God be praised I've been praying to God that he would be able to get over that. We all know you've been beating yourself up over it. Keep up the good work you're very very very very very good dog mom!! ❤❤❤
I had a rescue that took antidepressants for six months. He was also a rescue with a very traumatizing previous life. It actually solved the problems (especially his anxiety) even when he stopped talking it. I guess he just needed a little help to get his chemicals back to normal. Fingers crossed the same will happen to Levi and he can still walk on floors once you remove his medication🤞
I had to put my rescue on trazedone too and I was luckily able to take her off of it after a few months and she’s been fine since, but those first few weeks before she was medicated were terrible… she ate my door frame 😭
It makes sense that experiencing feeling calm and safe trains the mind and neural pathways that this is possible. The changed attitudes toward his environment would be hugely therapeutic in reducing stress, thus, the benefit remains after drug treatment stopped. This type of result makes the most sense when the illness is firmly rooted in memory and thought patterns that are producing distress. If the depression is driven by chemical imbalances at its core, you’d see relapse of symptoms when the med is discontinued. Just including all this so any humans taking antidepressants don’t draw the conclusion that they’re somehow doing it wrong if they don’t function like that for them. =)
It's also the other way around: mental processing affects biochemical pathway mediation. It's a big multidirectional and extremely complicated feedback loop (I used analytical biochemistry in my PhD studying nutritional biomechanics of microbes so had to use these metabolic maps - they are huge) What we're seeing is evidence of the fact that brain and body don't act separately Levi's allergies and other medical issues could be connected with his low confidence levels but it's still best to leave that with his medical team x
If kinda reminds me off a couple on RU-vid that put their cat on anxiety medication and it really helped him. (After years of trying to deal with the issue through other means, before anyone gets all high and mighty 😂) ..sometimes, medication is part of the solution. For pets and humans.
Levi's issues with bare floors has a positive benefit. If it hadn't been for your videos about it, we never would have understood why our dog was scared of walking into the dining room, living room, and kitchen. Now, thanks to large carpets, area rugs, and carpet runners, our 8yo Echo feels comfortable walking around the whole house. So, thank you, Levi & family, for helping us solve a years-long mystery! ❤❤❤❤❤
This makes me so happy for Levi and for you omg 😭 He couldn't have made that progress without you, even with steroids he knows you'll be there for him and that also gives him confidence 💚💙💜
Huskies are smart. Hopefully he learns that floors aren't dangerous, given how much positive, safe interaction he's having with floors now! We had to do something similar with our dog on car rides. The vet told us to give her her Trazodone to calm her down for car rides. It acted as a training tool. She learned to associate car rides with calm behavior. Now she loves to go for a ride, no meds needed!
When my dog was on a Prednisone course for a double ear infection that wasn’t clearing up with ear meds, she peed like a hydrant, too, twice in her sleep.
I love you for this clip!! It's so hard to judge the benefits when they aren't scratching up a storm. My girl has to go on a diet after the treatment every time. But she finally sleeps. Hang in there Levi and Mom! We feel ya at this house! ❤
@LeviTheHuskyRescue this makes my day because my dog recently overcame his extreme fear of water, he is still a bit nervous around it but doesn't absolutely hate baths anymore🎉
I was so excited for you and couldn’t wait to hear how you did it. Then I thought it was the pulling him on a magic carpet…didn’t expect this accidental (but hopefully not temporary!) win 😂
One of one rescue dogs has some pretty severe trauma and never overcame some weird quirks. He was a terrible eater, would have to be forced to eat or just wouldn’t, bribed with cheese on top, or just left out until he finally ate something. He would never take food/treats from your hand, he was always too scared to come that last couple of steps toward you. He was never super cuddly, he’d sit with you and have a stroke, but when he was done, that was it. He preferred to be alone in peace. In his final years he developed dementia, and one of the meds he was put on was anti anxiety. He was a totally different dog, he’d eat normally, he’d always been on the leaner side, but was actually a tad chunky at the end. He’d come to you and take treats from you, he was cuddly and wanted to sit and be with you, more sociable in general ect. He had been back and forth to the vets, seen different people, and been to different practices, but they never suggested it could be anxiety. We’ve never had a dog with anxiety, and certainly not presenting in that way. We feel very guilty that we/anyone didn’t pick up on it, as he could have been so much happier had we have gotten him on anti anxiety medication sooner. He had a good 2 years anxiety free, before having a stroke and having to say goodbye. He e got him at aprox 8 months, and he passed just before 15s. A very long and happy and spoilt life, we just wish we’d have known sooner.
Prednisone probably saved my life. I have a cluster of comorbidities that escalated to worse-than-your-average 70-year-old mental and physical health by the time I graduated college. I was only on it for a couple months but it was enough of a shift in understanding how different things COULD be that it got some momentum. It's still pretty hellish and it takes so much patience, persistence, cycles of learning/unlearning and...I really hope your companion is able to express themself and trust you through the process.
This is awesome! I was one who suggested trazodone, and I did so because my dog is allergic to prednisone. It amazing to see how different organisms react differently… good for you and your beautiful dog.
The pressure washer part had me dead. It is so very true when they go on steroids; they drink so much more water! Hope this is the start of a beautiful life without needing to haul his runner rug around anymore ❤
So happy for you that you figured out a solution! Fingers crossed he'll keep his self confidence! Yall deserve to be happy and stress free (it must be stressful and exhausting for you both having to constantly try to work through that anxiety) 😊
I am so happy for you and for Levi. I am new to his story and your lives, but I fell in love with him and his story so far and I can’t wait for you to put out your part four of his story because I wanna learn the rest of his story.
