The Solemates Dog Toy Reduces Separation Anxiety Through A Familiar Smell!
At Solemates our mission is creating the perfect pair between you and your dog. The Solemates Dog Toy was an idea created in a marketing class at Loyola Marymount University. My team was given the task of creating a product that would help to solve a problem in the human pet relationship.
After conducting primary and secondary research my group decided that separation anxiety was a very prevalent problem for dogs. Up to 40% of dogs that are brought to a veterinarian behavioral specialist suffer from separation anxiety (University of Illinois). This doesn’t include the majority of dogs that suffer from this disorder but are never even brought to a specialist.
My team found that solutions to separation anxiety in dogs are currently long and expensive. Medication for separation anxiety can cost up to $200 a bottle and training can go on forever and never really solve the problem!
This is why we created the Solemates Dog Toy. The toy reduces separation anxiety by smelling like the dogs owner. The solemates product comes with a pair of socks, and the ball shaped dog toy. Owners are encouraged to wear the pair of socks for at least a day and then put one of the socks into the toy ball. This makes the ball smell like the owner and this has been a scent that has been proven to reduce anxiety and increase happiness in canines.
Once you give the Solemates Toy to your dog it will be tough getting it back!
We need raise enough money to sell 5 solemates dog toys in order to be able to ship them out! Let’s make it happen!