Maverick BH

Maverick BH - Born approx April 2000. Neutered male, mixed breed (malinois/shepherd type mix). Has done some schutzhund, sheepherding, and other dog sports, though is mostly retired. extremely terrified of loud popping noises including thunder, fireworks, gunshots, bubble wrap, and even the click a binder makes when you open it! Has eaten premium kibble his entire life (with about a year of raw when he was young), was on canidae I believe (I've forgotten) when we started with vetraceuticals. 

This boy is my "scaredy cat". He puts on a good bluff, but would just as soon eat through walls or bloody his paws before tolerating any popping noise. He has always had a great coat and been fairly healthy as an adult, but because of my success with vetraceuticals with my other dogs, Maverick was given it as well. I did not immediately notice a major difference until one day I opened a binder and noticed that Maverick did not get up and run. He looked at me, but did not dive for the table as usual. Then we had some thunder, and while he still shook, he did not go into a blind panic. Fireworks started going off in the area a few weeks before Independence Day this year and I noticed that while he would shake a little and look at me, he was a LOT calmer. I had done nothing different, this dog has been like this for nearly 7.5 years so it took me a while to realize it may really be the vetraceuticals. I decided to take him off of it for a while to see if it made a difference, and it DID. He will continue to be on vetraceuticals. I personally believe that it helps him feel better but also has the B-complex in it that can help a dog dealing with stress.