With New Year’s Eve right around the corner, one thing that pet owners are dreading is how the noise from all the fireworks is going to scare their dogs. Pups just don’t care for the loud bangs. When I was a kid, my dog used to run and hide in the bathtub every time there was a thunderstorm. In a move that no one saw coming, it looks like Ford has taken on this problem as a pet project (no pun intended).

The car company has just unveiled a prototype for a noise-canceling kennel that nervous pooches can retreat into when the loud noises of the real world become too much to handle.

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