Dr. took my niece off Adderall and put her on Melatonin. Said it was much safer and would give her the same focus. It's non addictive, non habit forming, and cost a fraction of the Adderall. My vet told me to give my dog Meatonin when we were traveling and she was getting nervous in the car.

Duh, if I'd read your first post more carefully I would have realized you said they're outside dogs, so crating wouldn't be an option. Well, it sounds as though the Melatonin is working. Hopefully it will continue to work and get them through this bickering period and back to their normal loving selves.

I feel so sorry for dogs who are terrified of storms and fireworks. It always took a few weeks to get Keesha back to normal after July 4th. We have a fenced-in yard, but she was always scared to go out after the fireworks were over. I'd have to put her on a leash to get her to go out with me, then she'd be ready to head right back inside as soon as she relieved herself.

Sammy, on the other hand, used to love the fireworks. Well, I don't know that he actually cared anything about the fireworks themselves, but we always had relatives come to watch them with us and he loved the party atmosphere and laying on a blanket in the yard with us at night. The noise didn't seem to bother him at all. But suddenly he changed. One year he was fine, the next year he acted almost as terrified as Keesha. And he's been that way ever since. He wants to be outside with us right up to the time he hears the first boom, then he races for the door. He doesn't become nearly as anxious as she was though, he just wants to be inside. Maybe it's an age thing, as a young dog he didn't mind the noise, but as he's gotten older it bothers him more.

Well, it certainly sounds like Melatonin can be very helpful for nervous or anxious dogs. The only drawback is it shouldn't be used if a dog is on certain medications. I appreciate learning about it. Thanks!

My dad has to give meds to his dog when it storms. He always knows about an hour before the storm hits it is coming. I'll ask him what he gives his dog.

Interesting as I have a rat terrier who is terrified of thunder. I always know when a storm is coming, she shivvers and trembles so bad. I will check into this as I would like to be able to ease her discomfort.

BTW, love the picture of your fur babies.

Marsye, are they both boy's? I had a problem with my guys 5 years ago and it got vicious, the big one took a chunk out of the little ones neck, so it was very serious. I took them to a specialist who figured out that I had their alpha dog thing confused, and I did it. So they were trying to do it and were not having much sucess. Some one has to be a pack leader and it has to be you, so when ever they get into it you have to get them both on the ground and take over as a pack leader. This can only get worse, I saw little signs and ignored them until one tried to kill the other. Now they get a long well and realize I'm the boss, take them to where they sleep and make them stay. By all means I do not hit, smack or even raise my voice, I just look them straight in the eye and do a low growl, to let them know this is the head dog. So far it's been working, just don't let it go to far. We are the ones that usually cause our animals to have issues. God I love them to death, and you have a couple of cuties there. Good Luck

I don't know how to answer you, but I wanted to say your babies are adoreable

Your kids are so cute. Never thought of giving melatonin to my two min pins who are both just terrified of thunder or other loud noises. Will give it a try next time, (wont happen till next summer now).

:) Adorable babies. Give them loys ofmhugs and kisses for me. I adore animals. I would also ck w/vet.

Hugs

Helen

If your pups are both male, is it possible that a female has moved into the neighborhood? A female in heat can cause males to become competitive with each other. And she doesn't have to be real close, just close enough for a dog to know!! Ya know?

Maybe I should tell my DM to look into it for hers, gets kind of hyper sometimes.