An Integrative Approach to Managing Anxiety: Dealing With the Hot Mess of Stress

This lecture presents many successfully treated cases anxious animals, including pandemic puppies, dogs with thunderstorm phobia, and dogs with anticipatory dread of the veterinary clinic. The multi-modal approach applied to these animals will illustrate what supplements and herbs are synergistic and can empower or even replace pharmaceutical approaches to stress. Frequently referred to will be the class of compounds known as Adaptogens, and their impact on the brain via their regulation of adrenal activity.