Fluoxetine in Dogs

Re: Fluoxetine in Dogs

The SkepVet — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:16:16 GMT

did you inform the owner about disarming proceedure treatment? If so what did they say?

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The SkepVet

Re: Fluoxetine in Dogs

Skeptvet — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:58:00 GMT

Like any other area of medicine, you ideally need a diagnosis before you can evaluate the treatment options. If the context suggests fear aggression, then SSRIs can be helpful, though the dog will never become a cuddly friend to strangers. But if the problem is dominance, territorial, food-related, or interdog aggression, for example, the medications can disinhibit the aggressive behavior by reducing any anxiety that is limiting the extent of aggressive behavior. And none of the meds will dramatically change the situation without a concomitant degeree of behavioral modification therapy that is really hard for most owners to accomplish. No treatment can guarantee the safety of the people interacting with the dog, so that has to be clear to everyone involved as well.

Re: Fluoxetine in Dogs

Claire Godfrey — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:15:26 GMT

My dog was on this, after behavioural referral. One of the side effects is disinhinbition, in my dogs case barking and snarling at other dogs from much greater distances. Hence I would not advise this at all, the dog may have some inhibition in some circumstances and this could remove it.

Re: Fluoxetine in Dogs

ms1083 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:50:44 GMT

Personally I am on your side, encourage PTS. You have given your professional advice, stick to it. If they choose to ignore it or go down different routes that’s fine but don't be responsible for it. Be very cautious about advising alternatives especially if you are not sure about them yourself. At the end of the day human safety is by far the most important issue here.