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In the fight against separation anxiety, DAP collar proves it value again!

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Max visited my parents’ 10 acre home this past weekend.  He had fun but man did he stink when it was time to put him in the car to go home.  He romped in the wet lands and was covered with swamp sludge.  The muck really smelled awful.  We washed and washed and washed Max.  However, the DAP collar went in the trash.  It’s useless once it gets wet so we really couldn’t clean it. 

Max was such a pain until we put his new collar on him.  He followed me so much that he tripped me at least five times.  I have trouble getting the collar on so I had to wait patiently until my husband did it.  In the meantime, it was just me and my shadow – and, me falling over my shadow. 

When it comes to owning a dog with severe separation anxiety, I just cannot say how much the dog appeasing pheromone (DAP) collar helps keep us all sane!

Dog Appeasing Pheromone fights Separation Anxiety

Dog Appeasing Pheromone fights Separation Anxiety

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Separation Anxiety Improvement

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Yippy, when I took my extreme-case-of-separation0-anxiety dog to the behaviorist vet, she said he looks great.  While it does not appear Max will go off his anxiety medication any time soon,  he’s doing well.  While weaning my nine year old dog off the anxiety meds would be ideal, it’s not mandator-whew!  I like that the pressure is off.  We can continue in this never gone for more than 4 hours at a time existence.  Good thing I work from home or I don’t know how I’d handle the dog that can’t stand to be home alone.  I’m feeling thankful today!

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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.

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Dogs problems –home alone, the story goes on

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

Having a dog with problems can be tough.  Even when you think your dog behavior issues are improving, expect setbacks.

 

Max, our retired service dog, had been doing great for months.  He’s been doing so well that I actually asked his vet about cutting back on his medications. 

 

She counseled me that I need to make sure it’s a very routine time in the dog’s life.  Reducing dog anxiety medications must happen at a time with no unusual departures, breaks in the routine or anything out of the norm. 

Here are some things to consider that may really affect dogs with problems:

  • Back to school schedule changes, for instance, if you have kids, can really make dog separation issues tough on your family.
  • Also, dogs anxiety can worsen if a key person goes out of town.
  • Any seemingly minor change to routine can be tough on separation anxiety dogs

 I recently left town for a week.  Upon my return, my canines anxiety was definitely on an upswing.  I don’t know that seperation anxiety dogs ever feel 100% secure.  

My son called me one day last week to ask if I’d forgotten the dog’s medicine before I left the dog home alone.  I had not; my week away had been rough on Max.  What have you experienced?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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10 ways having a dog with separation anxiety is like having a child

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

1.     No more spontaneity.  You can’t just run out of the house; you need to plan out your activities and errands around their schedule.

2.     You can’t leave them home alone without worry. 

3.     They aren’t welcome in fancy restaurants.

4.     You can’t leave them in a car on a hot day. 

5.     They leave their toys all over the house and out in the yard.

6.     When you leave town, you have to leave a long list of instructions with the sitter.

7.     You have to pick up their prescriptions on a monthly basis. 

8.     You have to comparison shop drug stores to see which offers their meds at the best prices. 

9.     You have to plan their meals.

10.  You’re constantly cleaning up their dishes. 

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