Holidays, fireworks, and dogs! Oh my! July 1, 2007
Every year I cringe when it comes time for Firework celebrations. My dog hates it and it takes all the fun out of it when I know she is in the house shivering and miserable. But there is some indication that
dog-appeasing pheromone may be a possible treatment for firework phobia for some (but not all) dogs. The benefit of the pheromone is that it is general considered a very safe treatment.
Interestingly, in another study: double blind placebo controlled clinical trial determining response to a homeopathic remedy, both the homeopathic treatment group and the placebo treatment group showed improvement. Is it wishful thinking that the placebo group dogs actually improved, or are we as owners, thinking that we are helping our dogs, influencing our dogs’ fear?