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Thundershirt- is it really that simple?

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FaintlyBaffled · 08/01/2017 17:40

We've just cracked and bought one for DDog3.
She's excitable, licky, springy and hugely reactive outside the house. We've just put it on her and she's rooted to the spot bizarrely calm. We can stroke her without being drowned in dribble, she's not jumping up, in fact she's almost catatonic. I can hardly wait to try her outdoors Confused
However hard I've looked, I can't seem to find any guidance on how we actually use it though. Should we keep it on all the time or use it only in situations where we know there's going to be an issue? ATM
I may never take it off as she's cheerfully pottering about the house and not causing mayhem in any shape or form. I'm worried that the effects will be diluted if we use it constantly, but perhaps prolonged periods of behaving "properly" may cause her to see that as normal (as we are hugely praising her at the moment for her calmness)
I really don't want to ruin this "miracle cure" by using it inappropriately.

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taptonaria27 · 15/01/2017 21:46

I measured my lanky lurcher and ordered the right size, (L), should I be doing it up tightly? Is it more effective the tighter it is? It's very like swaddling, takes me right back... [nostalgic]

Costacoffeeplease · 15/01/2017 22:11

Yes, comfortable but secure so it's not flapping anywhere

taptonaria27 · 16/01/2017 17:03

Well, today I left him for only the second time since November (when I was out for 20 minutes and he howled the house down). I left for 20 minutes, watching the app on my phone and he was fine!
Admittedly I also left him on Friday before we got the shirt and he was ok, although he ran around whining and looking for me and it was on;y 9 minutes before I cracked and came back.
He definitely seemed more settled today, scoffed the bone I left him and settled down on the sofa in the window to watch for my return, which he greeted calmly.

ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe · 16/01/2017 17:05

Can they lie down in it?

Costacoffeeplease · 16/01/2017 19:02

Brilliant tap

Oh yes chardonnay it's just like a t-shirt jersey material

floopyloopy · 17/01/2017 13:26

Yes ours takes a while to lie down but definitely can.

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