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My dog has severe anxiety. What are the best products or tips to help her?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Coonhound - blue tick | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 4 months old | 50 lbs

Hi, my hound dog has really bad anxiety what do you recommend to help her?

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Answered By Christie Long, DVM

Veterinarian, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

Published on June 2nd, 2018

This is a difficult question, as the recommendation for which medications or therapies to start for anxiety are very individualized to the patient and the specific things that are triggering their episodes. If you haven't tried some over-the-counter therapies such as a Thundershirt ( https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/thundershirt-heather-gray-dog-anxiety-solution ) or a pheromone diffuser ( https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/thunderease-calming-diffuser-kit-for-dogs ) those are often good places to start. If these aren't helping you will need to consider consulting with a vet, who can prescribe Prozac or another anxiety medication, along with behavior modification therapy.

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