@lyanveness We tried the anti anxiety medications but it just didn’t suit our lifestyle. At one point everyone in the house was medicated including the dog and it was just something we moved away from for her. She was too sedated and we didn’t want to run her through every anti anxiety out there.
For the prong we make sure it’s fitted the same every time, and for anyone sick of how hard prongs are to take apart we use a buckle attachment combined with using smaller prongs it makes for better contact on pops. That helps immensely. Buckle company is RCD K9 Gear on Etsy.
Muzzle training isn’t too bad at all. Just a treat through the front they stick their nose in and you praise them like god giving rain during a drought. We use the JAFCO muzzle, but the muzzle movement on instagram has peaked our interest too. Basket muzzles like Baskerville couldn’t keep her jaws from closing
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As for visitors. She only barks when someone’s at the door knocking, otherwise it’s not bad at all. When she does bark though, it drives me nuts cause she’ll bark for like two minutes in random intervals and it kinda just startles me.
GOOD NEWS THOUGH, we have been seeing her anxiety go down when she wears PJs. It’s silly because my wife just wanted to put goofy printed Jammies on the dogs to keep them warm outside in the snow but it acts like a thunder shirt and it keeps her from doing any anxiety caused ticks like licking her paws, the pillows, us. It’s a nice bonus. We use tooth and honey pjs cause buy direct or via Amazon.