"Reconcile" for pets from Eli Lilly

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"Reconcile" for pets from Eli Lilly

#1 Post by ghostjmf » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:43 am

chewable, & tastes like beef! But otherwise its chemically identical to Prozac. Isn't that special.

For "seperation anxiety", & berzerker dogs who suffer from same, says the co.

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#2 Post by silvercamaro » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:16 am

ghostjmf wrote:chewable, & tastes like beef! But otherwise its chemically identical to Prozac. Isn't that special.

For "seperation anxiety", & berzerker dogs who suffer from same, says the co.
I'm going to read up on this. I've known (and owned) dogs who might have benefited from something like this from time to time. While I don't like the idea of dogs-on-drugs ("Just say grrrr,") I like far less the sight of woodwork ruined by previous berserkness.
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#3 Post by ghostjmf » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:38 am

The prescribable reason (there's some formal terminology I'm blocking on here) is for seperation anxiety; together with some behavioral training, the drug is supposed to make a dog do less extreme forms of that "I will mourn for an hour every time my person leaves; I will jump all over them when they get home!". I must say that I kinda like the "jump all over" part, since I get it too, but with my sister's pooch the "I will mourn for an hour, while clawing up the plate glass picture window", can get a little old.

What the dog psychologist talking on the NPR program bets, though, is that it will start being prescribed for dogs whose behavior is just "normal dog", & which the people ought to accept instead of try to drug away.

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#4 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:56 am

silvercamaro wrote:
ghostjmf wrote:chewable, & tastes like beef! But otherwise its chemically identical to Prozac. Isn't that special.

For "seperation anxiety", & berzerker dogs who suffer from same, says the co.
I'm going to read up on this. I've known (and owned) dogs who might have benefited from something like this from time to time. While I don't like the idea of dogs-on-drugs ("Just say grrrr,") I like far less the sight of woodwork ruined by previous berserkness.
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#5 Post by silvercamaro » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:00 pm

ghostjmf wrote:The prescribable reason (there's some formal terminology I'm blocking on here) is for seperation anxiety
Well, I wouldn't give it to Lizbit, for example, because her recurring beserkedness can be explained by her proximity to puppyhood, which she presumably will outgrow in another 2 to 20 years. When Irish was younger, though, she had genuine separation anxiety. If she had to be left alone, even for a short period, she went bonkers in a most destructive manner. Fortunately, after Ashley found us, she never had to be alone even if Tigger had to go to the vet or to work. But, in the relatively short time Ashley was with us, he managed to teach Irish serenity. That was a magnificent legacy.

Dogs without Ashleys might really benefit from this.
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#6 Post by Rexer25 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:13 pm

I might get some for the dogs on the other side of the fence that bark at us every time we go outside, or even just open the windows. :x
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#7 Post by ghostjmf » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:28 pm

I used to be the live-in dog-sitter for an amazing dog (I think she was a black Lab/Rottweiler mix, although no-one knew for sure) who had to be locked in the kitchen, with the dishwasher shoved against the door by hands reaching in from the outside as a real lock (obviously, because the kitchen door didn't have a real real lock) any time everybody left the house. This was my job.

Once, when Hilda Gloria's person thought perhaps Hilda was "over this", we made a dry run to a convenience store (a very dry run, because the food there had, it turned out, ants running around in the noodle packages) to test the "over this"-ness, & came back to all the couch throw pillows chewed to shreds. Again. She wasn't an only dog, either. Her companion dog was a real saint (she had to be, to make up for Hilda's antics).

I went back to visit about 1/2 a year after I had moved out of town, & found Hilda's owner lying flat on their back just inside the front door with Hilda standing over them, licking them. "Hilda knocked me down" I was told.

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#8 Post by SportsFan68 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:26 pm

One of my Mom's SILs adopted one of her Vizslas, and it was a disaster. The SIL started demanding tranquilizers from the vet, and fortunately the vet could see what was happening -- SIL just couldn't handle living with a high-energy bird dog. The vet refused to prescribe the tranquilizers. SIL ended up giving the dog to a hunter, which worked out great. She was very smart and trainable and worked very well except in sub-freezing weather, when the shivering tended to wreak havoc with her tracking, pointing, and retrieving talents.

Anyway, generally speaking, I object to doggie tranquilizers because it seems they're more for the owner than the doggie. I admit I've never had a dog like Hilda or Irish though.
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#9 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:28 pm

Whipped cream makes my pets happy.

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#10 Post by ulysses5019 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:27 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Whipped cream makes my pets happy.
It would make me happy. Do you have some now?
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#11 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:04 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Whipped cream makes my pets happy.
It would make me happy. Do you have some now?
I always keep it in my fridge.

It's fun to take whipped cream hits.

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#12 Post by kayrharris » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:10 pm

I put whipped cream in my coffee every morning. Adds a tiny bit of sweetness but without the calories of sugar. Approximately 5 calories for that "hit"....not so bad. :D
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#13 Post by sunflower » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:10 pm

I just ate fresh peaches with a couple shots of whipped cream...yum!!

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