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Anxiety Wraps for dogs & cats. Holistically reducing/ending fear, shyness & thunderstorm phobias & other behavior problems

A wonderful tool that helps animals to cope & overcome their past and present issues. It aids an animal’s ability to focus & remain calm and compliments the use of gentle training methods.

The Anxiety Wrap uses the technique called “Maintained Pressure” (described below) to aid in calming your animal thereby allowing him or her to redirect their focus. When used with gentle training methods,  the Anxiety Wrap works with the animal’s entire mind, body and spirit.

The Anxiety Wrap is made of a breathable and non-restrictive fabric. That said, anything added to an animal or human when it is hot will increase temperature, from slightly to a lot depending on what is added. The Anxiety Wrap can be used as a cooling agent by wetting it in cold water prior to being put on the pet.

The Anxiety Wrap’s creator is Susan Sharpe, who has over 20 years experience working with animals. After successfully leaving the owner/management world she went full time into working with animals. Susan’s experience is complemented by her continuing education of staying current on the latest alternative training techniques and their related issues. She stays current by enrolling in specific courses, workshops, clinics and seminars that will enable her to work with animals as a whole being, while addressing the training and/or behavior issues that concern their caretakers. A couple of these specific courses have been Purdue University’s “DOGS” Course Principles and Techniques of Behavior Modification. Susan is also Indiana’s only certified Tellington Touch Practitioner. These combined with successfully attending and completing other various workshops, clinics and seminars continue to ensure that Susan remains updated and current when it comes to our animal companions. Susan is also a member in good standing with the APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers) and of course she possesses a genuine love and respect for animals.

A brief explanation of how it works.  The Anxiety Wrap is a wrap that applies slight pressure or maintained pressure across a wide area of the body, stimulating the body’s receptors to aid in the transmission of different sensations to different parts of the brain. When the animal receives this new information, it’s awareness & focus can change, resulting in the animal “letting go” of the old sensation and modifying its behavior.

Perhaps it may best be understood by using the example of Temple Grandin’s “Hug Box” (Temple is autistic) to calm over-stimulated nerves.  While the principle behind her Hug Box is to apply deep pressure, and the Anxiety Wrap applies lighter pressure, the result appears to be much the same — overstimulated nerves become calm. An animal that previously paced, panted and hid during thunderstorms, now can get through the storms in a much calmer state when wearing the Anxiety Wrap. We’ve even had clients report back to us that their dogs now sleeps peacefully through storms. Also Candace B. Pert, Ph.D wrote in her book Molecules of Emotion that “the body and mind are not separate and one can not be treated without the other.” Her research showed that “the body can and must be healed through the mind, and the mind can and must be healed through the body.”

It is on these principles we came to development the Anxiety Wrap. We’ve seen much success with its use and look forward to its future.

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