prozac for dogs, it's herbal I'm told by my vet who suggested it for Sugar
to calm her down while I was gone since she has such seperation anxiety when
we're all gone (that and I now put her in a crate until Mike gets home or me
and lets her out......until she gets the message that she can't rip things
up when we're all gone, that's where she'll go when we're all gone.
Eventually I was told she'll also associate this as her safe place.......)
MY luck she will continue to come to me with tail tucked under in "I've been
a baaaad dawg Ma" despite that she's in the crate. Mike said she refused to
eat yeasterday but stayed right up under him the whole time after he got
home. She thinks she's been bad (she has, but she really doesn't know) and
is associating the crate with something her little dawg brain can't quite
grasp.

But Stonegate Vet down the road assured me over time she would adjust to the
crate and eventually mature to where she doesn't rip things when we all
leave her, out of her insecurity. The doggie sedatives she told me were
herbal and available at most pet stores. Try those put into a little canned
dog food for the pooch and just smile at yer neighbor when he wonders why
Pepe is sleeping so much. Harmless is the assurance I got, I just haven't
the $ to get Sugar any right now..........hope this helps John.......
maddie
"B & J" bjskeff@removecox-internetcom wrote in message
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"Pam - gardengal" wrote in message
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And I guess if their dog was barking, you'd jump the fence and do him in
as
well. Did you ever consider telling them it was annoying and ask them to
take it down before you trespassed and destroyed private property? And
why
do you think your desire/right for peace and quiet supercedes theirs for
what they obviously considered an appealling ornament hanging on THEIR
property? If you pulled that stunt with me, I'd promptly go out and buy
a
dozen of the biggest, loudest freaking windchimes I could find and hang
them
from every corner and then set up fans to blow them around just in case
there wasn't enough wind. And I don't even care about the things one way
or
the other, but I'd sure as hell be ****ed if YOU decided to do something
about 'em without even the simple courtesy of asking first.

Jeez, did you ever strike a nerve! I would take a whole yard full of wind
chimes in our neighbor's yard compared to one yapping (screaming), little
dog that never quits. These new neighbors put the beast out on a chain in
the morning when they go to work and don't take it in until they return
home
in the afternoon. I can't work in the yard during the day without the
thing
driving me crazy nor open a windows without being invaded by its noise.

We recently politely asked the neighbor if he would do something about its
constant screaming and made some suggestions about collars or training. He
became belligerent and yelled at us because we came into his yard to
complain about his dog and told us he would make his dog stop barking with
the barking bothered him.

The city has ordinances about noisy animals, but the county area were we
live has none. The thought about jumping over the fence (actually a gully
divides our property) and doing it in has occurred to me! Any
worthwhile
suggestions are welcome........

John