Hi all, I own two wonderful dogs. The younger we have had since 2 months old. He is now 6 and a half months old. Despite acclimating him to everything we could, exercising him and training he is an incredibly loud and anxious dog at home.
He just had his neuter earlier this week. He is on gabapentin and trazodone for after neuter. It’s been night and day. I hadn’t realized just how loud the house was constantly from constant barking. He‘s still a puppy with puppy energy, but he feels like a puppy now, not an unmanageable and chronically unhappy destructive force.
I want to bring up medication after post-neuter meds end but I feel guilty and unsure. He’s six months and part of me says to keep just gritting my teeth and getting through it…but he seems so much more content and happy now. I’m looking for experiences from others who have medicated their dogs at younger ages, and reassurance. If he was older I don’t think I would be feeling like such a failure and overreacting to puppy behavior. At the same time this is so outside the realm of usual puppy crazy behavior that it feels unsustainable for him and us. Am I doing the right thing? Is he too young and I should hold off?
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