A question was raised on social media recently by a lady adopting a rescue podenco, which will have spent 3 days travelling to her in the UK. She was concerned about the podenco being stressed out and asked for advice on any product to help calm the dog. This was my comment in answer.
Pheromone is a natural 'product'of a female body when it gives birth as it calms the newborn and takes away the stress of birthing. This is why it is so important for a newborn animal to suckle soon after birth. I occasionally use a product with pheromone called Beaphar CaniComfort for my blind podenco when travelling distances, as he sometimes gets upset by the very loud noise of car tyres on rough tarmacadum - because of course he can't see it. Not all products which claim to calm an animal contain Pheromone - so you need to check the ingredents of a product and discount it if it does not have Pheromone.
Read about Pheromone on this weblink. It calms the animal without tranquilisng it.
Ironically I also used it on one of my horses which used to get in a terrible state when his stable companion was taken away without him, and also when clipping them. Just a quick spray up his nostrils. Took about 15 mins to take effect, lasted a couple of hours.
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