Anxiety

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This is Holly, her mother was a cocker spaniel/collie cross and her father a terrier.  She is a strong determined lady and she is in her 13th year.  Unfortunately the last few years she has suffered from anxiety.  Some dogs are born anxious, but it is also common for them to start getting anxious in old age.  This type of anxiety generally gets worse each year.  Loud noises including thunder and fireworks  caused her to wreck things if we were not home.  We tried calming tablets which had some effect, but not entirely,  so we bought her a Thunder Jacket.   Designed to act similar to swaddling clothes on a baby, it wraps around the dog and has a high success rate.  Then, last year when we were away, Holly decided she would not be left in the caravan for longer than a minute!  She wrecked tea towels, towels, 2 quilt covers, and a mat before we got a cage for her.  We had one at home, but home was several hours away.  Once left in the cage Holly tried to wreck the cage.  She was so obviously distressed we decided that she had to come with us wherever we went, which made life a little difficult.  Our other three dogs were fine left in the caravan.   We consulted a vet and found  it was an old age/dementia problem.  Once back at home it was as if the behaviour had never happened.  

This year we were worried.  Before we left home we bought a calming collar and a calming spray.  We decided on the Adaptil make (very expensive), but it worked a treat.  We have been away for 3 months and have since tried a much cheaper make which works just as well, but smells horrible!  We still took her everywhere with us if we went out, which meant we didn't go many places, but she was happy.  I would encourage you to try these products if you have an anxious animal - not just for dogs!

Thunder Jacket

Calming collar.

 If you have an anxious pet, let us know.  We love to see your pictures too.

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Challenge # 6 Sponsored by Fabrika Fantasy

     Welcome to our Sixth Challenge here at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies.  If you're new to our challenge, we're a monthly challenge and we have a sponsor each month.   We choose a random winner on the last day of the month, then announce the winner on the same day the next challenge goes live.

REMEMBER, you have to be a follower to win!

     So, the winner of the prize offered by SheepSki Designs for our August challenge is:

#96  Donna Mundinger

with this fab card.

     Congratulations!  Please email us at 2craftycrittercrazies(at)gmail(dot)com  so that we can arrange to get your prize to you.

     In addition, we've chosen Lori Kobular to be our Guest Designer in October.  She left us a comment that she'd love to be a GDT and we're thrilled that she did.  :-D  

     We're sponsored this month by Fabrika Fantasy and here's a little bit about them.

We are a small creative team writing and illustrating fantasy adventure and children's books. We love to draw fun and amusing characters, and are happy to offer them to you as digital stamps. We hope you like these digital images and they help make your creations bright, interesting and memorable!

     We start a new challenge on the 1st of each month and end the day before the last day of the month.  However, we have one requirement for every project submitted in our challenges -- they MUST feature a creature!  Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, Fins, Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter featured and not just a teeny, tiny bug hidden in a corner somewhere.  :-D 

     You may enter as many other challenges as you like and you may enter our challenge up to 5 times per month but each entry must be a different project.  We have a sponsor each month and we choose a random winner on the last day of the month, then announce the winner at the same time as the next challenge goes live.

     We will also be inviting Guest Designers to join us each month so if you think you might be interested in being our Guest Designer in November, please add GD after your name or leave us a comment on this post saying you'd like to be a Guest Designer.

     Here's a little inspiration from our team to encourage you and, this month, we are delighted to welcome our Guest Designer, DebiB.  Thanks, Debi, and here's her fantastic card. 

DebiB using "Champion Eagle"

Angela using "Fairy Tale Unicorn"

Donna, using  "Flying Pegasus"

NanaConnie using "Winter Games 3"

and using "Betta Fish - Crowntail" 

for Teresa who is on leave.

Teresa  - On Leave 

     You have until 8 p.m. (Pacific time) on September 29 to enter your project.

     If you'd like to be a future Guest Designer, don't forget to please tell us in a comment, or put GDT next to your name on your entry, or even send us an email (see sidebar for address.)

    PLEASE REMEMBER, YOU MUST BE A FOLLOWER TO BE A WINNER OR GDT.  THANKS.  :-D

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