Comments on: We Need To Talk: Anxiety Medications In Dogs

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 06:11:37 +0000

In reply to Janey. Hi Janey. Two reasons for medication would be: if the problem is getting worse, to avoid this happening, or if a dog seems to have poor quality of life, or quality of life that can be improved. On this latter point, it’s very hard for anyone, except an owner to judge what this might be.

By: Janey

Janey — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 20:30:41 +0000

What symptoms are serious enough to consider starting anti anxiety medication? Does there have to be destruction, or howling/barking? My 5 year old rescue dog will get up from sleep to check out any strange noises, runs away from clanging noises like the dishwasher being emptied or pots and pans on the stove. She used to be small-dog reactive on walks (she has attacked by a few dachshunds and chihuahuas) but has improved with help from our dog behaviourist.

She eats and sleeps all right, doesn’t excessively bark and is not destructive. I just want to know if she’s happy and should I do more?

By: Raelene

Raelene — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 07:27:33 +0000

At least your neighbour gave you a letter. Someone called the council for exactly the same thing with my dog. They also lied and said they had spoken to me and gave me a letter. I was so upset, as you were.

By: Simone

Simone — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:57:07 +0000

In reply to Andrew. But thank you for the advice :)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:26:55 +0000

In reply to Simone. Great job! Get back in touch with him or her as it can’t be managed online with these sorts of situations.

By: Simone

Simone — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:21:46 +0000

In reply to Andrew. We do have one, that who has prescribed the medication.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:46:51 +0000

In reply to Simone. Hi Simon. I’m sure there are many opinions on this, but my feeling is that other explanations need to be ruled out first. I would definitely get a behaviourist involved.

By: Simone

Simone — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:19:43 +0000

Very interesting article. We adopted our dog 1.5 years ago and he has separation anxiety and generalised anxiety. He’s presently on a Fluoxetine, Clonidine & Gabapentin. He was doing well up until a few weeks ago, and has now become very anxious again and also aggressive towards us, including biting us. Is it possible for dogs to build up a tolerance to these medications? The change in his behaviour has been quite sudden. Thanks.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:18:38 +0000

In reply to Tiff. Thanks Tiff. We do switch things around, but also try to resist the temptation to keep adding more drugs as sometimes there is a simpler solution elsewhere.

By: Tiff

Tiff — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:10:57 +0000

Brilliant article! Thanks for posting. My dog has been on fluoxetine and trazadone for 4 years. It’s expensive but it gave me and Noodle’s life back! About to take her back as she’s seemingly a bit more meds resistant these days. Do you sometimes switch things around in these cases like a Psych would either people? I’m hoping so 🙂