8 yo dog recently has problems with thunder and lightning. Been looking at the Thunder Shirt. I prefer not to drug her up with Traxodome. She looks like shjt for hours.

What are your experiences if any?

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Did not work on my Jack Russel …. He Acted like it wasn't even on him… sure wish it would of worked on him, pore dog freaks out with thunder and lighting

Didn't do **** for my dog

Go try a kids short sleeve swim shirt from wal mart

We liked the thunder shirt for our old lab, but it didn't work for thunder & lightning. It did work great for a sweater to keep her warm when she got older. Also, we noticed that she seemed slightly calmer in the car, but no difference whatsoever for thunder and fireworks.

We had high hopes, but ultimately it did not do for us what we had hoped.

My little scaredy-dog loves his. It's funny though, my lab couldn't care less. He lays on his back and snores away during a storm. My terrier likes to hide and is on alert the whole time. Thunder shirt definitely eases some of that for him.

Not to derail your thread, but does anyone else have a gun dog that doesn't like thunderstorms? Its actually pretty comical. He gets excited at the sound of a shotgun, doesn't mind trains blasting their horns, doesn't mind traffic driving by or loud tractors. Thunders once and homeboy is in my lap, not panting or otherwise visibly bothered other than the fact that he will be in my lap or bed if it thunders.

We had a Brittany that would freak out, he'd even push his way through fence pickets to get out if he was in back yard. Nothing worked except him sitting in your lap. Our Dachshund mix just goes under the bed.

Our old dog seemed to get some relief from the thundershirt, but I think it was more the fact that we were doing something.

She had pills to calm her down as well because when she was young during a thunderstorm she was an absolute mess. Wouldn't let me sleep, bothered me until I got up, wouldn't let me lay on the couch, and once she had the pill she would sleep in her bed IF I laid on the floor. (notice I say me, she left my wife alone during all of this)

Well one night it didn't seem like that big of a storm and I was tired of going through the pills so I got up, made a cheese ball like always and tossed it to her....without putting the pill inside.

The dog went back down and laid in her bed, pure placebo effect.


I think the thundershirt did some of the same

Have you looked into CBD for the pup? We had no luck with Thundershirts, and if I'm being totally honest, CBD in general has not definitively proven to work either, but it does for some, so maybe it's worth a shot.

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TacosaurusRex said:

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Not to derail your thread, but does anyone else have a gun dog that doesn't like thunderstorms? Its actually pretty comical. He gets excited at the sound of a shotgun, doesn't mind trains blasting their horns, doesn't mind traffic driving by or loud tractors. Thunders once and homeboy is in my lap, not panting or otherwise visibly bothered other than the fact that he will be in my lap or bed if it thunders.

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My best pointing dog jumped a 4' fence and got run over on the highway while I was out looking for him last year. Always baffled me that a dog that could love the sound of a shotgun so much, could freak out so much from the sound of low rolling thunder. R.I.P. Rock

It didn't help our dog so we gave it to a friend and it made all the difference with their pup. We had better luck giving our gsp mix cbd that is mixed with salmon oil about an hour before the first storms of the day hit.

In reply to Jason_InfinityRoofer CBD is what did it for our large dog. The wife sees the forecast and gives the good old dog a few CBD hits and she is chilling. It is not 100%, but she does get a lot more relaxed.

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MD1993 said:

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CBD is what did it for our large dog. The wife sees the forecast and gives the good old dog a few CBD hits and she is chilling. It is not 100%, but she does get a lot more relaxed.

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I like hearing that it works for some of yall. It kind of worked for one of ours but the others not so much. But, whatever works is good in my opinion. Some of them just cower under a table and quiver during storms.

I don't think that it would work on my Boykin. He doesn't like thunder but I see more anxiety in him before thunder hits, when he reacts to the lightening.

Worked ok for Garth Brooks.

Thanks for the info and saving me $50.00. I think I'll first buy a $4.00 t shirt from Hobby Lobby and see if it survives the night. Probably won't do I'll then try the CBD Chewies. Since it never rains here I may not need them.

My parents dog was terrified of thunder. Thundershirt didn't work. The tranquilizing pills didn't help that much either during the thunder. It would knock her out aftor the thunder passed. She was just too hyped up during the storm for it to have much affect.

I have had great results with thunder vests for Jewels and Sasha:

Jewels on the left, Sasha on the right
In addition to using them when it is thundering and lightening, I also use them when Fort Hood is going boom, boom and when I take them for their walks when its really cold.

Talk to your vet about Sileo. Works in about 75% of dogs
And has worked great in my dogs that needed it.

You can do a makeshift thunder shirt with a scarf. Maybe try that before spending money on an actual thunder shirt.

We gonna try the old Maroon sleep shirt first. Storms a coming so what the hey!

What cbd do y'all use?

In reply to MaroonSpirit Charlotte's Web is a really good one.