If you can identify the root of the stress, then the best answer to the difficulty is to get rid of the cause. If your dog is experiencing separation stress each time you leave the house, and you're employed full time outside of the home, you have a problem. I assume you I guess you could give up work and stay home with your dog, but occasionally we want to be a little practical.
Mozart? - that definitely used to calm my hyperactive child down a little, so Mozart would be my private first choice, but there are a few calming classical and new age, or perhaps some light rock or jazz music might work - try out whatever you have in your CD collection to start.
Another fantastic concept I read about recently is making a tape recording of your own voice and playing that on a steady play whilst you're gone.
One New Year's Eve when I was away, Kara dug her way under the house and escaped ( thanks to being shocked of the fireworks which were going off ). My neighbours had to choose her up from the pound the following morning. From memory it cost about $100 to get her back. The mid-life phenomenon known as menopause and the stresses of stress go together. Panic attacks, rushes of energy, burning in the chest, strange vibrations across the body, and warm sensations are a selection of the physical effects you will feel under this condition. When menopause hits, there's a bigger chance ladies will go thru stress and depression. And, often times we aren't happy with what we find. A little voice in the back of our head is pronouncing, "If you're not making changes now you never will. "Our hormonal imbalances ( due to reduced estrogen levels ) can make a contribution to feelings of depression or make us feel plain 'indifference. Stress is an individual's lengthened sense of dread and worry with no definite reason behind it. So I took her to the vet, as I was at a complete loss to know what to do with her.
She was prescribed an anti-anxiety medicine.
Now I know that there are way more pleasing, all natural stress treatments for dogs, which have no evil complications.
Social anxiety disorder