Okay...GM helped with this dog by prescribing pulsatilla a couple of years ago...for his overly excited jumping on anyone come into the house...or if someone is leaving the house. Once the person is settled in house, dog is fine.The pulsatilla only seemed to calm the dog down for the first day only. . Now when someone goes he runs around in a circle and jumps at the door...barking...this is new.. Also if husband and wife are sitting close to each other he will wedge his head in there between them..and his body gets stiff as a board. Very afraid of thunderstorms. Owner says he can be lovey dovey but he can also nip at the husband or the grandfather who he is normally lovey dovey with. With the wife..who loves him to death..dog always wants to be near her. Also, constantly licking the baby and the mother and others. The wife thinks the dog is filled with anxiety.

If he is excited and you open the door to upstairs where he sleeps...he will immediately go up there with no problem. Like as if he knows he can't control himself...goes willingly. He is five years old and her vet told her that at age 5 dog's usual traits can become accentuated...so ..thus..he seems more anxious.

Seems to have diarhhea often...which wife says goes with his nervousness and anxiety.

They put the dog on an anti anxiety pill 6 weeks ago..but no change.

Phospherous looks good cause of the fear of thunderstorms plus exitement and general fear. But licking...I don't how you'd rep that. Jealousy...or possessiveness...neither aco or phospherous is there. Lach has stiffnes of body and jealousy and is in excitement and fears. I don't know about the jumping on people when they are coming and going. Or trying to follow them out.That is probably under excitement .

I'm adding this..because I didn't think I made it clear that the dog is very possessive of the wife..or jealous..

So any ideas from the animal lovers club?

[ 22. August 2003, 23:33: Message edited by: carolorr ]

Also..in regards to jealousy...if there is another dog around and someone in family pays attention to that dog...this dog is all over the person..trying to get their attention.

Hi Carol,
I realize that I sound like a broken record here but as I e-mailed to you privately, most dogs are anxious or downright scared during thunderstorms -forget the phos, if thats the symptom you are using. As for the jealosy issue: its a small,probably spoiled dog of a naturally HIGH NRG breed.
I think that keeping him sedated is down-right cruel but if the owners are convinced the dog has a problem (I believe the problem lies with ineffectual training on the part of the owners)by all means try to treat homeopathically, but you will need much more specific symptoms than "excited", "jealous" and "scared of thunderstorms".

They only used a drug for a couple of weeks...and I think you're right about poor training..and the breed of the dog. The dog probably needs to be on a farm running around all day. Then he'd be too tired to jump on people. But I think the dog feels bad about his jumping..otherwise he wouldn't so easily relinquish his freedom by going upstairs...all one has to do is open the door to upstairs and he goes...automatically..don't have to say a thing.

Once, as I wrote you, the dog had diarhhea while they were out of town. Even though he likes the person who took care of him. That babysitter goes out for coffee a couple of times a day..so the dog was probably alone in the house a few times.

If I'm in the house...and the dog is upstairs..if I put my coat on...the dog starts barking and running up and down the stairs to upstairs(the door to those stairs is closed). This dog very clarivoyant.

If owner is taking him to vet..or to get hair cut...about four blocks before the vet..even if she takes a different route..the dog will start going back and forth in the car and crying. Also, a few blocks before reaching the dog groomer...same behavior. But when she takes him to her mother's..the dog gets excited about a block before
they get to her mothers..but doesn't cry.

Shes going to try to see if she can recall the other times the dog got diarrhea.
Son says..obviously the dog doesnt' like to be left alone...family members. jumps around in circles, looks out the window and then goes about his business. He doesn't think the diarhhea is a major issue..that it doesn't happen that often.

I took care of this dog once..overnight...and he seemed fine. He slept in the room I sleep in..and wasn't jumping all over the place...he was fine.

There is a lot more activity..comings and goings at his house..always has been more activity. He doesn't like unpredictable things? I don't know.

I had a word with the vet about this case & she says the licking is submissive behaviour that is rooted in puppyhood, and not really appropriate for an adult dog; agrees the dog is displaying anxious behaviour. About the loose stool, maybe that would be the best area to try to establish further information around in terms of a timely connection to other factors.

What living creature does not display "anxious behavior"; the question is whether or not it is apropriate to the surroundings and circumstance. This is a huge problem treating animals homeopathically -if the environment is the problem and it does not change, the complaint will not change either, no matter how carefully a remedy is selected. Nevermind getting into the whole "food issue" -you are what you eat; and when your diet consists of grains (quick sugar fixes) and toxic preservatives, this is likely contributing to the complaint as well.
You mentioned that you cared for the dog as well with no problems, again this points to environment and training as the underlying cause. Perhaps these people need to add some more structure to the dogs life?
Dogs have super keen senses of hearing and smell. Mine can always tell the difference between car motors, they know when a dog is coming down the block minutes before I can see it; their navigational systems are well tuned and they know where I'm taking them most of the time.

guess: lycopodium.

May I be so bold as to ask why?

it's a guess because it might all be an environmental problem for the dog.

diarrhoea is a symptom, but it is not specially problematic in the case, yet it is related to the anxiety.
if the environment is reasonably ok for the dog, then you could take the behavioural symptoms as an imbalance in the dog, which look like lyc - fear, anxiety, anticipation, domineering when he can get away with it.