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Herbal Relief?

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 | Indigo | No Comments

I’ve mentioned it many, many times. Indy is nervous, skittish, scared…you name it. But really just of strangers. And mainly in the house. It’s not as bad if we’re away from home. I’ve tried the Cautious Canine class and all sorts of training on my own. It has definitely helped, but I’d like to be able to have people over that she doesn’t know extremely well without having her bark at them the entire time they’re here.

So I’m trying something new.

I bought an herbal supplement for her. It contains fully concentrated herbal extracts of Skullcap, Valerian, Chamomile, Ginko, and Passion Flower with several flower essences for emotional balance in a solution of 10% glycerin, 24% alcohol, and 66% spring water. I was just give it to her starting the day before we have company, but then I thought better of it and I’m going to try it a little more long-term. She gets about 20 drops of it in her food 2-3 times per day.

She’s been on it for a few days (although I’m just now realizing that I forgot to give her the evening dose) and I haven’t really seen a change. But in all fairness, we haven’t had any people over. Just dogs.

I’ll let you know how things go over the next several weeks.

Tags: Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, Indy the Swissy, Swissy