Severe thunderstorm anxiety, help!
My sister has a golden retriever, Skylee that she adopted a little over a year ago. She's 8 years old now. I guess she had some thunderstorm anxiety then (as well as with fireworks...I did see her go nuts trying to dig under our deck because of fireworks last year) but it has gotten worse. Apparently she has destroyed 2 crates, ripped up carpet and a door, and has had some bad bouts of diarrhea, vomitting, and urinating all over their house because of the fear. They don't have the funds to replace any of the ruined items either.
I just heard about all of this today, I knew she was afraid but I didn't know it was this bad (and I'm not completely sure it is not an exaggeration either). She asked me if they could get her declawed :eek: which I told them was crazy. I don't know if those nail caps would really stop her from digging. I advised them to get a sedative from the vet and she said they already tried the highest dosage and it didn't do anything. I told them about the anxiety wrap and she can't afford it and says she has already tried putting a tight t-shirt on her and it didn't help. So now they believe their only option is putting her to sleep! :( My dad pretty much told them they should do that too! :mad:
I said they could possibly try a pet psychic, or I've seen some heavy duty metal crates that maybe she couldn't destroy but they say she hurts herself trying to get out too. I don't know what to do now...with my sisters history with animals I would not at all be surprised if they do put her to sleep...she is really the sweetest dog in the world too. Any more suggestions of things to try?