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So we've been doing so well with training, Tessa's reactivity to dogs and strangers is down, but she has started having what I like to call panic attacks. I call them panic attacks because most of the times she's great, but then it's like a switch flips and she's inconsolable.
She's never been a dog to have separation anxiety, but the other day I came home to a shredded door and bleeding nails. She has also started eating random objects, she threw up a safety pin! and has become reactive towards moving vehicles. Her walks are becoming difficulty because she'll either refuse to move, tail tucked, whale eye, ears flat. Or she reacts to everything with a look of sheer panic constantly checking everything around her and barks this pathetic anxiety bark, neither are very positive or healthy state of mind for her. I feel so bad for her
. She has also reverted to submissively peeing occasionally and resource guarding a few objects, behaviours she hasn't done since she was very young, and she now is very anxious even around her best doggie buddies that she once loved to be around and play with.
So my vet, my trainer, and I have begun discussing using Fluoxetine daily. Any thoughts on the drug? Side effects? I know a few here on the forum have had their dogs on it and I would like them to share their thoughts. Does it work?
I feel so bad for having to drug my dog
but it's like we make progress and she's great, then some wiring in her brain gets crossed and we get really worse. You can see she just wants to be a happy, playful, loving dog, but her anxiety/fear is standing in her way. I've upped her exercise, I'm constantly working on PR based training, Our trainer is from out of town, but we work with her on a bi-weekly basis and are in constant contact and even she's a little frustrated with her reverting because she's told me she's a great dog who has so much potential.
She's never been a dog to have separation anxiety, but the other day I came home to a shredded door and bleeding nails. She has also started eating random objects, she threw up a safety pin! and has become reactive towards moving vehicles. Her walks are becoming difficulty because she'll either refuse to move, tail tucked, whale eye, ears flat. Or she reacts to everything with a look of sheer panic constantly checking everything around her and barks this pathetic anxiety bark, neither are very positive or healthy state of mind for her. I feel so bad for her
So my vet, my trainer, and I have begun discussing using Fluoxetine daily. Any thoughts on the drug? Side effects? I know a few here on the forum have had their dogs on it and I would like them to share their thoughts. Does it work?
I feel so bad for having to drug my dog