Community Spirit, March 2018
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Community Spirit emagazine was created in 2017 to help bring the English speaking community closer together in the city and the surrounding towns. And to support individuals and businesses to overcome their challenges of setting up a new life in this beautiful area. Don't miss an issue of the emazine magazine! To subscribe and get all the back issues, visit and send a message to: www.facebook.com/emazinemediaglobal
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"...The aim here is not<br />
to sedate your dog, but<br />
to prevent or reduce<br />
her distress...."<br />
Ensure she wears a secure harness, so that she<br />
can’t escape and become lost if she is startled, and<br />
that she is wearing an identity tag just in case she<br />
does (a temporary one could be quickly made from<br />
a keyring tag if she doesn’t already have one).<br />
Please also make sure her microchip details are up<br />
to date with RIVIA (Registro Informático<br />
Valenciano de Identificación de Animales)!<br />
If your dog has a noise phobia, she will be truly<br />
distressed by all the noises of Fallas and is at risk<br />
of developing other fear-related issues, such as<br />
separation anxiety, generalised anxiety and panic<br />
disorder. Speak to your vet in advance about the<br />
many pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and<br />
complementary products available that will help<br />
your dog cope. The aim here is not to sedate your<br />
dog, but to prevent or reduce her distress. Several<br />
anti-anxiety drugs are available, which can be<br />
given on an as-needed basis, providing short-term<br />
relief with few, if any, side effects.<br />
Products such as alprazolam (Trankimacin or Xanax),<br />
clorazepate (Tranxilium) or trazodone (Deprax) are useful<br />
for isolated events where timing is predictable. Some of<br />
these have mild amnesic effects, so your dog will not<br />
remember the frightening event and her phobia will not<br />
worsen, and these can be given just a couple of hours prior<br />
to, or some even during the event itself.<br />
Where timing of these events is less predictable or more<br />
prolonged, medications such as trazodone (Deprax),<br />
clonidine (Catapresan) or selegiline (Selegil) can be started<br />
in advance and given for the duration of the Fallas period.<br />
Nutraceuticals such as alpha-casozepine (Zylkene),<br />
L-theanine (Anxitane) or Calmex, along with dietary<br />
products such as Royal Canin’s Calm dog food may also help<br />
your pet, but these must be started in advance, and they are<br />
insufficient alone if your dog has a severe phobia or other<br />
fear-related issues in addition. Dog appeasement<br />
pheromone (Adaptil) is completely natural and may help<br />
reduce generalised anxiety. This comes either as a plug-in<br />
diffuser or as a collar, but once again must be introduced at
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