Autonomous canine anxiety therapy
Pawvlov runs the veterinary-behaviorist gold-standard protocol, autonomously. While you're asleep, at work, or away.
If your dog shakes during storms, you've probably tried everything. ThunderShirts, calming chews, sedatives that make you feel guilty. The problem isn't your effort. It's timing. Storms happen at 3am. They don't happen during business hours.
Render — Pawvlov M, 8" diameter, 5.5" tall.
The 3am problem
Storm anxiety doesn't wait for convenient hours. A dog who shook through 200 overnight storms has been conditioned, over years, to associate thunder with fear. That association gets stronger with every unaddressed episode.
The gold-standard solution, systematic desensitization plus counter-conditioning, requires precise timing: reward calm behavior during the trigger, not before it, not after it. For a board-certified veterinary behaviorist, that means being in the room. For you, that means being awake at 3am during every storm.
Pawvlov removes the human from the timing loop. The device listens, reads, and rewards on your dog's schedule. Not yours.
Protocol
Step 1
A four-microphone array detects thunder's low-frequency infrasound signature at 80 Hz, 4 to 8 seconds before the main crack. The session begins before your dog has a chance to spiral. Fireworks and thunder are classified separately, so the response always matches the trigger.
Step 2
A floor-level 120-degree camera reads posture every 200 milliseconds: ear position, tail height, weight distribution, gaze. The on-device classifier labels your dog calm, alert, or anxious. No treat is delivered during a fear state. Timing the reward to calm is what makes the protocol work.
Step 3
When the classifier confirms a sustained calm window, a single treat drops silently into the recessed tray. Total acoustic output: under 34 dB at one meter. Quieter than a whisper. Your dog walks to the tray and eats. The approach behavior is itself part of the conditioning sequence.
Pricing
A 10-session course with a board-certified veterinary behaviorist averages $2,100 per dog. There are fewer than 80 certified specialists in the entire United States, with 4 to 8 week waitlists. Storms don't wait for appointment slots.
Pawvlov starts at $199. Subscription is $9.99 per month.
Why this is different
Board-certified behaviorist protocol (DACVB) encoded in firmware
Sub-34 dB treat delivery — the acoustic opposite of treat-tossing cameras
On-device inference: behavioral events sync, not video footage
Scientific Advisory Board seats reserved for credentialed veterinary behaviorists
Storm-season beta
Pawvlov is opening a 30-day concierge cohort for 5 storm-belt households, each supervised by a board-certified veterinary behaviorist. If your dog spirals during thunderstorms or fireworks and you've cycled ThunderShirts, calming chews, or trazodone, this is the cohort to apply to.
Application reaches the founder directly. Decisions go out within five business days.