Hello, I’m hoping some of you could share your experience of things that have helped your anxious dogs.
My Akita x Golden retriever has become progressively more anxious over the last year and a bit. It all started when she got scared of fireworks for the first time last year, and then refused to go out in the dark for a few months.
Eventually that got better as the year went on with no fireworks, but it seems she’s now very prone to anxiety or fear. Things that scare her: insects that buzz (after some wasp stings), any beeping noises, car alarms/house alarms, normal bangs in the neighbourhood like car doors or bin lids.
It’s all got a hundred times worse again with the fireworks this year, despite using sedatives (trazodone and gabapentin) as people started setting them off at 1pm when we weren’t expecting it.
She’s now scared to go out even during the day, and freezes when she hears a noise, shakes a lot and tries to pull me home.
We’ve tried : – Zylkene (helped at first with the panic reactions but not at all now) – valarian and scullcap (made her worse) – noise desensitisation using the TV every day for months running up to the fireworks
Can anyone recommend any products or medications that have helped their dogs?
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