Hi there, I enjoyed learning from this webinar about various drug uses for behaviors in dogs. I was wondering if you have any insight/advice on how to treat dogs that have behavior problems which appear to be genetic. For example, a purebred border collie with fear aggression who's entire litter also display fear aggreassion towards strangers. The litter was bred and raised by reputable breeder but almost every pup, which all had different owners, seemed to develop fear agression towards people at some point with the earliest signs around 2-3 months of age. Is there a specific drug that might work better than others when the behavior seems to truly be a result of genetics vs. environment and upbringing? The dog is now 8 years old and still displays the fear aggressive behavior towards strangers as well as general anxiety with loud noises/thunderstorms. Also, the dog has been on fluoxetine for a few years with no noticeable changes in behavior. Thank you.

Hi, I enjoyed your talk about the different drugs available and feel more knowledgeable to help clients talk to their vets about possible options to help them. Do you know of any research for using CBD with dogs that have anxiety issues? Do you know of any CBD products for dogs that you would recommend? For my clients I always try to use a more natural approach with over the counter products before sending them to the vet for drugs. Of course, the dog is seen by the vet to rule out any possible physical or medical issues that could cause behavior issues. Unfortunately, in my area there's is not enough vet behavoirists and most clients have to wait months to see them because they are booked with cases. I'm finding out that a lot of the local area vets are not experiened enough to handle the behavoir cases that I send them. They end up drugging the dog, where the dog is not themselves and makes it difficult to work with the dogs that are on behavoir meds. Clients reach out to me for help and are upset because their dog is almost sedated all the time. And this is after the client has already argued with the vet, and the vet seems to be fine with the dog being sedated. Sadly this seems to happen more often lately. I would love hear more about the over the counter meds that you like and that have worked for some cases, as I want to help my clients while they are on the waitlist to see a vet behavoirist for more extreme cases. Unfortunately, with the inexperiened vets or vets that don't want to help with behavior, it has become more of an issue for my clients. It has become up to me to help my clients find some sort of relief for their dog before they can't live with the dog anymore. I would like to have more tools and options to help my clients as much as possable. Thank you for any advice or recommendations!

Your Separation Anxiety webinar was EXCELLENT (and timely for me)! Just today, I met with a client who has a 6-year bou who appears to have separation anxiety. His anxiety seems to be apparent when the husband of the couple leaves the house, even when the wife is at home. When the wife leaves, the pup is fine with the husband at home. I wondered if your "mission protocol" should be used in the same way in this instance or is this, perhaps, a different kind of separation anxiety. Thank you so much!