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Summer Fancy Food Festival: Our Top Picks For Hemp Products

Sara Somerset
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Summer Fancy Food Festival: Our Top Picks For Hemp Products

Hemp products don’t get you high. So why bother? Do they taste good? What’s the point of eating them? The simple answer is that hemp is recommended because it’s part of a healthy lifestyle.

The difference between cannabis and hemp is that while both plants are cannabis sativa, hemp is low in THC, the psychoactive component.

As the cannabis plant and its myriad uses become more socially acceptable, it’s the responsibility of marijuana users to continually bring cannabis and hemp into the forefront of social consciousness by integrating its non-stoner uses into everyday habits. Spreading the love of hemp is crucial towards influencing society to move one step closer to unanimously ending prohibition.

Like Bob Marley’s son Stephen says, “Education before recreation.” Besides, this is a trend your gluten-free and vegan friends can get behind.

Hemp foods are rich in protein and have all ten essential amino acids. They also contain omega-3, omega-6, stearidonic acid (SDA), and the rare omega-6 Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA).

What’s so great about GLA? Well, GLA has been shown to help with cholesterol, inflammation, skin and hair health, balancing hormones, and general heart health. Hemp foods also contain magnesium, fiber, iron, zinc, and phosphorous.

With that in mind, I ate my way across the Summer Fancy Food show at the Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center to discover the most scrumptious, hemp happy stoner (or not) snacks of the year.

Nature’s Path Hemp Granola. To some folks, all granola tastes like birdseed. However, this clustery, crunchy hemp granola was snacktastic. It can be sprinkled on top of your pumpkin pie, or pumpkin muffins, for a satisfying crunch. It can also be eaten the old-fashioned way, as good ol’ breakfast cereal – with hemp milk!

Why wouldn’t people want their children to have nourishing, healthy hemp superfood granola for breakfast, without high fructose corn syrup, instead of whatever sugary crack snack General Mills is selling in your local supermarket (that is devoid of all nutrients and probably causes hyperactivity)?

Hemp Hearts (a.k.a shelled hemp seeds) and Hemp Heart Toppers are from Manitoba Harvest’s line of hemp foods. They focus exclusively on hemp seeds, which they use to make delicious hemp foods products. Hemp toppers are an excellent way to add some extra panache to your side dishes. Sprinkle the garlic & rosemary, or chipotle, onion & garlic flavors onto your salads and into your soups. Use it as a seasoning, (in place of the Goya’s Adobo seasonings that have been recalled for salmonella, according to Food Quality and Safety’s website.) The maple & cinnamon and coconut & cocoa flavors accompany breakfast cereal quite nicely.

Forget canned foods. Hemp Hearts are the perfect addition to dad’s underground bunker, because they can last unopened from now until the zombie apocalypse.

Speaking of breakfast, if you plan to skip it, at least have a breakfast shake, because breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Consume a packet of hemp protein powder mixed into a smoothie with some almond milk and a banana or two, and you will be ready to tackle the day, even if you did a wake and bake.

If it;s too hot to go outside, and you’re sitting around watching Netflix with your friends, pop open a few brewskis! Germany’s Greenleaf Hemp Lager, California’s Humboldt Brews Hemp Ale, or even Canadian (unfortunately-named) Millennium Hemp Buzz Beer. You can taste the entitlement. Just kidding. Not really. O Canada, thanks for legalizing.

According to the Jamaica Gleaner, back in the year 2000, The Jamaica Bureau of Standards (JBS) – similar to the US FDA – hauled the imported hemp beer under its microscope, to determine if the label on the bottle gives consumers the impression the ingredients include ganja. Here’s a hint: It doesn’t. So pop one open with your pop, while you scream at your team on TV to your heart’s content.

If having a beer or two isn’t powerful enough to help you cope with being trapped with your family or if you have a more sophisticated palette, pour yourself a shot of the aptly named, Elation. Elation Vodka is produced in Switzerland and flavored with Swiss hemp blossoms.  It doesn’t, however, have a distinct floral note. Instead, a bold cedar twang dominates, with the addition of subtler notes that include nutmeg and grapefruit peel. It finishes smooth and slightly woody.

