When addressing a complex issue such as separation anxiety in dogs, natural therapies like flower remedies can offer new hope. Discover which Bach flower remedies reduce anxiety, excessive attachment, and panic, help balance your dog’s emotions, and alleviate the symptoms of separation anxiety in dogs.
How do Bach flowers work for dogs?
The Bach Flower Remedies consist of 38 different remedies (tinctures),
Each remedy corrects a negative emotion into a positive mood for both humans and animals. The tinctures are prepared from the buds and blossoms of plants and trees. Examples of some tinctures are:
- Clematis (Traveller’s Joy): improves attention and concentration ability
- Impatiens (Touch-me-not): increases concentration in anxious dogs
- Rock Rose (Helianthemum): recommended for severe fear, panic, and terror (for example after a fire)
- Cherry Plum: for destructive dogs, for dogs with travel issues and motion sickness.
- Star of Bethlehem: suitable for all forms of trauma: for example, after the death of the owner or another household dog, after an accident …
- Agrimony: for restless and nervous dogs
- Aspen (esp): for dogs that are easily startled or quickly develop a fearful feeling. For example, dogs that become restless when a thunderstorm is approaching.
- Centaury (bachelor’s button): for dogs with a mild character, who are very compliant and do not resist when other animals push them aside; for dogs who have too little vitality to fight a disease.
- Cerato (ceratostigma): for dogs that are easily distracted and cannot focus on their owner’s commands.
- Chestnut Bud (horse chestnut bud): to break bad habits, for example dogs that constantly jump on visitors or repeatedly chew up shoes…
- Chicory (wild chicory): for very dominant and egocentric dogs that want attention only for themselves, for example a female dog that excessively protects her puppies, or a dog that protects its owner against other dogs or people.
- Crab Apple (wild apple): for dogs with low self-esteem.
It is not always easy to associate a specific mood with just one particular flower; sometimes a combination of different blossoms is needed! For advice, please consult specialized natural product stores.
Bach flower remedies for dogs: RESCUE REMEDY is a combination of 5 flower tinctures: namely Rock Rose, Cherry Plum, Impatiens, Clematis, and Star of Bethlehem.
This combination works almost immediately for, among others:
- Extreme fright
- Severe panic
- Confusion
- Accidents
- Intense stress
- And other shocking events.
RESCUE REMEDY acts as a calming agent in these situations! So, it is ideal when you have brought a new puppy into your home.
Bach flower remedies for dogs Rescue Remedy drops: use in emergency situations (fright, panic, … (e.g., visits to the veterinarian, when a baby arrives in the home, if the dog is afraid of fireworks …))
DOSAGE Bach flower remedies for dogs: Place 4 drops of the Rescue on the tongue, repeat as needed. For longer use: in this case, you need to find which remedies best match the moods; Rescue can be taken in acute situations!
The Bach flower remedies are non-addictive and have no side effects with other medications. However, they are not a replacement for medical treatments!
Dr. Bach believed that negative feelings, fears, loneliness, … lie at the root of many illnesses! If we can improve these moods, we will also become sick less often!
Bach Flower Remedies for Dogs
Can separation anxiety in dogs be treated?
For many dogs, the answer is yes. That does not mean it is easy: careful training, accuracy, and organization are necessary to reduce anxiety and to transform an overly needy relationship between dog and owner into a healthier one.
To ‘fix’ separation anxiety, the dog’s perspective needs to change: the extreme rollercoaster emotions that cause anxiety and often destructive behavior must be carefully balanced. And this is where flower essences can play such an important role.
Bach flower essences for dogs (also called flower remedies) excel at balancing extreme, unbalanced emotions. Although they are often overlooked when it comes to dog behavior, they are a safe, gentle, and surprisingly reliable tool for any emotion-driven behavioral or training issue.