Explore the 5 step video therapy

The dreaded fireworks and thunder/lightning

Among the most horribly traumatic experiences that many pets and horses experience is the completely incomprehensible event of fireworks. For many pets and horses, thunder and lightning can also be a very scary event. 

When those events come in real life, it is not just the sounds that may contribute to fear, the visible fanfare can be scary as well. 

Video therapy (experimental)

to address this, an innovative video therapy was developed.

This fireworks and thunder/lightning videos therapy section gives you access to videos, so you can experiment with showing your pet or horse the visible stimuli.

Your pet or horse may get to know and get used to these visible stimuli, and that may have the effect that they are less likely to be fearful when they encounter the real phenomena.

However, we cannot give any promises. Each pet or horse is different, and the equipment of owners are different too.

Five Steps

The fireworks and thunder/lightning video therapy is divided into five steps, just like the main noise phobia therapy of WeStopFear, with the five step Simple Secure Steps. The pet or horse handler is supposed to make sure that the pet or horse is close to a large TV screen (or a wall on which the video is projected with a video wall projector).

The videos present fireworks, or thunder and lightning, with the sounds. The stimuli is limited in the beginning, with a small video "window" on the screen and a very low sound in Step 1, and then gradually increases through the steps until it covers the entire screen and the sound is at full volume in Step 5.

Try this out below

Below you can play a sample video that shows fireworks. The video with thunder and lightning is similar.

Below that is explanations on how you set the volume on your TV's speakers, sound bar or surround sound system.