Comments on: Thunderstorm & Firework Anxiety In Dogs

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 07:16:57 +0000

In reply to Col. Hi Col. I have written before about how common anxiety problems in ex stud dogs are. A few points come to mind: Firstly, have you tried finding a qualified behaviourist? Now that you’ve started the fluoxetine, it’s a good time to get one involved. Generally, we recommend those who have trained using the Delta program. Secondly, there are also situational drugs that can be added to SSRIs but you will definitely need a behaviourist or veterinary behaviour specialist to advise you on their applicability for your situation. Lastly, these dogs need high levels of consistency in their care and a lot of patience. I’m sure you’re doing the best you can as you sound very caring but make sure that everybody is on the same team who works with this dog. Good luck! P.S. You might be interested in my views on Adaptil.

By: Col

Col — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:23:12 +0000

Hi Andrew
We have a 5 year Corgi male (X stud dog) and he has only been with us for just over 2 years. He is really bad anxiety to the folowing situations; noise, not been in the company of one of us and storms, these are just a few things that set him of. He will pace around in circles,yawn constantly and consecutively, pace up and down the living area, will not settle in any part of the house.
We have tried everything from dog behaviour classes, thunder jackets, herbal remedies, adaptil collars, changed his food to a calming food type from a well-known manufacturer and lastly we now have him on Fluoxetine 20mg for almost 6 weeks and still not seeing any reduction in his anxiety. What might you be able to offer in the way of some advice or next steps that could be looked at.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 19:46:19 +0000

In reply to Kathleen Ann Peticca. Hi Kathleen. It’s always better to use balanced dog foods but if your dog seems healthy that’s a good start. However, the diet is almost certainly the cause of the excessive gas production. Smelly breath is probably caused by dental problems and I suggest you ask your vet about that. As for letting dogs lick our wounds – they shouldn’t catch anything from us but it’s reasonably unhygienic.

By: Kathleen Ann Peticca

Kathleen Ann Peticca — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 12:33:53 +0000

My Dog hates dog food of any kind. We would always feed him Arbys beef just the meat. They named a Charlie’s special after him. Also loves roasted chicken the dark meat without skin, and steak. We would just give him small portions. Is this ok to do? It hasn’t seem to cause any
problems he’s is 14 and vet said he’s doing find. years of age and still acts like a puppy. Also licks our skin and sometimes tries lick our small wounds. I told my Husband not to aloud him to do this, it’s not good. One reason he has the worst breath and is it normal for dogs do have terrible smelly gas it is so unbearable is this any under line of health problems? He also has some fatty cyst one close to his throat and each side of his chest.