Dog behavioral problem - can anyone help?

[agzg]

We give our little guy doggie downers for long car trips (usually over 2 hours).

We thought about giving our little guy doggie downers this morning when he woke us up for a belly rub at 4am.

He's sleeping now - wonder why?

Anywho - this chamomile tea thing - someone recommended it to us to deal with some of his obsessive licking habits (since there's salt on the sidewalks, he's been licking his paws like CRAZY) - we have an appointment with the V-E-T next week but does it actually work to calm them? I'd love to maybe take care of it to some degree before his appointment, then ask the vet what they can do (I'd really hate to give him meds every day, if we can do the tea thing it would be ideal).

And where would I get it?

[SWTXBelle]

Here's a discussion of Rescue Remedy - http://www.oes.org/page1/Bach-Rescue-Remedy.html

and you can get it http://www.herbalremedies.com/resrem...FQZqswodiF-Bag

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

Anywho - this chamomile tea thing - ...does it actually work to calm them? ...
And where would I get it?

We used this on another dog who was terrified of storms. We ordered it from the Drs. Foster and Smith catalog. Unfortunately, we didn't find it to be effective at all. Actually, we discovered that she calms down if we put a towel in the bathtub, let her hop in and get comfy, then close the shower curtain. Not sure why that helps (and frankly, I have no idea how we discovered that this works), but she pretty much lives in the bathtub whenever it's stormy.

My parents' dog has a licking problem and they rub lemon juice on her feet. It has to be reapplied fairly often, but it seems to work. You might want to try that (assuming the GC vet staff approve) before forking over some cash for meds.