Today is a gorgeous day...blue skies and cooler temperatures! This past weekend we got quite a bit of rain from Tropical Storm Lee. Gwen doesn't like the thunder and rain and has a lot of anxiety when the storming starts. I was at the vet last week and they recommended trying a Thundershirt. It is a shirt that wraps snugly around your dog and the pressure is supposed to have a calming effect.
I didn't think I had anything to lose, so I went ahead and got one and tried it out over the weekend. I didn't expect much, but was really pleased with the results. Instead of shaking and panting in my lap or hiding under the bed, Gwen was calm through the storm. After I put it on her the first day, she stood still for a few minutes and then went and laid down and fell asleep. It made the stormy weekend easier on her as well as on me, amazing product!
Gwennie girl in her Thurndershirt.
"So relaxed I think I will take a nap!"
The boys were out of school for the long labor day weekend, so what is there to do after a storm but play in the water. We have a little ditch in the back of our yard and Evan got the idea that it would be a good place to use his skim board and go for some rides. I know he must have been exhaused because he ran and played outside like this for several hours:
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