Adaptil Calming Adjustable Dog Collar

I have a chronically anxious chihuahua mix that every few months starts pooping blood from anxiety. We've been avoiding medications since we didn't want to alter her behavior too much and she hates anti-anxiety dog foods, so this was really our last hope. 3 months in with using this regularly and we can actually a notice a difference in her overall mood and behavior! She stopped hiding under the bed at night, attacking guests everytime they moved, and she hasn't any bloody diarrhea episodes! The biggest sign that we can tell this is working is a few days after the 30 day mark, we can see a noticeable change in her behavior and increased aggression so we always know when its time to order another I have a chronically anxious chihuahua mix that every few months starts pooping blood from anxiety. We've been avoiding medications since we didn't want to alter her behavior too much and she hates anti-anxiety dog foods, so this was really our last hope. 3 months in with using this regularly and we can actually a notice a difference in her overall mood and behavior! She stopped hiding under the bed at night, attacking guests everytime they moved, and she hasn't any bloody diarrhea episodes! The biggest sign that we can tell this is working is a few days after the 30 day mark, we can see a noticeable change in her behavior and increased aggression so we always know when its time to order another one. The changes were subtle at first but now I can tell that this is going to really help her in the long term! (Dislaimer, doesn't seem to help car anxiety BUT the pheromone spray has helped a lot with that) … more

Bought this on a hunch and a favorable review which identified same behavior. We have a Mini Schnauzer, age 6, who is terrified of thunder, rain, wind, any change. She digs and runs around panicked, hides, breathes heavy, and is generally very upset. She won’t go outside if anything out of normal. We have a Teddy, age 9, who has never had any issues. Thunder jacket works a little, but was not the answer.... So, we waited till after she had a grooming session to put on. On Thursday this week put collar on for first time. Fits perfect, light, and slim. She didn’t mind at all. Started noticing a change in behavior right away. Aware but not doing all the stuff she did before. Saturday comes Bought this on a hunch and a favorable review which identified same behavior. We have a Mini Schnauzer, age 6, who is terrified of thunder, rain, wind, any change. She digs and runs around panicked, hides, breathes heavy, and is generally very upset. She won’t go outside if anything out of normal. We have a Teddy, age 9, who has never had any issues. Thunder jacket works a little, but was not the answer.... So, we waited till after she had a grooming session to put on. On Thursday this week put collar on for first time. Fits perfect, light, and slim. She didn’t mind at all. Started noticing a change in behavior right away. Aware but not doing all the stuff she did before. Saturday comes and ...... Cat 1 Hanna. Eye came within 15 miles. She was aware, but No problems. Pretty harrowing night for us all. Things were falling on house, rain and 50-70 mph wind were strafing the house. She was aware but was comfortable. We even went outside for quick nature call. She wanted to. Some thunder this morning - ok. We have found a new product that works for her. … more

I got my dog an Adaptil collar for our upcoming move. She’s already on daily Prozac, but my trainer suggested this as an additional calming tool. We kept it on only for three days because it seemed to make her more noise-sensitive. She was growling at sounds I couldn’t even hear, which is unusual for her. She wasn’t bothered by the fit of the collar itself though. I’m sure it works for some dogs, but it wasn’t a good fit for us.

I purchased a collar last week to use on our 6 month old poodle puppy that has some mild separation anxiety and sound sensitivity. When placing the collar around his neck, the "buckle" makes a series of loud clicking sounds, which scared the heck out of my pup, which is counterproductive to the use. I need to remove the collar (not easy to do) several times a week for grooming and for safe play sessions with another puppy (which we have every couple of days), with the clicking occurring again on removal and reapplication. So, after less than a week, I have to throw the collar away because it is causing harm to our relationship since the pup now relates my hands near his neck with the scary sound I purchased a collar last week to use on our 6 month old poodle puppy that has some mild separation anxiety and sound sensitivity. When placing the collar around his neck, the "buckle" makes a series of loud clicking sounds, which scared the heck out of my pup, which is counterproductive to the use. I need to remove the collar (not easy to do) several times a week for grooming and for safe play sessions with another puppy (which we have every couple of days), with the clicking occurring again on removal and reapplication. So, after less than a week, I have to throw the collar away because it is causing harm to our relationship since the pup now relates my hands near his neck with the scary sound. Adaptil might want to redesign the buckle so that it isn't noisy and so it's easier to put on and take off. … more

My vet recommended this and thought it might help. It isn’t perfect, but it go my fearful dog to leave my apartment for our evening nightcap pee. We’ve had a bad round of fireworks and civil unrest in my area, so my dog has shut down. We still have a ways to go, but this has made it so my dog can relax enough for me to get through to her ‘shut down mode’ so I can train her. Fear isn’t an on/off switch that’s for sure

I just adopted a small dog who growled at everything and everyone. I tried calm pills but no it did not help. His vet recommended the adaptil calming collar. From day one he turned into a much calmer dog when seeing people. He still has difficulty with other dogs but does not run up to people growling anymore. This collar is the best.

I have an older dog who is very affected with separation anxiety - been this way forever, so we believe it was instilled in him at an early age. This collar seems to help him adjust but he still gets very excited when he hears the garage door open and one of us is returning. We feel it is a good addition to helping him, but he is so set in his ways, we might never find a way to truly calm him down.

So far this has not had a calming influence on our Jack Russells during thunderstorms. I plan to give it a try for the second month as I put these on auto-delivery. If no change after the second month, I'll cancel auto-delivery and may try another brand. I gave it two stars because the collars are easy to use -- the dogs don't mind them. There is no odor and they're well made. Fingers crossed for positive results on the second month of use!

We got this collar on the recommendation from our vet because our border collie puppy was really anxious around new city noises. It seems to work great (or she is adjusting to new home). We started with the puppy version but the vet said they both have the same level of Pheromones so we bought the small one the second time around. The only drawback is that it uses a zip-tie style to secure. We put the first one on way too tight in the beginning and had to cut it off only two weeks in because she was growing so fast. I also need to bathe her so be sure not to put it on too snug! Otherwise--great product.

We have a 9 year old Border Collie who developed a phobia to loud noises. It started when neighbors were having some trees taken down; she refused to walk on the street. Following that, anything loud was a big problem for her. Thunderstorms, motorcycles, large trucks, planes, helicopters. . . she was fearful. The Adaptil collar has worked for her. She has been wearing it for the last 2.5 weeks, and there is marked improvement. It may not work for every dog, but it's working for us and we are thankful.