ThunderEase Calming Anti Anxiety Pheromone Collar for Dogs (Large)

My young, incredibly high-drive border collie struggles with anxiety and reactivity. I'm working with a couple of trainers, who suggested trying several products, this collar being one of them. (The diffuser is another, along with a calming treat and thunder vest). But this review is for the collar, which I think made the greatest difference to my dog.I had been using the diffuser for a day or so, and had seen some calming impact on my dog. But, when I took the collar out of the packaging, her reaction was amazing. She came over, wanted to sniff and explore the collar, and immediately became floppy and silly. This dog is NEVER floppy. I put the collar on her, she laid down, rolled over, and acted like a cat with a new catnip toy. Such strange behavior for such a high energy dog. A few minutes later, she was at my feet, asleep. This is something that just about never happens - this dog sleeps in her crate, but never out in the middle of the living room. Literally, never.Since then, she's been remarkably calmer. Yes, she's still reactive, but her anxiety has lessened so that I have a second to respond to an outburst, instead of a nano-second. She has become infinitely more trainable, and a lot more settled and happy.Now, in the ten days since I bought the collar a lot of other things have changed. We started with a new trainer, I changed some routines around, and I began a new training program. But I truly think that the most significant thing was the collar.No one item will work on its own with a reactive dog, but this was a tool I wish I'd found sooner. I'd tried all sorts of homeopathic remedies and prescriptions, but this is by far the best product I've found. Every dog is different, and it might not work for everyone, but if you're struggling with an anxious dog, I would definitely give this a try.

It is not returnable, and it does not work! My dog's behavior did not change, and did not calm down at all!

You need to give it a month to actually kick in, it was very effective but unfortunately with how tight it has to be to use her body heat to work it impacted my husky mixes coat. I wish it was more efficient and it does not work if it gets wet. There’s no smell but it does look very uncomfortable she used to scratch at it a lot. I like the results but it’s not worth the down sides.

After my mother passed unexpectedly, I had to bring her not so small, 115 lb, 3 year old American bulldog fur baby home with me. I already had 2 pits (1 male, 1 alpha female) 1 female chihuahua, and 4 cats. It had always been her and my mom and not many visitors. People were not the problem, although no one is allowed to walk down the sidewalk according to her. She was stressed to say the least. She was panting out of control, heavy breathing. Any little noise was setting her off and sending a 115 lb rocket hurling around the house. Then there was the biggest issue ever! The aggression she was showing towards our dogs with food, toys, and anything else she thought was hers and never had to share before. Even me, (I’m guessing because I look so much like my mother) i was her human now. If one of mine jumped up on me to get a head scratch, here comes Sadie Mae. She was creating so much stress for me that I could barely grieve because I was 100% of the time worried about Sadie. Having a newborn in the home would have been easier. Giving her away was never an option and neither was keeping her in a kennel, all the time. The first fight was very minor. Walmart bags were brought in and Sadie did not like other dogs looking through them and she started in on the female pit. The second incident was more serious. My daughter came in at midnight and disturbed all of the dogs. In the excitement of that Sadie started in on the female pit again. My second pit jumped in, to defend and now all three 100 lb dogs are fighting. It took 3 adults to separate them. Nothing that required a vet visit but NOW WHAT? I googled how to calm a stressed dog and this brand popped up. After reading more about stressed dogs and then reading reviews about this product, I decided to try the collar and the calming chews. The collar was put on and kept on 24/7. The collar is a large and we change it out every 3 weeks. I only used the chews if I knew someone was arriving home or a stressful situation was coming up. This was a noticeable difference with her. No more heavy panting. It was pretty immediate too. We haven’t had anymore incidents and now instead of attacking, she uses her weight to push them around or out of the way. She is still showing them she’s taking the alpha position but there’s been huge progress made! They are starting to flow as a pack again and I’m no longer concerned for the safety of my fur babies. You have to put the work in still, It’s not a miracle product in that sense. I still took precautions to protect them all and tried not to put them in certain situations too soon. It’s a slow process but it does work. There were some days I wasn’t giving chews and some days I was giving them as calming maintenance. Never had to give the amount that was suggested. Thought that was too much and kept her in a zombie like state. We are more than 2 months in now. The first month we didn’t have the collar or the chews and it was a nightmare. The second month has been life changing using them.

Our dog can be skittish for seemingly no reason. He used to enjoys a long car ride, but now he pants like crazy for hours before calming down. We tried this collar at the suggestion of our vet. It seems to reduce his anxiety. While it hasn't gone anyway entirely, he is noticeably less shaky during thunderstorms and settles into the car rides much faster.

It didn’t work for my dog.

No vi ningún cambio en la ansiedad de mi cachorro

No veo gran diferencia cuando se lo pongo que es en momentos de estrés cómo lluvia o truenos

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