the dog slowly. Our dog is not adventurous. New things are often viewed with an unhealthy dose of suspicion . So here’s Donna inspecting the Thundershirt.

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Living with a dog – issue 4

Living with a dog is a weekly overview of the posts published in the last week, and some of the discussions prompted in the comments or thoughts that I had as a result of hindsight later on. The following list gives you a quick idea of the main topics covered in this issue, before the full article:

  • dog behaviours when out on a walk
  • dogs with a fear of car travel
  • the different types of leash available that can be put to leisure and training use
  • thunderstorm phobia
  • mobile photography apps for pet and everyday photography
  • our new Facebook page

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