Anxiety medication

[Kyoko]

Charlie has been prescribed with 20 mg od Fluoxetine. I never have experienced with psychotpotic medication for my dogs, so I am super scared and worried. I have not given her one yet.

I thought I will give it to her when I get home so I can monitor her for several hours, instead of going home on my lunch, give it to her, and leave the house.

I am wondering if any of your doodles are on fluoxetine, or similar medication? If so what was your experience..?

[Kyoko]

Yeah... I hope that works for him.... Prayer.....Seems that my vet had opposite plan. She said that she wanted to start with comfortable level ( I guess that's 20 mg ) and once she begin to feel things are OK, then possibly reduce... She said that there is a possibility that she can totally come off of it as well. It really wasn't like a total magic, though.  I still carry kibbles in my pocket when we are out in the public with her, and I watch her body language... When it seems to be too much for her, I do " Look at that " game and feed her kibbles one at the time. http://raisingk9.blogspot.com/2010/11/leslie-mcdevitts-look-at-that...

This seems to help her to associate good thing ( kibble ) with scary things ( stranger ) and ease her anxiety.... Keep me posted.... I will be praying that it works.... My vet said that her Great dane is on Fluoxetine...( I didn't ask how many mg...)

[F, Calla & Luca]

You could give 20 mg one day and 10 mg the other day which will give you the equivalent of 15 mg. fluoxetine has a very long half life which is why this works.

[Stella]

The Pharmacist suggested this, but the vet wasnt sure it would work. That is good to know that you can do this. I am hoping that a higher dose will help him, and that down the road we can wean his dose down as he maintains improvements.

Kyoto - I have done tonnes of classical conditioning with him using teats around other dogs which has helped quite a bit. I also took him to classes based on the exercises in the Control Unleashed book, which included the Look at a That Game. These have helped him with his behaviour around other dogs, but there are still times when he just loses his mind!!

[Kyoko]

Oh, Don't you love Leslie McDevitt!? I really wished I could actually go to her classes!!!

She is not too far from me like she is in other side of United States, but still too far.....

[Jolene, Sassparilla & Josie]

Yeah great news and continued success! As I've said in the past thank you for sharing your journey with us. Happy New year.