If you are more of a stress eater, than a drinker, for dessert, nothing beats Nocciolata! Ok, there actually isn’t any hemp in this, but it is so magically delicious, it deserves an honorable mention. You won’t have to be high to want to eat the entire container of this marvelously creamy chocolate substance out of the jar with a spoon. Move over Nutella, Nocciolata is Nutella’s sophisticated, sexy Italian cousin that all of your brothers fight to sit next to at the dinner table.

I will leave you now with a recipe for a delicious pumpkin pie smoothie:

Ingredients:

  •       1/2 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling), frozen
  •       1.5 cups hemp milk, almond milk or other non-dairy milk
  •       2 bananas, frozen
  •       1 serving of Vanilla Chai Hemp Protein Smoothie
  •       1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  •       1/2 tsp. nutmeg
  •       1/2 tsp. ginger
  •      Maple & Cinnamon Hemp Heart Toppers for sprinkling on top (optional)

Directions:

  1.    Add all ingredients to a high-speed blender and blend until smooth.
  2.    Pour into two glasses, top with Maple & Cinnamon Hemp Heart Toppers or Hemp Hearts, and enjoy.

Be grateful that legalization is sweeping the country, helping those in need. The U.S.A. is blessed with a bountiful Summer harvest of hemp snacks.

Jay-Z Thinks This Prank Video Is Will Smith’s Best Work Ever

Brendan Bures
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Jay-Z Thinks This Prank Video Is Will Smith’s Best Work Ever

Will Smith isn’t a celebrity prone to giving discursive, wide-ranging interviews. So when one happens, it’s worth tuning in to hear the megastar’s thoughts and opinions. Smith recently sat down with TIDAL’s Rap Radar podcast to discuss his new Instagram presence (“Social media demands authenticity”), Kanye (“He’s making people think”), and his progress on a new album (“I’m in the studio now and I have real things to say”).

Smith goes through many of his career highlights as well, including “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, but none of the usual suspects claim the peak of Smith’s career — if you ask Jay-Z, that is. In the rapper’s opinion, Smith will never do better than the time he slapped a Russian prank reporter.

Several years ago, fake reporter Vitalii Sediuk was “pranking” celebrities left and right. That includes punching Brad Pitt, attacking Kim Kardashian and Gigi Hadid, and giving Madonna hydrangeas for some reason. Sediuk basically took Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat character too seriously and adopted the persona as his own.

When Smith was promoting Men In Black 3, Sediuk tried kissing the actor on the red carpet. Smith promptly dealt with the prankster, delivering a swift backhand to end their exchange.

After the incident, Smith recalled checking his phone, still seething from what went down. “I get back and I’m pissed that somebody thinks because you’re famous, they get to do whatever they want to do to you,” he said. “So I’m in my room and I had ten urgent messages from Jay-Z.”

“So I call him and say, ‘What’s up?’ He sounds winded,” Smith laughed, imitating Jay-Z’s voice. “He said, ‘I just saw the video of you slapping the dude in Russia. I just want you to know, you’ll never make a better piece of entertainment. It’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.’ He said, ‘Me and Bey, we got a show tonight, and we’re thinking about cancelling it and just staying in and watching you slap this dude.’”

You can hear the rest of the story and the interview below.

This Is Why You Get More Work Done In A Coffee Shop Vs. Your Office

Amy Hansen
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This Is Why You Get More Work Done In A Coffee Shop Vs. Your Office

Is it just us or do we get way more work done when we are in a coffee shop? What is it about a third space that makes us more productive?

Initially, we thought it was because we could literally roll out of bed, throw on a hat and some jeans and head off to work. Unlike coworkers, nobody at a coffee shop really notices what you look like.

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We also assumed there was a little bit of “showmanship” involved — not in a “let me entertain you” kind of way, but in a “people are watching me I better look serious” type of thing, where you’re more likely to get down to business if you think people are judging you. (Yes, we are aware of the irony in presuming people care what websites you surf but not what color Snuggie you’re wearing.)

All of these theories sound legit, but according to a study, none of it supports why we are able to be more productive. Turns out, it’s all about concentration.

In an office environment, there is usually more noise…specifically noise made by co-workers, which can be annoying.

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The noise coming from a coffee shop? While it’s still noise, it’s background noise, which makes it conducive for our concentration. No noise at all is actually worse than irritating officemate conversation that can derail your productivity.

