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Behavioral study · Fi × Impact

For dogs with elevated anxiety, the data moved in seven weeks.

Across 349 dogs in our behavioral study with Fi, three anxiety indicators declined substantially over the first seven weeks of crate adoption. Here's exactly what was observed — and what it takes.

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Woman and dog with a pet gate in a bedroom
-51%
Barking
34.6 → 17.4 min/day
-53%
Scratching
4.3 → 2.0 min/day
-41%
Stress Licking
28.3 → 16.8 min/day
Fi behavioral study · 349 dogs · 7 weeksData by Fi Dogs →

What we measured

Cohort

349 high-anxiety dogs

From 571 enrolled, 349 met the analysis threshold of 10+ barking events per day at baseline. Working and herding breeds, median age 1.8 years.

Method

On-collar AI, continuous

Fi smart collars classified barking, scratching, and licking by event count and duration. Minutes per day was the primary metric — captured continuously, not self-reported.

Window

7 weeks · 91% retained

Behavioral signals aggregated weekly across the first seven weeks of crate adoption. 349 → 316 dogs (9.5% attrition), indicating consistent wear.

Seven weeks of decline

Line chart showing weekly decline in barking, scratching, and licking minutes per day across 7 weeks of crate adoption among 349 dogs.

Weekly minutes/day declined across all three indicators over the 7-week window. Right panel: total Week 1 → Week 7 reduction.

Week by week

WeekBarking (min/day)Scratching (min/day)Licking (min/day)Dogs in cohort
134.64.328.3349
229.03.725.5333
326.53.224.7325
425.13.221.8324
522.72.820.4334
621.62.519.1324
717.42.016.8316
Δ-51%-53%-41%9.5% attrition

56% of enrolled dogs

The cohort looks like your dog

180 breeds enrolled. The top ten map almost exactly to Impact's core customer: high-energy working and herding breeds.

German Shepherd 277 Belgian Malinois 149 Labrador Retriever 82 Siberian Husky 59 Am. Pit Bull Terrier 52 Golden Retriever 43 Cane Corso 39 Doberman Pinscher 38 German Shorthaired Pointer 35 Australian Cattle Dog 22

What this means for your dog

Results are training-dependent. A crate alone doesn't solve anxiety — it gives you the tool to do the work. The decline above happened because owners put in consistent effort over seven weeks.

The crate is the tool. The training is the work. The data shows it pays off.

Paraphrasing Fi's own guidance: improvement takes consistent effort from the owner — it isn't automatic.

About this study

Observational study conducted by Fi using smart-collar behavioral data. The reductions shown describe the high-anxiety analysis cohort (349 dogs with elevated baseline signals), not all dogs or all customers. This is a correlation observed among dogs whose owners use Impact crates — not a demonstration that the crate alone caused the change. Individual results vary; the cohort skewed young (median 1.8 years).

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Frequently Asked

Common questions.

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