Because there’s a sucker born every minute, I bought one of these shirts for Buster recently. The short story is that I’m keeping it (they have a pretty good return policy). While it doesn’t work (for Buster) for everything they have listed on their website, it works well enough for some things that it’s worth keeping.
The two big things with Buster are barking and car sickness. Whenever Buster is in a barking mood, if I put the shirt on him, he just stands there like a zombie. Some people might think this is a negative, but it’s actually an improvement on his normal behavior.
The big test came yesterday–Buster always gets car sick. I mean always. I don’t remember a trip in the car that didn’t involve me cleaning up dog vomit upon returning home. That is, until yesterday. Buster had a vet appointment so I thought that would be the perfect time to give the shirt a try. While he got pretty drooly early into the trip, he did not get sick yesterday! Now, I will say that the vet’s office is only 15 minutes from the house, but seeing that he’s gotten sick in less time in the car than that, we’ll call it a winner. I hope to desensitize him to the car by taking him on longer and longer trips.
The shirt did not pass the thunder test, however. Both Buster and Alice are afraid of thunder. During one of the recent storms, they each had a turn in the shirt, but I did not notice any change in their behavior.
Still, definitely worth keeping.
Neat!