Be it the fireworks on New Year’s Eve, the long drive or a heavy thunderstorm – some Dogs react to unfamiliar situations with a lot of stress and noise.
If your four-legged friend also quickly panics as soon as there is a bang or thunder or your male dog is overwhelmed by «lovesickness», you may have already considered giving your dog Rescue drops.
So let’s take a look right now what rescue drops are suitable for in dogs and when you can give them.
Rescue drops for dogs: effects and areas of application
The rescue drops should be yours dog in acute stressful situations calm.
Even if you know that your dog is going on an upcoming trip or to the New Year’s fireworks stress, anxiety and panic reacts, you can start giving him the drops a day before.
The Rescue Drops can calm your dog in different situations:
Good to know:
Rescue drops for dogs are not medicinal. If your dog is constantly experiencing stress, is in pain, or panics easily, you should have them checked out by a veterinarian.
Rescue drops dog: dosage & application
The Rescue drops are among the Bach flowers. The British doctor Edward Bach developed the Bach flower therapy.
He was convinced that each Illness caused by a mental disorder becomes.
With the Bach flower rescue drops, mental blockages should also be released.
The Rescue Drops should give your dog something in stressful situations provide reassurance and bring him back into balance.
Therefore, they should not be used continuously. But only when your dog is very stressed or panicking.
Do you know that one big thunderstorm is imminent or fireworks, then you can also give the drops a few days before.
Depending on the level of stress you can use the drops several times a day to hourly give. If there is an improvement, then you can reduce the dose again.
The dosage of the rescue drops depends on the size of your dog.
If you have a small dog, you should not give more than 4 drops. Medium dogs can get 6 drops and large ones 8 to 10 drops.
It is best if you give your dog the Rescue drops directly into the mouth can give
However, since this is not so easy with panicked dogs, you can try putting the drops on some cheese or administering them with liver sausage.
When do Rescue drops work in dogs?
The Rescue Drops are designed to help your dog keep calm in particularly stressful situations.
Whether and when they work varies from dog to dog.
With drops without alcohol, you can give your dog repeated doses at short intervals until there is an improvement.
Do Rescue Drops have side effects in dogs?
Side effects are not to be expected from the administration of Bach flower rescue drops.
But every dog is different. With Rescue Drops, a rapid improvement can be seen in some animals, others react significantly less or not at all.
Danger!
Rescue drops for dogs are not allowed to drink alcohol contain. Especially if the dose is given more frequently during the day.
Therefore, when purchasing, make sure that the Drops non-alcoholic are.
Do Rescue Drops work differently on dogs than on humans?
Whether and how the drops work in dogs and humans has not been proven.
In connection with Bach flowers is also often dated Placebo effect spoken.
Experiences with rescue drops in dogs
There are also different opinions on the administration of rescue drops in forums.
So there was a question about «rescue drops???» from user sanna on May 31, 2007 in the dog forum HUND and various statements.
Userin Paula Coton was able to determine a good effect: «As already mentioned, rescue drops are intended for shock situations and not as a panacea. I’ve only had to deal with it once with Paula and it was very successful.» (sic)
On the other hand, an anonymous commenter wrote under the same question: «I have had very good experiences with the rescue drops and sometimes it didn’t help. It doesn’t work for the dog at all. For example, he always reacts very distractedly when there are too many new impressions and drools an incredible amount. The drops had absolutely no effect on him.” (sic)
Where can you buy Rescue Drops for dogs?
You can use Rescue Drops for your dog in a pharmacy without a prescription get it or order it from an online pharmacy.
Also the pet supply store food bowl has various means for calming a dog on offer.
Bach flowers are also available in drugstores such as dm to buy. However, you should check carefully beforehand whether they are also alcohol-free.
Conclusion
The actual effect of the Rescue Drops has not been scientifically proven.
In any case, as long as you give your dog non-alcoholic drops, you can’t harm him.
If you find that your dog is feeling better after giving the drops, you can of course continue to give them.
Have you ever given your dog Rescue Drops? What is your experience with it?