Techniques for reducing anxiety in domestic animal are provided. An example of an alternating pressure garment according to the disclosure includes a fabric shell configured to fit around at least a portion of a companion animal, a plurality of bladders disposed between the fabric shell and the companion animal, and a pressurizing module fluidly coupled to the plurality of bladders and configured to alternately pressurize at least a first group of the plurality of bladders and a second group of the plurality bladders.