VetriScience Composure Behavioral Health Bite-Sized Dog Chews

I bought these to help my neurotic Golden Retriever with his anxiety. He gets very anxious with thunderstorms and fireworks. We live in a neighborhood where people like fireworks for pretty much any occasion, perhaps a full moon or a random Sunday, if you catch my drift. I gave him two by directions during a big thunderstorm. If anything, it made him less inhibited, Not less anxious. He kept trying to climb in my lap - like a lap dog, only I was sitting on a bar stool. Also, he kept licking me. He is a licker, but licking was now in overdrive. He still seemed really anxious about the thunder, just less inhibited about doing things he’s typically not supposed to do; jump in my lap and lick I bought these to help my neurotic Golden Retriever with his anxiety. He gets very anxious with thunderstorms and fireworks. We live in a neighborhood where people like fireworks for pretty much any occasion, perhaps a full moon or a random Sunday, if you catch my drift. I gave him two by directions during a big thunderstorm. If anything, it made him less inhibited, Not less anxious. He kept trying to climb in my lap - like a lap dog, only I was sitting on a bar stool. Also, he kept licking me. He is a licker, but licking was now in overdrive. He still seemed really anxious about the thunder, just less inhibited about doing things he’s typically not supposed to do; jump in my lap and lick me like a lollipop. Well try them again, I have the rest of the bag, if they help I’ll review again. … more

We started using Composure about 2 weeks ago for our anxious rescue dog at the recommendation of our positive based trainer. We are using the Adaptil collar also. The progress she has made has exponentially increased. She is handling situations that make her anxious much better. It smells like vitamins but she doesn't seem to mind eating them.

Our trainer recommended these to us to help temper our pup's "gremlin hours" (the hours in the afternoon where he's getting bored and restless and bothering my work-from-home husband to be entertained). They seem to mellow him out some. As a bonus, he loves the taste so he'll hop right in his bed/pen/crate to get one! I think it's wise to temper your expectations. These aren't a sedative or anxiety medication, they just help support a balanced disposition.

My little Cali is very nervous especially when she senses a storm coming and during the storm she pants something awful and her heart rate goes sky high. She is even nervous when it just raining. I give her the VetriScience and it helps to calm her nerves so she can relax. I wish it lasted longer for her. For her, it only lasts maybe 45 minutes. I also give it to my Lolita and it last for probably 3-4 hours. I’m glad I purchased it.

I have gotten these before for my dog that has anxiety when I leave him. All of my other bags the treats were chewy (soft) these were hard and my dog doesn't want to eat them.. not sure if the company changed how they make them or if this was just a bad bag but not sure ill order these online again.

This one was a miss for us, but my dog response well to the Composure plus from VetriScience but unfortunately you have to buy it from the vets so I thought I'd give these a try. Not much of a difference unfortunately but thankfully no upset stomachs or weird behaviors!

Out chow/shepherd mix is always anxious when we are gone for long periods of time; and when it storms. This little morsel helps to calm him down and relax.

One of my dogs has considerable separation anxiety when I leave for work, to the point of escaping his crate and then destroying things around the house. I had originally purchased these chews for my other dog, but decided to try them on my escape artist. He is a 50lb pit bull mix and I give him 2 chews about 30 minutes before I leave for work. I have a home surveillance camera so I’m able to see how he settles down. He is nicely chilled out, just sitting or laying down, but still cries some. This is compared to anxious pacing, pawing and biting at the bars of his crate, and sometimes trying to tip the crate over. It’s not the perfect scenario, but it is greatly improved and the stress level One of my dogs has considerable separation anxiety when I leave for work, to the point of escaping his crate and then destroying things around the house. I had originally purchased these chews for my other dog, but decided to try them on my escape artist. He is a 50lb pit bull mix and I give him 2 chews about 30 minutes before I leave for work. I have a home surveillance camera so I’m able to see how he settles down. He is nicely chilled out, just sitting or laying down, but still cries some. This is compared to anxious pacing, pawing and biting at the bars of his crate, and sometimes trying to tip the crate over. It’s not the perfect scenario, but it is greatly improved and the stress level is so much lower. My other dog has anxiety in the car. She gets in the car just fine every time, but when the car starts moving and especially goes faster, she paces and whines/yells. I got these chews for her, but have only experimented once on a one hour road trip. She is a 65lb Rottweiler/Staffordshire Terrier mix, and I started by giving her 2 chews about 45 minutes before we left. I noticed no change in her behavior, so I will continue to up the number of chews until we can hopefully get an improvement. I think the success of these chews depends on the behavior you’re trying to avoid and the size of the dog, so you just need to find the right balance. I feel confident these chews will work for my Rottie mix too, once we find the magical number of treats to give. Also worth noting, the price is quite reasonable per chew for relieving your baby of their stress! … more

These work great if your pup really needs them.. my rescue was found wandering the streets and then in the shelter for two weeks so she's very hyper kind of fight or flight behavior! These work perfect

My dog has grown to not like noise or when someone is passing by the front door. Friends and co-workers rave about this product so we wanted to try it I hopes it would calm him. I’m pretty sure it’s causing an opposite effect. He’s now absolutely terrified of thunder and whines the entire time (never has done this before even after the noises spooking him). Hasn’t stopped barking and 4th of July weekend was quite frankly, a nightmare. I feel like I’ve wasted my money on this product and will be canceling my auto ship :(