Laura980 Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Its 6 weeks since we adopted little Kira. We think she is starting to feel comfortable in her new home with us. On a good note she is getting in the car now but still with reluctance and separation anxiety is still a bit of a problem. We just recently bought the DAP spray and today the diffuser - "calming pheremone". Just wondering if anyone else has bought this product and has found it helpful for your dog for car issues, separation anxiety other stressful situations. How long did it take if it did help ? The VET recommended it. Here is the link if you havent heard about it before. http://www.ceva.com.au/en/Products/Products-list/ADAPTIL-R-Diffuser-Set I read that it has helped some dogs calming them but others not. Any feedback advise would be great. Today was first day we left Kira alone for almost two hours in the morning Before we left the house we made sure there was nothing dangerous or unsafe she could get hold off. We gave her a Kong toy filled with goodies and also a sweet potatoe doggy chew. Then left the house calmly. saying "coming back soon" thats it. We were very concerned we would find destruction, torn furniture, plants in array around the house, some counter surfing, chewed cords and no dog ( if she escaped and jumped fence) on our return. We left doggy door open so she could come in and out of house as she pleased. This was probably the biggest risk as we were not sure if she would try and jump the fence and get out. I would have been devestated if we didnt find her. Well long story short we think the DAP pheremone diffuser and spray, might have helped reduce the separation anxiety issue she has. To our delight and relief when we returned we walked in and there she was sitting the couch, wagging little tail and a happy howl to see us. Nothing was destroyed, no issues in the back yard, she had just done some re-arranging of her toys out of her toy box and moved her bedding around little in the lounge room. My gosh what a relief to see her sitting there , I think she may have stressed a little but mustnt have been overly bad, just some toy and bedding re-arrangements she made. By the way the bed and bedding was still intact. Later this afternoon we had to leave her again for another half hour . Again prior of our leaving we filled the kong so she would amuse herself sprayed some DAP on her bed and in the area. When we came back all her toys were in her toy box, she didnt touch them , she hadnt done anything else or chewed anything . All she did this time was move her bedding around a bit. We again found her sitting on the couch. ( Just a note when she sits on the couch she can look straight out the front window of lounge room and see whats happening outside) We suspect she was watching out for us through the window waiting maybe for our return. Another positive outcome. We are hoping that next time we go out again she will be still ok about being alone. This a huge improvement from our first time we left her alone. She totally freaked out first time and second time but we didnt have DAP at the time. If anyone else has had experience with it let me know how it worked for your husky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osinn11 Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Haven't tried this product, but I'm glad to ready you've had positive results so far. Our Cj also has seperation anxiety......we crate her when we leave and also use a calming collar. I'll be checking back on this thread to se how things work out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 I've used it for my staffy who seriously stresses out due to fireworks n it does help calm him down abit Sent from my ST18i using Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 I'll have to check this out. Suka's got SA and he refuses to be crate trained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura980 Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Hi Elyse, sorry to hear, I know how bad it can get. Let me know if you get it how you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura980 Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Hi Ed, does the calming collar work for CJ ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simhauu Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Bf ordered it 2 days ago, and it came today. Seems like it already helps a little, as he left him in his crate alone for an hour and went away, and he was still there and quiet at the moment when he came back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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