Anyone have any natural remedies that has worked for separation anxiety? I have a friend that has a 5 year old neutered male GSD. He grew up with their female dalmation. The dalmation passed away 2 years ago and the GSD was very depressed. They added a 4 month old female GSD pup to their pack a year ago and the male was once again happy. Over the past 6 mos or so, this dog has been becoming increasingly anxious when left. He is rarely home alone, my friend has 2 toddler children and her babysitter comes to the house, so the dog has human company all day. If they go out of town, she has a housesitter there 24/7 for the dogs, he is never kenneled. However, he has broken out of 3 crates now and just this past weekend chewed up her brand new shutters on her front windows when left home for a couple of hours (in the brand new crate #3 that he once again found a way out of). Anyway, since this list is such a wonderful source of knowledge, I told her I would ask if anyone knows of anything natural that she could give this boy to calm him when she has to leave him. She loves her boy and he is a good dog otherwise, great with her kids and obedient, just having issues when left alone. Thanks in advance- Kathy Kuklovsky _www.kayeshepherds.com_ (http://www.kayeshepherds.com) **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================