AAnnAArchy - 5:45 am on Jul 21, 2005 (gmt 0)

dg <<She gets valium now. She's the only dog I own that has an issue. She does make a good barometer. I can tell when a storm or shower is coming long before it arrives. >>

We started with Acepromazine. Made her stupid & dopey for a whole day and did nothing to calm her. We then moved on to Valium, which didn't calm her, but helped her hold her bladder. We were having problems with her getting so scared, being afraid to go outside, and then peeing on the floor. A GSD bladder is very very large. Blech. So, then we moved on to Xanax (our vet is great about helping us try to find something that works), which has worked the best so far. She requires a mega dose that would knock out a human of her weight, but it's helped. It isn't perfect - perfect would be just having her sleep, but it takes the edge off. Also, Comfort Zone pheromone plug-ins helped too, in combination. Comfort Zone actually cured our terrier mix's separation anxiety overnight. After the bottle ran out, I didn't replace it and she's stayed cure. So very very impressive. If they were a public company, I'd buy as much stock as I could.

When I was a kid, our GSD was so afraid of fireworks that he chewed through a really thick wooden gate to escape from the yard. It was awful. Our dog is afraid of fireworks too and it was like a war zone around our house for all of 4th of July weekend...and the 4th. We were trapped at home because of illegal fireworks.