T-Shirt Quiets Strom-Scared Dogs

T-Shirt Quiets Strom-Scared Dogs LIVESTOCK DOGS 26-6-21 It's not clear where the idea started but wearing a T-shirt reportedly quiets dogs that are afraid of thunder and lightning. Readers of the State Journal Register in central Illinois have been sending in letters to the paper about the idea. Beth Szillagyi, Petersburg, Ill., had great results. Her dog was unusually calm and collected during a violent storm when wearing a T-shirt. "Normally, during a storm, the dog tries to get behind immovable furniture while panting, drooling, and scurrying from room to room. As soon as I put the T-shirt on her, for whatever bizarre reason, she was like a different dog. She even sat with us while we watched the storm out the back door. "Amazing, hysterical, ridiculous, but it works."

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