PUP HUGS ANXIETY RELIEF HARNESS

Senior Project - Product Design

Dogs with separation anxiety often have a hard time coping with their fear and resort to misbehaviors or irrational habits to calm down. Studies have shown that certain sounds and vibrations can calm dogs down as they become comfortable with the sense of familiar touch and sound. My goal is to improve an anxiety relief dog harness by designing its shape to allow dogs to feel physically hugged as well as having a wearable device system that can make sounds and vibrations capable of reducing and relieving anxiety.

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Unmet Needs to Target

• Harness with comforting shape and material, soothing vibrations, acoustics, voice recordings for dogs home alone often, multiple benefits in one product

• Helpful product that can relieve dog anxiety in any setting whether it be at home or on-the-go

• Uncommon for households to own anxiety relief harness

• Harness with a snug fit for enhancement in sensory of physical touch