Dog Storm Anxiety Medication

Preventing and treating thunderstorm phobia.

Dog storm anxiety medication.

During a thunderstorm the dog can still see and hear everything. Moderate to severe anxiety often responds best to a prescription anti anxiety medication and behavior modification training. Your veterinarian can also. And she s sitting right here on my lap which makes typing a bit of a challenge.

Prescription anti anxiety medications for dogs are sometimes needed with more severe storm phobias or for dogs who do not respond to over the counter treatments. There are some things you can do to prevent your dog from reacting adversely to the triggers of thunderstorms or at least minimize the reaction. Dogs diagnosed with storm phobia can react with anxiety or fear to wind rain thunder lightning and other associated stimuli including barometric pressure changes the smell of rain static electricity and even time of day. I have a fool proof thunderstorm detector more accurate than the local weather doppler system.

But like someone having a nightmare in which he or she cannot run from danger the frightened dog can t move to escape. It sedates the dog but is not an anti anxiety medication. By some estimates at least 40 percent of dogs experience noise anxiety. In the winter desensitize your dog to the sounds of a storm.

A well trained dog is easier to socialize than a dog without training and obedience classes are a great place for dogs to meet other dogs in a controlled environment. Gradually increase the volume over the course of several months stopping if your dog shows any signs of anxiety. Play a cd of thunder recordings at low enough levels that don t frighten your dog while giving them treats or playing a game.