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All of this is basically the Three Little Pigs in noise form: not too loud, not too silent…just the right amount of noise is preferable when it comes to working on creative tasks. A certain level of white noise proved the ideal soundtrack for creative tasks, which coffee shops provide in the form of audible chatter, music, the grinding of coffee, and the clanking of glassware, just to name a few sound effects.

There’s also just a general feeling of relaxation when you arrive to a coffee shop first thing in the morning instead of your office.

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This new research, by way of Harvard Business Review, found that “face-to-face interactions, conversations, and other disruptions negatively affect the creative process,” which is the downfall of an office setting. By contrast, a coffee shop provides “a certain level of ambient noise while also providing freedom from interruptions.” So unless you get cranky when you’re coffee order is announced or the person next to you slurps their drink, you might want to think about working from your local coffee shop more often. Bring ear buds just in case.

 

6 Ways Meditation Can Drastically Improve Your Work Week

Amy Hansen
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6 Ways Meditation Can Drastically Improve Your Work Week

Meditation helps relieve stress, one of the main causes known to accelerate aging.

Whether or not we believe in the healing powers of meditation, we have nothing to lose when it comes to treating the stressors associated with a long work week. Here are six proven ways taking some time out for yourself can make your daily grind more manageable, enjoyable and ultimately rewarding, regardless of what you accomplished by actually working.

Slows Aging

Meditation helps relieve stress, one of the main causes known to accelerate aging.

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Provides Greater Pain Relief  Than Morphine

A researcher at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that “a little over an hour of meditation training can dramatically reduce both the experience of pain and pain-related brain activation.”

And that meditation provided “about a 40-percent reduction in pain intensity and a 57-percent reduction in pain unpleasantness. Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even morphine or other pain-relieving drugs, which typically reduce pain ratings by about 25 percent.”

Strengthens the Brain

According to UCLA researches found those who mediate have healthier brains, proportionate to how many years they’ve been practicing.

Treats Depression

Johns Hopkins University researchers found that meditation acts in a similar manner to antidepressants when it comes to depression.

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May Equate To Sleep

One study suggests that meditating may decrease the need for sleep, finding that in long term mediators, “multiple hours spent in meditation are associated with a significant decrease in total sleep time when compared with age and sex matched controls who did not meditate. Whether meditation can actually replace a portion of sleep or pay-off sleep debt is under further investigation.”

Increases Performance and Slows Cognitive Degeneration

Not only does meditating increase focus by clearing out the clutter in your mind, it actually changes the brain’s physical structure by increasing plasticity.

Research data indicates that “regular practice of meditation is associated with increased thickness in a subset of cortical regions related to somatosensory, auditory, visual and interoceptive processing. Further, regular meditation practice may slow age-related thinning of the frontal cortex.”

5 Movies Perfect For A Summer Day Inside With AC

Maria Loreto
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5 Movies Perfect For A Summer Day Inside With AC

There are all sorts of movie genres: horror, drama, rom-coms, comedies, but there is something special about movies that are set in the summer. Even though a season isn’t a movie genre in itself, the following movies share some common threads. This fleeting and temperamental season gives texture to stories that can be sexy, funny, and, in once instance, very scary despite taking place in broad daylight.

If you haven’t already checked these movies out, be sure to add them to your summer viewing list. There’s a little bit for everyone.

Jaws

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The most iconic thriller of all time is one that’s set in the most unlikely place: On the beach, during a summer day. Jaws takes place Fourth of July weekend on Amity Island, a time where the beach is conveniently packed with hundreds of tourists and a giant shark haunts the shores. What follows is a trio of guys chasing a shark, some snark, and the need for a bigger boat.

What’s a better movie to watch in the summer than the one that’ll make you paranoid to go back to the beach?

Adventureland

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One of the movies that most perfectly symbolizes that awkward period of time between graduation and adulthood is Adventureland. Filled with hilariously weird and distinct characters, this movie follows James Brennan, a guy who’s planning his dream trip to Europe. Things take a turn for the worse when his parents announce that they’re broke, and that they can’t pay for his trip, forcing James to get a job and help them pay for the bills. Unable to find any job that pays well, James is forced to work at a crappy amusement park.

It

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One of the biggest blockbusters of all time is also a horror movie that features a pack of relatively unknown kids, which is pretty unheard of. Based on the novel by Stephen King, It was an incredible success, launching the careers of young stars and featuring a pretty memorable and creepy incarnation of Pennywise the Dancing Clown.

