For many holiday revelers, celebrations and fireworks seem to go hand in hand. However, while people turn their eyes to the sky to delight in the sight of a pyrotechnics presentation, the eyes of frightened dogs are frantically searching for an escape from the confusing bombardment of flashing lights and loud noises. Let's face it: most dogs hate fireworks, and fireworks are responsible for thousands of lost dogs every year.
In an effort to assuage the anxiety felt by canines and cats during fireworks displays, the British insurance company More Th>n has unleashed two YouTube films that will give our dogs peace on Earth this holiday season.
While our cat companions can curl up and enjoy the sights of gentle swaying leaves, raindrops running down a window pane and schools of fish slowing swimming in “Peer Window,” our dogs can achieve inner tranquility thanks to “Woofering Heights.”
Its name a tongue-in-cheek take on Emily Bronte's classic novel, the 23-minute mini-movie is an homage to the sights and sounds that can soothe Spot's soul. Fixated on the computer screen, the video is designed to help dogs forget about fireworks as they embark on a viewing experience filled with relaxed Rovers, sun-dappled woodlands, peaceful pathways, and blades of grass waving in the breeze, all awash in a dog's favorite hues of serene blue and mellow yellow.
Known by fans of fantasy for traveling through time and space as the last of the Time Lords in the popular sic fi series Doctor Who, the voice of actor David Tennant guides cats and dogs into a state of bliss in both the “Peer Window” and “Woofering Heights” videos. The star (who recently served as a judge at an annual day of play for pet parents and their pups, The Chiswick House Dog Show) has previously used his voice for those who cannot speak for themselves in a PSA for the Scottish SPCA.
The mini-movies are not More Th>n's first foray into the creation of videos with a vision to ease our four-legged friends' fireworks phobia. The insurance company previously teamed up with actor Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Outlander) to record Teddy and Stanley's Tall Tale, a free audio book made specifically to calm the nerves of stressed out dogs.
After watching the comical 'movie' trailer (above) send off of the silver screen adaptation of Emily Bronte's timeless tale, starring Pawrence Puppier and Merle Roveron (seen in the video above), let your canine companion settle in front of the computer screen to enjoy the full-length “Woofering Heights”:
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