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Anxiety Wrap Often Helps Dogs That Are
Afraid of Thunderstorms
Is your dog afraid of thunderstorms, lightning or heavy rains? The Anxiety
Wrap often allows an animal to sleep through a storm. The form fitting wrap
helps alleviate the fear a dog may have of the loud noises that accompanying thunderstorms.
We had great success using this product with our own dog Daisy. The following
article outlines how and why the Anxiety Wrap could work to make those thunderstorms
a little more bearable for your dog.
 Anxiety
Wrap: Helping to Improve the Lives of Dogs
By Susan Sharpe Creator of the Anxiety Wrap
Thunderstorms - are they causing your dog fear, stress, pacing,
anxiety, panting or nervousness? Often using an Anxiety Wrap
will allow him or her to sleep right through the storm.
Many people have noticed much improvement within 1 to 3 times
of using the Anxiety Wrap.
The Anxiety
Wrap was created to fill an existing need, an alternative or holistic approach
to behavior modification for dogs. It can happen by using the Anxiety Wrap to
ease your dog's anxieties. When used properly it has proven positive to increase
balance, self-confidence, focus, preparation for and during training, animal to
animal socialization, animal to human socialization, bonding, relaxation, and
gait awareness. As well as helping to end dog aggression, shyness, nervousness,
releasing stress & tension, end jumping, stop destructive chewing, fear biting,
car sickness, unnecessary barking, shyness, fear of loud noises, thunderstorm
fear, sensitivity to touch, sensitive to sound, aloofness, emotional upset, hyperactivity,
grooming issues and other anxieties.
Dogs, Like People, Are Individuals
Conventional medicine, behaviorists and trainers all have
their place and the Anxiety Wrap was not designed nor intended
to replace any of them, but rather to be an alternative or
holistic addition to the plan. Being a trainer myself,
I know from personal experience that animals, like people,
are individuals. Both often require different ways of learning
and/or recovery for past experiences.
Far too often animals, like people, fall through the cracks
when traditional methods fail. Anyone wishing to see some
of these animals need go no further than your local animal
shelter or even your own neighborhood. When I personally experienced
that traditional training didn’t work with one of my
own dogs, it was then I began my search for alternative ways
of training. A way of working with the entire animal that
would include their mind, body and spirit.
This search led me from traditional training, that focuses
on punishment for offering a wrong behavior and the removal
of that punishment for offering the one desired, to a kinder,
more respectful way of training. I was searching for a way
to teach that could be fun for both animal and human. Soon
I was using two reward methods of training. Operant Conditioning
combined with Clicker Training but still there was more to
be learned.
Our “Throw Away” Dogs
What about the dogs that didn't or couldn't respond to reward
training alone? Those animals whose past issues and present
fears were so overwhelming, it left them powerless to focus
on anything else. Often these are the dogs we see abandoned,
passed from one home to another. Dogs excessively crated,
kenneled or chained, isolated with little hope of ever truly
becoming part of a family pack.
Changing Dog Behavior By Changing The
Body's Sensations
Soon I found myself studying the latest beliefs in calming
signals and animal behavior. I became a Tellington Touch Practitioner,
successfully completed Purdue University’s “DOGS”
Course Principles and Behavior, Bailey’s Clicker Training,
and the list goes on. After these workshops, seminars, clinics
and courses I came to learn many behaviors and some health
issues could be affected by the manipulation of the skin and
by applying light to moderate pressure to certain areas of
the body.
Behavior modification, a more rapid recovery - they appeared
to be aided by these sensations. But why? Why did it have
an effect?
All my years of traditionalism prevented me from accepting
what I had witnessed. Then I read a book titled Molecules
Of Emotion by Candace B. Pert, PhD. When Candace wrote
“the body and mind are not separate and one cannot be
treated without the other,” the pieces of the puzzle
started coming together. Added to that learning was the example
of Temple Grandin’s “Hug Box,” a device
developed to apply deep pressure to help calm autistic children’s
over stimulated nerves. So we envisioned a product that would
cover a large portion of an animal’s body without falling
off or allowing the animal to get tangled up in it.
At the same time it could not be binding or distracting, so
to help calm the animal and help modify the undesirable behaviors.
I realized that animals, though admittedly much different
than humans, still possess some of the same physiological
and, may we dare suggest, some of the same psychological make
up. Finally I began to understand how these effects were being
possible.
Realizing this I began to experiment using various types of
materials put together in various ways to increase the positive
effects of the sensations being sent to the animal’s
brain by use of the body's receptors. Opening up the neurological
pathways and substituting new sensations for old habitual
ones.
Over much time and many prototypes the Anxiety Wrap was developed.
A Wrap especially designed to help your animal as well as
my own and those of my clients. Shereen Faber, PH.D.,
OTR, FAOTA, and author of Neurorehabilitation A Multisensory
Approach, contacted us after discovering our product. She
explains how The Anxiety Wrap uses a Technique called "Maintained
Pressure" to help calm the sensory receptors.
We’ve found The Anxiety
Wrap works especially well in situations where your dog is anxious or fearful,
whether it’s during a thunderstorm or trips to the vet or meeting new people.
Due to its ability to help an animal become more focused, the Anxiety Wrap is
an excellent tool for use with gentle training methods.
It can provide an under-confident animal with a greater sense
of security, helping it become more comfortable and begin
increasing confidence. For overly excited or hyper dogs,
the Anxiety Wrap can help an animal become more calm and relaxed. Remember
that every animal is unique and there are countless other
ways the Anxiety Wrap can improve your dog’s quality
of life.
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