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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Mama here with Gracie and Holly – the girls are
not afraid of loud noises, thank dawG – but my previous Dachshund, Mr.
Gus (ATB), was terrified of storms and lightning. And in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State> you don’t
have rain, you have thunder storms, huge ones, usually at night. Bless
his heart, Gus went into insane frenzies and I tried everything I could think
of to help including Benadryl and Dramamine, nothing worked. So I talked
to the Vet and they gave me Valium for him, it makes the dog sleepy but also is
anti-anxiety. If I knew in advance a storm was on the way I’d give
him some, it takes about half an hour to start working, and if a storm snuck up
on us, all I had to do was keep him from hurting himself for half an
hour. You could actually see the difference, one moment he’d be in
a frenzy, and then all of a sudden it would be like a switch was thrown, he’d
usually sigh and suddenly get really calm, settle down and usually go to sleep.
If you have dogs that get really badly upset, I’d highly recommend the
Valium, it was a blessing for poor Gus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:JanieHmkBold'>Anita Woodrum</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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