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1 July 2008 No Comment

Dogs Anxiety Symptoms
My dog suffers from very strange symptoms… Can anyone help?

The vet says its anxiety. I have given him benadryl and anti anxiety medicine but nothing has worked. When he has these episodes he starts to become very restless and won’t stop panting. He can’t relax and everytime he tries to sit or lay down he can’t get comfortable. He tries to climb into small dark places or wants to be right near my head when I am sleeping. Has anyones dog ever done this before or do you know what might help???

It does sound as though your dog is having anxiety episodes and some separation anxiety or fears of being alone issues. I don’t know the history, as far as how long you’ve had the dog, who owned it before you and when these “anxiety” episodes started with your dog.
I know it’s upsetting and frustrating when you know that something is wrong with your dog but you can’t figure it out and unfortunately, your dog can’t tell you what is bothering them.
Has your dog always done this or did these episodes just start suddenly? The reason I ask is that if they just started recently, then it would be easier to figure out what may be the reason for them.
Some dogs are just born with emotional problems. Sometimes the breeding has something to do with it, whether it’s inbreeding or not taking care in who or which dogs you decide to breed. Of course breeders would never admith this, but it happens so many times. If these episodes have always happened then that could be a reason.
Some dogs, like people have these kind of problems for no apparent reason. Some are just born with issues or problems that cannot be explained.
If these episodes suddenly started, then something hapened to your dog. Some reasons could be, that while you were out or at work something happened to startle or scare your dog. A person or people like kids may have come around teasing or antagonizing your dog. Or even bad storms, thunder, lightening, hail, strong winds can scare a dog, change their behavior or even personality.
When you told your vet about your dogs anxiety episodes, did he do a physical or at least do a complete blood work metabolic panel? The reason I ask is because sometimes sudden behavior changes can be the result of an illness, such as liver disease or cancer. Therefore, it is very important to have your dog thoroughly checked out.
Most likely, your dog something happened that affected your dog, where it wants to be close to you and gets anxious over things. Usually, these things will get better and medications help. I would still get your dog checked out thoroughly, just to be on the safe side.
Best of luck. Hope I helped.

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