You don?t say if your dog is going in the cabin with you or traveling as baggage. But I suggest you try Thundershirt, which provides a gentle, constant pressure that has a great calming effect for most dogs, especially any time a dog may be anxious, fearful or over-excited. Thundershirt boasts an 80 percent success rate and offers a 100% money back guarantee ? so, what do you have to lose? Founder Phil Blizzard says he?s seen ?terrific? results for in-cabin pets wearing a Thundershirt and suggests combining a sedative with a Thundershirt for dogs traveling as baggage.
Personally, I don?t recommend sedating dogs. Many airlines will not accept a sedated dog for travel. For an objective opinion, I checked in with Ariana Luchsinger, a trainer and behavior consultant at Pets Unlimited in San Francisco, who specializes in anxiety and phobias. She?s used anxiety wraps, in particular Thundershirt, with both homed and sheltered dogs. She says the effectiveness of this acupressure-based calming method is, like most behavior modification tools, dependent upon the dog and context. ?In many instances, I have seen an observable decrease in fear responses triggered by acute auditory stimuli and some limited results for generalized anxiety outdoors,? Luchsinger wrote in an email.
?That being said, on an airplane and especially if the dog is ?stowed,? I would question the efficacy of a wrap in a dog with previous history of anxiety symptoms. Overall, I would place anxiety wraps in the category of ?can't hurt, could help? with limited exposure to the fear-inducing stimuli."
Source: http://www.pawnation.com/2012/12/17/pet-travel-qanda/
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