Calm in the car!
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
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anxiety
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medication
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vito
Things seem to be on the up for Vito's car anxiety! The last 3 days he has had multiple drives with periods of NO panting or trembling!!! Actually, starting Oct 1st his overall anxiety level seemed to be going down. He was still trembling lots but the panting had gone down to "mild."
The best blurry picture ever!
We didn't do anything different to account for the awesome change. Vito is actually no longer on any fast acting drug to help with the car anxiety since I took him off his Xanax over a month ago. His anxiety greatly increased when first stopping the Xanax to the point that I was starting to doubt my decision even though I hated Vito on it. Fingers crossed that these past 3 months of sudden panic attacks in the car will soon be behind us!
I'm a new follower, and got all excited when I saw the reduced car anxiety thing, then saw that you didn't actually do anything to cause the change. My little girl is so scared in the car, with the shaking and panting, and occasional flip-outs (especially when we go under bridges or overpasses on the freeway). I've tried every suggestion people can come up with except medication, which I really don't want to try.
That's great!! Love the relaxed, smiling (I think!) picture.
Yay! Fingers crossed it's permanent!
great news!!
Yay, Vito! I love it when dogs cure themselves.
YEAH VITO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good luck Vito! Hope those worries are behind you. Try to relax. Your car rides always lead to fun stuff, so hopefully you can be less stressed.
Slobbers,
Mango
that's great news! Hope the good progress continues!
Excellent! It's great that the anxiety is slowly easing away. Here's to hoping that it would go away completely after a few more trips on the road.
-John Prue
Great news!! I am very happy for you!
That's fantastic! I'm glad Vito is readjusting to life without his meds.