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With the 4th coming up, I wondered if any of you know of, or have used any "natural" calming remedies for your dogs?
I asked my vet about this and he said the problem with the "natural" stuff is that it usually doesn't work. He suggested that I try giving Gunner some Benedryl (50mg, no more than every 8 hours.) He said the only other thing he could prescribe for him is... and bear with me, because I can't read his writing... acepromazine??? Or something like that. As I said, I can't read his writing. He OK'd it and made a note of it for me so that I could just call it in if I found the Benedryl wasn't working. But he said that it's pretty "heavy-duty" and he would definitely try the Benedryl first.
Does anyone have experience with any of this? I really hate like **** to give him anything but the drunken yuppies in this neighborhood will be setting off firecrackers all weekend long. And my poor Gunner just loses his mind. We try to close the house up and turn the TV up as loud as we can stand it. Unfortunately that doesn't work. He still hears them and it upsets him so badly that he makes himself sick. I'm starting to think that giving him something would be better for him than letting him get that stressed-out.
Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!
I asked my vet about this and he said the problem with the "natural" stuff is that it usually doesn't work. He suggested that I try giving Gunner some Benedryl (50mg, no more than every 8 hours.) He said the only other thing he could prescribe for him is... and bear with me, because I can't read his writing... acepromazine??? Or something like that. As I said, I can't read his writing. He OK'd it and made a note of it for me so that I could just call it in if I found the Benedryl wasn't working. But he said that it's pretty "heavy-duty" and he would definitely try the Benedryl first.
Does anyone have experience with any of this? I really hate like **** to give him anything but the drunken yuppies in this neighborhood will be setting off firecrackers all weekend long. And my poor Gunner just loses his mind. We try to close the house up and turn the TV up as loud as we can stand it. Unfortunately that doesn't work. He still hears them and it upsets him so badly that he makes himself sick. I'm starting to think that giving him something would be better for him than letting him get that stressed-out.
Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!