While another version of It was also made in the 80s, it’s not as visceral and fun as the newer version, which takes advantage of nostalgia, our love for cute kids who are friends, and the fact that, no matter your age, clowns are the most terrifying creatures on the planet.

Dirty Dancing

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The story that launched Patrick Swayze’s career is very cheesy, but it’s a staple of the summer and the fantasy of every tween girl. This 1987 romance tells the story of Frances “Baby” Houseman, who’s on vacation at a resort in the Catskill Mountains. Enter Johnny, a hunky dance instructor who starts to give her lessons. They fall in love, there’s a big dance number in the end, and Patrick Swayze says “Nobody puts Baby in a corner!!” launching a million memes (if memes had existed in the 80s).

Rear Window

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Alfred Hitchcock’s timeless classic is remembered for tons of reasons, but being set is the summertime is not one of them. The film takes place indoors where Jeff, a guy who just broke his leg and spends the entire movie stuck in a chair, is extremely bored and anxious. He starts to spy on his suspicious looking neighbor and begins to get paranoid about everything he does, forcing his girlfriend to spy on him and to try to figure out if there’s anything to be worried about. There is.

Rear Window features one of Grace Kelly’s best roles and is arguably Hitchcock’s most complete movie, which is no easy feat.

Snoop Dogg Invests $10M In UK Weed Firm, With Assist From Patrick Stewart

Brendan Bures
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Snoop Dogg Invests $10M In UK Weed Firm, With Assist From Patrick Stewart

When any venture capital firm invests $10 million into an enterprising company, it’s worth paying attention to. But this is especially true when that venture firm is Casa Verde Capital, otherwise known as Snoop Dogg’s venture firm, which dedicates its investments into the ancillary businesses of the cannabis industry.

So what did Snoop Dogg and Casa Verde Capital invest $10 million into? That would be Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies, a U.K. biotech firm that concentrates its research on the medical usages of marijuana. Casa Verde’s investment coincided with OCT’s Series A funding that wrapped last week, as the firm sought out a research partnership and laboratory in Europe.

The Casa Verde investment will help support OCT’s research into how cannabinoids can be used in cancer treatments, pain and inflammation therapies, and remedies for gastrointestinal diseases. As Green Rush Daily reported, “Casa Verde’s managing partner Karan Wadhera knows the chairman of OCT very well and thinks the company is taking an excellent, scientific approach to studying cannabinoids and advancing the medical field.”

Snoop Dogg isn’t the only high-profile celebrity association that OCT can claim. Sir Patrick Stewart, who announced as a Patron of the company, will join OCT’s advisory board.

“I am proud to become a patron of OCT,” Stewart said in a statement. “It’s wonderful that OCT have got together the funding that means that Britain will lead the way in what is, in my view, one of the world’s most exciting fields of medical research. The possibilities seem to me to be virtually limitless.”

Curaleaf Creates Another Cannabis Industry Behemoth

Mary Schumacher
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Curaleaf Creates Another Cannabis Industry Behemoth

Earlier this year, Curaleaf dispensary in Western New Jersey became the biggest on the east coast. Said growth means that the pot shop is now capable of serving 1,000 patients a day. The expansion of New Jersey’s medical marijuana laws played a big role in Curaleaf’s successful move into being a super dispensary. Now, Curaleaf is in the process of building the largest cultivation greenhouse on the east coast.

Clearly, this isn’t going to be your typical greenhouse; at 100,000-square-feet, the expansive lot will attempt to meet the rapidly growing demand for medical marijuana. When the MMJ law was expanded, it wasn’t just dispensaries that got bigger, it was the list of qualifying conditions being lengthened that made way for a blossoming economy.

There’s been talk in the NJ State Senate about having a legalization bill approved by Labor Day, some talk by January 1, 2019, but one thing’s for certain: when it does come down the pike, we’re going to need big dispensaries and grow operations the size of Curaleaf’s new venture to keep up with buku demand.

Another reason for the success that Curaleaf is enjoying is due to the extras they put into helping cannabis patients. For people who now qualify under the expanded medical law, but don’t know where to start, Curaleaf helps to find a certified medical provider. They also walk anyone with questions through the nuances of cannabis, from how to take it to strains and their different effects on different people.

