The Secret to Happy Dogs - Pheromones!!!!!

Well as goes the earlier part of this year, we were back to the Vet on Friday with Kylee.  Good thing I love her to pieces because she sure likes my pocketbook.  We are blessed with purchasing ASPCA dog insurance, so though we pay up front, they are really, really good about sending us a check for the parts they cover!!!

So this episode was for a double ear infection!  Not sure how that one came about!  Randy is really good about keeping on top of the ears and smells that come from them.  All I know is that after Dr. Jamie gave her meds in the ears, she has slept like a rock at night!  Is there a happy guy jumping up and down I can insert here.  Because when Kylee sleeps, so do the rest of us!!!

Now to the reason for this blog post.  Kylee is still barking her fanny off at anything that passes the house, flys or crawls into the yard, or is outside the van.  Drives us CRAZY and will put a kabosh to any hopes of traveling and staying anyplace!!  We have done, the can with pennies in it, the spritzer bottle, a bark collar, sonic area bark collar, a citronella collar, and she might react the first 10 times, then she just ignores everything and does what she wants!!  We talked to Dr. Jamie and asked about sending her to a trainer, because we have tried it with us and the trainer and we get nothing!!  She told us about a collar for Kylee that has pheromones in it.  It is the pheromone the Mother dog gives off to keep her puppies calm and under control.  Adult dogs will still react to that pheromone years later!  This is called Adaptil, and comes in a collar, a diffuser for you house, and a spray.

So we dropped $35 and got her the collar.  After everything we have spent on her, this is just a drop in the bucket!  The collar will last for 4 weeks, then needs to be replaced!  We put it on her Friday evening, and I can honestly say she is more mellow.  We are not expecting it to end her barking, but we are hoping we will be able to train her more easily and she might actually pay attention.  So far so good!  We are using the pennies in the can and a hefty NO with it and so far it has broken her focus on whatever is causing her to bark!!  Man that would be wonderful.  I'll let you know how it goes.  They use these for kennel visits, vacations, road trips, etc.  It's like using prozac without giving your pet drugs.  Our daughter, Shannon is using the product the same company makes for kitties, to work on making her old kitty and new kitty get along!

Better living for your 4 legged family members through chemistry!!!
Dilly