Passive No More: 10 Days To Purposeful Living

Have you heard of the “thundershirt” for pets with anxiety issues? I’ve heard it helps calm them during storms, but I still haven’t spent the money to buy one for Lulu, my 4 ½ lb Chihuahua.  Instead, I put her in one of her many coats or tight dresses to see if it helps her. It doesn’t...  She just seems to sweat a lot and develop a bad odor, worse than her norm. Maybe it isn’t the rain that scares her. Rain is good, right? It waters the earth, helping to sustain life. Or in the case of the plants I just potted on my patio, it dramatically floods them causing them to drown in their own earth.  Frustrating... Rain is OK.  But lighting? ...thunder? They’re a little different.  I don’t feel afraid of the lightning and thunder unless I’m outside in an open field, which I never actually have been during a storm, so I can’t say I know what it’s like. But Lulu hates storms.  In the dead of night, while others are peacefully sleeping through the wonderful sounds of rain dashing on the roof, we are oftentimes awakene