Here’s A Quick Life Hack To Calm Stressed Pets During Fireworks Using Just A Pair Of Socks
As we’re already past Halloween, the time has come when we’ll be hearing more and more of the popping sounds of firecrackers. For us, it can be annoying, especially for those having a hard time sleeping and being woken up by a loud pop, but for some pets, it can be anxiety-inducing.
There are several tips on how to keep your pet calm during fireworks: these include ensuring that all doors and windows are shut, walking them during daylight hours when the fireworks are less likely to be set off, and putting on TV or some music to mask the scary sounds. In addition to this, you’re one click away from buying stress bands or calming jackets from specialist stores (god bless online shopping). However, this student came up with a completely cost-free hack to help your pets stay calm while the fireworks are going off and it’s going viral.
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A student from the UK has come up with a useful hack on how to calm your dog during fireworks
Image credits: Caitlin Miller
17-year-old Caitlin Miller from South Shields, UK has shared a hack for helping calm her dogs on Facebook. The best part about it? It costs $0.
Instead of buying expensive dog jackets or supplements, Caitlin suggested other dog owners use a pair of old socks. “For all those whose dogs are scared of fireworks,” she wrote on Facebook, “Instead of buying anti-stress bands or anything else off of the internet, just cut the two ends off a sock and put it on their head ensuring it’s not too tight, but comfortable.”
It’s absolutely cost-free and only involves using an old sock and a pair of scissors
Image credits: Caitlin Miller
“It gives them a sensation of being cuddled and relaxes them. We used them last year, as firework season is back, we’re using them again, and thought I’d share with my friends,” Caitlin’s Facebook post continued.
Caitlin shared that the hack works on both of her dogs—a 5-month-old Jack Russell named Cookie and a 9-year-old Pomchi named Ruby.
Caitlin’s hack was inspired by an anti-stress dog band she saw online, which sells for about $12
Image credits: Caitlin Miller
Caitlin’s hack was inspired by an anti-stress dog band that’s supposed to help sensitive or frightened dogs. It costs almost £10 (a little bit over $12) online. But instead of buying, why not go the zero-waste direction and make an anti-stress band of your own?
Caitlin’s post on Facebook did not go unnoticed with over 1.4k likes and more than 11k comments already. People seemed to have loved the idea.
“Tubigrip bandage works too & stretches. It’s what I use on my cocker spaniel, she cuddles into me with it on & falls asleep!” someone shared a useful tip, too.
However, as it turns out, the hack won’t work for every dog. “There isn’t a sock on this planet that is big enough to go over my dog’s head without suffocating them,” someone on Facebook pointed out.
Here’s what people online said
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That Sam Perkins-person really has no idea how dogs and cats function. Desensitizing them once they're already completely freaked is nearly impossible, because you cannot "fake" fireworks, and there's no way anyone could copy the horror of hour-long firework on the 31st. No. Way. I usually look for a hotel far away, but right now with lockdowns and such, I'm not even sure if those places are even still existing! Shitty year, but I need to go book a room...
Exactly... They'd be even more anxious if your somewhat unethical "trials" to desensitise them, fail.
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My dogs would be too focused on trying to get that off that they’d stop being freaked out by fireworks, so... mission accomplished?
A ski snood with a scarf under works well for big boys. The pic is my late dog with an otitis ready to walk in stormy weather. I used the same snood on my finnish lapphund with multiple layers of a scarf under it and i took him to a firework at 6 month, no stress at all and now he's not afraid of fireworks and thunders. Is it ridiculous? YES. Does it work? YES sius-snood...396a5c.jpg 
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My dog was never bothered by fireworks. My cat , she does not like fireworks. She unobtrusively sneaks under the dresser and curls up in the corner.
I brought mine to watch a firework when he was young, using a scarf and a ski snood on top, he looked bad but he liked it, no panic at all and now he's not scared by fireworks or thunderstorms.
That Sam Perkins-person really has no idea how dogs and cats function. Desensitizing them once they're already completely freaked is nearly impossible, because you cannot "fake" fireworks, and there's no way anyone could copy the horror of hour-long firework on the 31st. No. Way. I usually look for a hotel far away, but right now with lockdowns and such, I'm not even sure if those places are even still existing! Shitty year, but I need to go book a room...
Exactly... They'd be even more anxious if your somewhat unethical "trials" to desensitise them, fail.
Load More Replies... My dogs would be too focused on trying to get that off that they’d stop being freaked out by fireworks, so... mission accomplished?
A ski snood with a scarf under works well for big boys. The pic is my late dog with an otitis ready to walk in stormy weather. I used the same snood on my finnish lapphund with multiple layers of a scarf under it and i took him to a firework at 6 month, no stress at all and now he's not afraid of fireworks and thunders. Is it ridiculous? YES. Does it work? YES sius-snood...396a5c.jpg
Do you need to increase your credit score? Do you intend to upgrade your school grade? Do you want to hack your cheating spouse Email, whatsapp, Facebook, instagram or any social network? Do you need any information concerning any database. Do you need to retrieve deleted files? Do you need to clear your criminal records or DMV? Do you want to remove any site or link from any blog? you should contact this hacker, he is reliable and good at the hack jobs.. contact : cybergoldenhacker at gmail dot com
My dog was never bothered by fireworks. My cat , she does not like fireworks. She unobtrusively sneaks under the dresser and curls up in the corner.
I brought mine to watch a firework when he was young, using a scarf and a ski snood on top, he looked bad but he liked it, no panic at all and now he's not scared by fireworks or thunderstorms.
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