Why I like Prozac for pets
Here’s another contentious topic: psychoactive drugs for pets. They’re used for all kinds of disorders and in my experience they’ve saved lives.
There’s no doubt on this point: Veterinary behaviorists and general practitioners have been using these drugs now for decades with significant benefits to dogs, cats, horses, and birds.
The problem? This arises every time veterinarians and pet owners employ these drugs as the sole approach to the complex issue of “mental health” in pets (a.k.a., behavior problems).
“Pets displaying unwanted behaviors do not deserve to be medicated,” many trainers, natural health proponents, and others argue. Nor, they say, does it help much beyond the sedating, mind-numbing capabilities these drugs offer. What these pets really need, in their estimation, is a healthy dose of exercise, basic training, and behavior modification.
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