VetriScience Long Lasting Calm & Confident Calming Chews for Dogs, Supplement for Stress Support, Thunderstorms, Fireworks, & Travel, Chicken, Soft Chews, 90 Count - New Look

We have a 3 year old mixed breed rescue who is very high energy and suffers from separation anxiety and is just generally anxious. I have to give her sedatives before taking her to the vet, and she still requires at least 2 vet techs to hold her for the doctor. I've tried several calming treats as well as a thundershirt and none had any obvious effect on her. We did have the pheremone plug in for a while and I thought it MIGHT have helped a little, but it was barely perceptible.These are the first calming product that really seems to work on her. Don't get me wrong, she doesn't get SUPER chill, but she is markedly more chill than normal. When family members come home she normally goes bonkers, jumping all over them, squeal-whining, getting in their faces trying to give them kisses. She goes especially nuts over my husband coming home from work. The first day I gave her these, she still greeted him excitedly at the door, but there was hardly any jumping. She circled him, wagging her tail with her usual vigor and still whined a little, but it was such an improvement.What I really like is that she just seems like she's more relaxed the same way she does after a good long romp with other dogs at the dog park or doggy day care, or a strenuous hike somewhere with lots of new smells. She doesn't have a bunch of nervous energy, but she doesn't seem groggy or sleepy like she does when given sedatives. It seems to genuinely act as an anti-anxiety treatment, not just something to dope her up and make her sleepy like treats with melatonin or tryptophan or actual prescription sedatives are meant to do. I think that's why those things don't work well for her, they might make her sleepy, but her mind is still racing. That probably feels even worse, imagine feeling scared that something bad is going to happen, on edge and hypervigilant, but also struggling to keep your eyes open. No wonder she still freaks out at the vet.One other thing I want to mention is that she has a very sensitive stomach, she gets loose stools very easily, has to be on a specific food and I also add fiber to her daily meals. I got the peanut butter flavor because she can't have chicken and I know she handles real peanut butter fine. She's had no changes in her potty habits since starting these, and I generally give her the full dose for her weight most days. (2 treats per day, she weighs around 60lbs.)If your pup is jumpy and wound up all the time, I would definitely recommend giving these a try. I hope that with regular use, as she experiences her days without so much anxiety, she will come to feel less nervous in general without the supplement. But if I have to keep her on these long term, I prefer that over having to put her on prescription meds.

I highly recommend these calming dog treats, my emotional support animal as ironic as it is, has severe anxiety with loud noises or car rides. These treats work better than any prescription that gave us including doggy Xanax! Plus they're all natural and safe, he doesn't get completely doped up like on the prescriptions, it just puts them straight to sleep and he'll sleep through anything. And you can adjust the dose to however long you need your dog to be knocked out essentially or just much calmer depending on how much you give them. On the listing it says that you can give them up 20 plus treats without having to worry because it's all natural. I bought the cat version of these treats and my cat would not eat them but my dog absolutely loves the bacon flavored ones and he gobbles them up every time despite the very potent and pungent older they give off, they're 100% worth it. My dog's anxiety completely melts away and he always ends up taking a nice nap or sleeping through the night, again based on how many you give your animal I highly recommend these especially at this price point, we were buying half the amount of these in our hometown for three times the amount of money. They're well worth the purchase and price it also makes me feel a lot better to know that my dog doesn't have to suffer through anxiety attacks and we always keep some of these treats in the house just in case there's a thunderstorm or we need to take him somewhere that's a longer ride like the vet. 5 out of five stars!

I have two rescue dogs. One is what I can only kindly refer to as "anxious". And being 1/3 pit, she leans into her anxiety with a whole lot of barking and fake aggressive behavior. (She sure does do her best impression of mean.). My second dog is confident, but incredibly energetic and has a hard time self regulating. A family member who has a veterinarian recommended these. They work very very well. Within approximately a half an hour you can noticeably watch both dogs "volume" turned down and their bodies relax. Only giving them four stars however because if you give it to them every day or the highest dose amount, sometimes it can upset their tummies a little. Also the new chicken flavor is more a pill than a treat to their palates.