Calming for Medium and Large Dogs

My Willow has mod - severe anxiety. She's 60 lbs and I give her three chews in the morning. She is a completely different dog. She's playful and affectionate. It's a chew and doesn't smell bad. I would recommend this to anyone who has a very anxious dog.

For reference, on a previous roadtrip my dog stood for nearly the entire 12 hour drive despite being clearly exhausted (pictured above). Recently we did a 10 hour drive and I gave my dog half a treat at the beginning. After about 30 minutes he actually laid down with the occasional check up on us in the front seat. I could see a significant difference in my dog’s behavior and comfortability. I will say that this isn’t a cure for anxiety in dogs but does help calm their nerves. Along with it calming down my dog, he also was really receptive and enjoyed it as a treat. The smell is a little strong but worth it when considering the benefits.

I gave these 4 stars because they REALLY WORK, I took a star off because they are deceiving... BEWARE: READ MY STORY: I gave ONE of these to my 55 pound doberman mix who is TOTALLY CRAZY in the afternoon the day they arrived with no expectations because nothing calms her down, ever. Nothing happened. The next day, again in the afternoon, I gave her ONE again. An hour later she was drooling uncontrollably, knocking her head into walls and furniture while walking in the house, walking like she was drunk, her tongue was hanging out of the side of her mouth, she would not eat or drink water and was visibly disoriented and confused and distressed. My husband and I spent the entire rest of the day taking turns sitting with her on a blanket outside trying to put water in her mouth and just watching her breathe and sleep to make sure she was "ok". And yes, we considered taking her to an emergency vet. We didn't do that because we know our dog really well, we've seen her on the verge of death sick, injured, terrified, we know her whole spectrum from great to terrible. And we watched her every second until after midnight when she started to come out of the outrageously intense "drugged" state she was in. The next morning she was back to normal. So... how should I end this review? These things worked on a dog who has been given A LOT of natural remedies for fear, anxiety, aggression, reactivity, etc. and showed absolutely no sign of change from any of them. That means that there is an ingredient or combination of ingredients in these things that is REALLY EFFECTIVE. And she is totally fine, it was apparently just too much for her system. It could be that they become more effective if given daily seeing as there was no effect the first day and the second day with just TWO treats in her system she acted like she was on heroin for about 7 hours. I don't think there is anything bad about these, in fact, to be honest, I'm relieved we actually found something that works on her and no, I didn't throw them out, but no, I haven't given her any since that day. They are sitting in her treat drawer, wrapped up tight in a ziplock bag, way in the back, ha! I will keep them on hand for emergency situations. I have also considered breaking off a TINY piece and giving it to her and then watching her closely as an experiment. Anyway that's my story, sorry it was so long, but I know there are a lot of dog moms (and dads) out there who might not have to go through the scary situation I did if they read this first. I'm not saying don't get these, but I am saying be careful with the dosage!! Also I checked out the company and they seem great. Good luck!

My dog loves these and they help keep him calm

I have a 5 month old Pyrenees. My husband and I have been training him since he was 2 months. However, he can get very stubborn so i got him these to calm him down whenever he got stressed because he has anxiety when he’s left alone. He loves the flavor of them but they do not work. Works for some dog, just not for mine.

Good product but I didn't receive the package. Supposed to have 3 items in the box. Wasn't in the back of the house where I keep asking for and wasn't in the front of the house either. They don't even respond.

My dog is about 14 years old, he has canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome, which causes him to be anxious and unsettled mostly in the evenings and at night. The vet prescribed gabapentin and Prozac to help decrease his anxiety and his struggle to get comfortable and settled in the evenings, but even before we started him on anxiety medicine, these calming chews helped him a little bit, not a ton (but he also has CDS, so he needed some prescription medicine) but they worked enough that I bought these calming chewables for my dog a second time. I feel like they work even better now that he is also taking anxiety medicine. But sometimes he'll wake up in the middle of the night and he won't be able to go back to sleep, but I need to because it's 3 am, so I'll give him half or a quarter of one and it definitely seems to help. Before he started prescription anxiety medicine I gave my 20lb dog one of the chews and it didn't make him sick or sleep all day, but that was before we knew for sure that he had CDS. Every dog is different so I'm not necessarily recommending giving your dog an entire chewable. Start with the instructions on the label to determine how much your dog should be given and after assessing if your dog does well or not, you can always give a little less or a little more.

I recently adopted a one year old yellow and he has bad separation anxiety. He’s about 100 lbs so I gave him 3 chews around 1pm. Around 4pm, he was still highly anxious so I gave him 2 more since the product says it’s safe to double or triple the dose. Still no change. It wasn’t until about 7pm that he was able to relax. This has been the first time I was able to go to the bathroom alone. I do think these are a good product and I have to keep in mind that he’s only been here for a week so it is going to take some time for him to get used to everything. I can’t really say anything negative or positive about the flavor. He’s very picky when it comes to food and treats. I tried giving him one the day before and he spit it out but today, he took them with no trouble. I now know, with him, I just have to give him these a few hours before. Every dog is different though so while it took some time for them to work on him, you may have a completely different outcome. I still recommend these and I would repurchase them

It work reasonably well to calm my dog during thunderstorms, but you have to spend about 30 to 45 mins initially with your dog to reinforce his confidence

Great stuff, our dog got older and would not tolerate us clipping her but these tablets helped a lot. We started off with a quarter, then a bit more until it had the desired effect. Would definitely recommend.