All Curaleaf cannabis is lab tested and are of pharmaceutical grade purity. A giant greenhouse like the one in the works could end up having challenges in maintaining quality and lab grade cannabis, but only if it is sterilized to the  point of an industrialized flower factory. As all good cannabis enthusiasts know, cannabis grown with love is just better.

If passion is an indicator of love for the plant, then there shouldn’t be too much to worry about with quality control. In fact, this proposed largest cannabis greenhouse on the east coast is an extremely exciting prospect. Dispensaries have been having trouble keeping up with demand for medicine since the program added qualifying conditions and streamlined the card holding practice.

Kudos to Curaleaf on soon literally breaking new ground and getting ready to supply the Garden State with quantities of cannabis it can clearly use. For this cannabis company and the state it’s situated in, the future looks bright indeed.

Pornhub Will Caption Videos For Those With Hearing Loss

Maria Loreto
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Pornhub Will Caption Videos For Those With Hearing Loss

You can chalk this up as either another publicity stunt or an actual service geared to those with accessibility issues. Pornhub will caption videos for those with hearing loss.

As Engadget reported, Pornhub will provide “descriptive and interpretative text” aimed at those unable “to hear the video’s original audio.” This service will be added to more than 1,000 videos and touch various genres on the platform.

In addition, it will allow its viewers determine emotional shifts in the video and who is speaking at any given time. Non-dialog sounds pertinent to the storyline or scene will also be included.

While other streaming platforms typically utilize an algorithmic system to caption videos, Pornhub will hand-caption their content. This move represents the other angle of the company’s accessibility efforts. Previously Pornhub launched videos that provided audio description for those suffering from sight loss.

Engadget actually checked if anyone watched those videos and reported that “several of them had around a million views.” So the market’s there. People want to consume adult content and Pornhub is willing to help them achieve that goal.

Pornhub was founded by web developer Matt Keezer as a website within the company Interhub, and launched on 25 May 2007.The website allows visitors to view pornographic videos from a number of categories, including professional and amateur pornography. Users can share videos on social media websites and leave “like” or “dislike” votes. Users may also optionally register a free Pornhub account, which additionally allows them to post comments, download videos and add videos to their favourites, as well as upload videos themselves. Videos can be flagged if they contain content which violates the website’s terms of service.[19]

In March 2010, the company was purchased by MindGeek. As part of MindGeek, Pornhub makes up one of several pornographic websites in the company’s “Pornhub Network”, alongside YouPorn, RedTube, and others. Though not the most popular pornographic website, Pornhub is the single largest such website on the internet, hosting more videos than any similar site, often in the top 20 sites along with Yahoo, Google, Amazon and more.

Pornhub will caption videos for those with hearing loss is another way for them to engage their audience.

Why The ‘Poison Squad’ Of 1902 Is The Creepiest Supper Club Ever

Jillian Peterson
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Why The ‘Poison Squad’ Of 1902 Is The Creepiest Supper Club Ever

People did a lot of crazy shit 100 years ago.  But volunteering to eat poison has to top the list. It sounds like a Quentin Tarantino film, but back in 1902, a thing called the Poison Squad existed; a 12-man group whose sole purpose was to consume poisonous preservatives in food. You know, just your common pantry staples, like borax, formaldehyde and salicylic acid.

Atlas Obscura details the coveted job of this short-lived (no pun intended) society. It started in 1902, when a chemist named Harvey Wiley offered members free rent and prestige to live out his twisted experiments:

As the Poison Squad ate meats and consumed drinks laced with increasing amounts of suspected poisons at their fine dining table, the public fell in love with their cause. Journalists breathlessly reported on their trials of these “young men of perfect physique and health.” Offensive yet popular minstrel shows added poison squad songs to their repertoire. Consumers across the country suddenly grew concerned about the safety of what they’d been eating.

It took five years and the death of one of the members before Wiley concluded that the scary food additives were hurting people.

In 1905, he teamed up with a woman named Alice Lakey to form the Pure Food Committee. Together, they helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906, which paved the way for today’s Food and Drug Administration.

Under the Pure Food and Drug Act, “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs or medicines, and liquors” was prohibited.

Any food or drug product sold in the United States now had to include all its ingredients, including a percentage of narcotics if relevant, on the label for the consumer.

