Archive for November, 2008

DAP collar does wonders

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

This week Max has been wearing a DAP collar that is beyond its effectiveness.  DAP stands for dog appeasing pheromone.   In plain English, the pheromone is similar to the smell of a mother dog’s breast milk and has a soothing effect on stressed dogs.  It’s said to have a calming effect on dogs and I believe.

I thought I had a spare but I didn’t so while waiting for the shipment to arrive, I can really tell that Max benefits from the DAP collar.  He’s been on edge much more this past week.  The DAP collar is inarguably a key component of his canine separation anxiety treatment plan.  I’m going to make sure he has a new collar every month since it helps him so much.

Canine Anxiety – You Are Not Alone

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Canine Separation anxiety dog, Max, is happy to see me leave

Canine Separation anxiety dog, Max, is happy to see me leave

Today I was enjoying a true Michigan rarity, Indian summer in November.  Amidst our falling autumn foliage and the crinkling of leaves, I heard my neighbor’s dog barking.  It was a reminder that I am not in this canine separation anxiety alone.

 

 

 

 

Yes, if I were to diagnose, I’d say that my next-door neighbor dog, Carmine, has separation anxiety too.  I think Max and I set him off when we were outside enjoying the near-seventy degree day complete with full sunshine.  Carmine has a good howl and he made it clear that he was not happy about being home alone.

 

Max, on the other hand, could not wait to see me leave today.  I saw no signs of a dog anxiety attack.  He wanted me to head out the door and leave him with some yummy food.  I obliged with a stuffed Kong and stuffed Squirrel Dude. 

 

Upon my return, my dog was very excited to see me.  He seemed a bit anxious yet there were no signs of “bad dog behavior”.  Nothing was wrecked, no spilled garbage, no claw marks any where.  Phew!