'Calming' £17 gadget hailed 'game changer' for anyone with dog on Bonfire Night

02 November 2023 , 14:18

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The gadget won't affect humans and it will help relax your dog (stock image) (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Every year Bonfire Night is a night people can enjoy watching the fireworks and standing around a bonfire, and although we enjoy it, it's the one night our furry four-legged friends despise the most.

Fireworks can cause huge distress for dogs, causing them huge amounts of anxiety from the loud bangs, and dog owners will do all they can to try and make the evening as relaxed as possible for their pets. As people petition to ban fireworks, while the national event still carries on - pet owners have hailed a new gadget that keeps their pooch calm during the fireworks.

The £17 plug-in gadget helps to minimise and eliminate anxiety in dogs and is available to buy online from Amazon. It's been given more than 11,000 five-star reviews, and people love how calm their dogs are - the handy little device contains a "synthetic copy of the dog appeasing pheromone" according to the product description, which is what a mother "naturally releases to calm and reassure her litter" and this pheromone has the same effect on adult dogs too.

To humans, it is scentless and is advised to be plugged in before Bonfire Night to ensure you make the most of the calming effects. It also comes with a 30-day refill, so it means you will be stocked up and ready for bonfire night and the events to follow after. Helping dogs to adapt to potentially stressful situations, people have been praising the device.

One happy dog owner wrote: "I cannot believe how good this is. Our three-year-old Cockapoo has real problems with new visitors to the house. The barking is alarmingly loud, it makes me jump and I'm used to her. It is very unsettling for all involved... I plugged this in and not joking within a few hours some visitors arrived and she didn't even bat an eyelid. My husband was doing some maintenance around the house and unplugged it. Forgot to put it back in. She changed back to a barky nutcase."

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While another wrote: " Just helps take the edge off when she is being a bit 'extra'. Won’t solve behavioural problems but just helps calm a little."

Niamh Kirk