Atlas Obscura notes that between 1912 and 1930, Wiley lead the household and food product testing labs at the Good Housekeeping Institute, which still exist today.

Next time you enjoy a Twinkie, you know who to thank.

These Soothing Products Will Help Dogs Battle Anxiety

Nicole Skrobin
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These Soothing Products Will Help Dogs Battle Anxiety

In the U.S., the Fourth of July is a widely-celebrated holiday, and no matter where you celebrate, fireworks are almost always involved. As aesthetically appealing as fireworks are, the cost of them is astronomical. Not to mention, the loud noises of fireworks significantly startle and frighten many animals including dogs, deer, squirrels, and others. In particular, dogs who suffer from PTSD and anxiety often get triggered by the consistently loud noises. If you’re a pet owner and/or know someone who is, there are certain soothing products that can help dogs battle anxiety and terror caused by loud noises.

Costly Fourth Of July Traditions

Many people enjoy the Fourth of July because it’s an opportunity to spend time with family and friends. However, there are other popular attractions that interest people including numerous firework shows as well as fireworks individuals light up on their own. As of 2014, each year for the Fourth of July, the expected total for consumer sales of fireworks in the U.S. totals in at $675 million. This figure represents an increase of $13 million as compared to 2013. Although people enjoy lighting off fireworks each year, animals have quite the opposite experience.

Animals’ Experience With Loud Noises

Countless animals including dogs are often afraid of fireworks, but fortunately, there are certain products that can be used to help dogs and other animals combat anxiety caused by Fourth of July fireworks. The products listed below can be very useful around this time of the year whether you’re a pet owner or know someone who is.

Soothing Products to Help Dogs Combat Anxiety

Physical Gear

Over time, different products have been released onto the market, which help soothe anxiety and stress animals feel on holidays like the Fourth of July. One useful product is a tucked-in heavy blanket. Generally, heavy blankets help soothe humans and animals because of the comfort it provides. The feeling is similar to a friendly hug that makes a significant difference when one is frightened or anxious.

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Similarly, another product that can reduce dogs’ anxiety is a “Big Hug Anxiety Jacket.” These jackets are specially made for anxious dogs, especially around the time of July 4th. The jackets apply a certain amount of pressure, which helps swaddle and calm dogs during stressful, anxious, and fearful experiences like firework shows. Also, a “Shed Defender Dog Onesie” is another option. The pressure it delivers to animals substantially helps calm and soothe their anxiety, and this specific onesie can help keep dog hair off clothing, furniture, and car interiors. Rather than using physical jackets though, some dog owners rather place specially made earmuffs on their dogs’ ears to protect their hearing from loud firework sounds.

Edible Food-based Treats

In addition, calm cookies that contain Cannabidiol have been found to be useful in reducing anxiety. The cannabinoid’s natural anti-anxiety properties do their job to soothe both high stress and anxiety. These calming dog treats don’t contain any THC, therefore, after dogs consume them, they won’t feel high, but rather, their anxiety and nerves will most likely disappear.

If pet owners don’t want to give their dog a CBD-based treat, there are other treats to choose from. For instance, “Take it easy treats” could be used, which are made with natural ingredients that evoke calming and soothing effects.

On the same note, “Pawlife Calming Treats” or chill pills are commonly used. These flavorful treats contain calming yet natural ingredients, which work to keep dogs relaxed during loud firework noises. As a result, pet owners can relax too knowing that their dog(s) won’t freak out or panic. Similarly, “HomeoPet” could be used, which is comprised of a blend of homeopathic ingredients that are designed to combat animal anxiety due to firework noises.

Specially-made Dog Collars

Sometimes, if dogs are outside during firework shows whether it’s intentional or non-intentional, they can get easily startled and anxious. This may lead to them running away to escape the loud noises and the panic they feel. If for some reason a dog is outside while these noises occur, a GPS collar can be used to ensure that if they run off, the owners can easily find them. Also, pet owners can purchase a calming collar for their dogs. These collars are specially made with natural essential oils, and they help deliver calming support due to stress-related behaviors.

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Although the Fourth of July is a fun celebratory holiday for most people, firework shows and lighting off fireworks can significantly impact animals’ well-being including countless dogs. If you want to ensure that your pet(s) are safe, stress-free, and calm, try purchasing any of the products mentioned above to give them the peace they deserve.

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