Comments on: 8 Best Anxiety Medication for Dogs (Along with Natural Options Too)!

By: Ben Team

Ben Team — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:09:12 +0000

In reply to Ken. Hey there, Ken. Thanks for the kind words about the article. It definitely sounds like Lucy is dealing with some anxiety, so we'd encourage you to reach out to a veterinary behaviorist if at all possible. In the meantime, you may want to check out our article about helping fearful dogs gain confidence. Best of luck!

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 01:57:41 +0000

Great article! We have a one year old Golden Retriever, Lucy. She is the smartest dog we have ever seen. We have high hopes for her and she completed Adult 2 dog classes when she was 8 months old! However, she is ambidextrous and my understanding is dogs who are ambidextrous tend to have problems with anxiety. She live on a Green Way which is a great place to walk a dog. Lucy refuses to walk on it. She does not like to play much either. She will chase the ball once in a while. She refuses to walk, she will sit down or turn around wanting to turn back to her yard. She loves her house, yard, and car. That is it. She likes to be with me and my wife. Everything else causes her anxiety. I would love to walk her for miles and throw the ball day, yet that is not the way this is going. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. And yes we socialized her as a pup and she loves people, especially kids. She is also good with other dogs. It is basically any sudden noises and car backfires and so on. I do not like car backfires that I am right next to but for Lucy the back fire could be 20 miles away and she wants to go home. Any ideas would be accepted.

By: Ben Team

Ben Team — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 19:40:27 +0000

In reply to Michele. Thanks for the kind words, Michele! We're glad you appreciated the article and wish you the best of luck with your little guy!

By: Michele

Michele — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:14:32 +0000

Such a helpful and informative article! With the push to “adopt not shop” people should realize that shelter and rescue pets can oftentimes come with excessive emotional baggage that is harmful for both the pet parents and the pets themselves. Our family has found thar calming aids like adaptil, CBD, and Zylkene (milk proteins) only work in the mildest cases. Sometimes RX medication (coupled with consistent positive method training) is the only thing keeping the pet from an untimely death. No one likes to resort to medication, but too many pets are placed in shelters or euthanized because pet parents and some vets see medication as a lazy or harmful solution. This is a fatal error. When the animal is stressed, they are suffering. They cannot be trained to learn new behaviors when their anxiety is off the charts.
Our latest shelter dog has a dark triad of behavioral issues-extreme separation anxiety, leash reactivity, and resource guarding. He cannot have a soft bed or blanket in his crate because he eats anything soft. He also has started marking in the home even though he’s potty trained. Anxiety is stealing his quality of life. He receives a ton of love, attention, stimulation and positive reinforcement. But with all due respect to The Beatles, sometimes love is not all you need.
Medication is not a magic wand, but it takes the edge off and allows us to work with him to slowly reveal the dog he potentially could be.
Thank you again for this article. It’s important to know that using medication is a tool, like training, and not a crutch or weakness but a heroic gesture.

By: Joey

Joey — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:14:58 +0000

great info, thank you