Animal Welfare Professionals

I attended a lecture by Dr Leslie Sinn this week and she said that she had found the dog appeasement pheromones (DAP) to help reduce stress in dogs. I was hoping to see how many shelters had tried using them - the diffuser, spray or collars, and if they helped.  If so, we might try it at our small shelter.

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Kathryn Gilman
Dog Trainer
Middleburg Humane Foundation
VA
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Hi Kathryn,

We do use DAP's all the time here. We typically use Adaptil sprays on bedding, Diffusers in kennel sections for dogs that are new or a bit stressed and we use Adaptil Collars for dogs that are extremely stressed. We also use the cat version, Feliway, both in a spray on bedding and diffusers if we have them for the cat/Kitten rooms.

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Ky Crawford
Animal Care Attendant
Little Traverse Bay Humane Society
MI
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Ky - thank you for your response - we put a collar on a noise phobic dog and I think she is doing better with it. I will share how you use the products with our staff.

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Kathryn Gilman
Dog Trainer
Middleburg Humane Foundation
VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-29-2023 12:28 PM
From: Ky Crawford
Subject: Dog Appeasement Pheromones for stress reduction

Hi Kathryn,

We do use DAP's all the time here. We typically use Adaptil sprays on bedding, Diffusers in kennel sections for dogs that are new or a bit stressed and we use Adaptil Collars for dogs that are extremely stressed. We also use the cat version, Feliway, both in a spray on bedding and diffusers if we have them for the cat/Kitten rooms.

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Ky Crawford
Animal Care Attendant
Little Traverse Bay Humane Society
MI
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