FARNAM HELPS ANIMALS WEATHER THE CHAOS OF
SUMMER STORMS AND TRAVELING

Does your dog or cat dart for shelter beneath the bed or couch when the sounds of summer hit home? Or maybe it’s nowhere to be found when the suitcases are all packed? Thunder and lightning bring piercing noises that frighten pets. When storms appear, their explosive sounds cause panic in many dogs and cats, which leads to pacing, trembling, hiding and howling. Unfortunately, summer storms are not the only events that cause stress for pets. Traveling and other disruptions can rattle them too.

Today, numerous hotels and resorts offer pet-friendly options for vacationers, as more people are opting to travel with their furry family members. However, their relaxing retreats can be a stressful occasion for pets. Typically, the sight of a crate makes most animals missing in action. This type of behavior as well as resistance to getting in cars and distress in new environments occur when pets experience travel anxiety.

Farnam Pet Products offers veterinarian-developed pheromones that can ease the summer season’s tension for the 65 million dogs and 78 million cats in the UniteD States. Comfort Zone® with D.A.P.® (Dog Appeasing Pheromone) and Comfort Zone® with Feliway® for cats are synthetic pheromones that naturally control and manage pet behavior associated with anxiety, fear, stress and phobias without drugs or electronic training devices. The pheromones are undetectable by humans, and are safe and nontoxic to people and animals.

“Pet owners who struggle with their animal’s anxiety during road trips and vacations, or who worry that their animal will not relax during summer storms, now have a product that comforts the dog or cat and stops or reduces stress-related behavior problems,” said Tammy Senter, marketing manager for Farnam Pet’s pheromones. “Comfort Zone with D.A.P. and Feliway effectively manage pets’ behaviors during these intense situations, making them feel more comfortable with their environment.”

How Do Pheromones Work?

Comfort Zone with D.A.P. soothes dogs by mimicking the pheromone of a lactating female dog. By replicating this soothing maternal signal, Comfort Zone with D.A.P. has been clinically proven to end or reduce stress-related canine destructive behavior by 86 percent and excessive barking by 70 percent. Comfort Zone with Feliway mimics the friendly facial pheromones that cats use to mark their territory when they rub their cheeks against people and objects. Studies show Comfort Zone with Feliway has a 95 percent success rate in reducing or eliminating two of the most common problem in cats--urine-marking and vertical scratching.

These pheromone products also help pets that are newly adopted, moving to new homes and adjusting to new pets. Both lines are available in a convenient spray and a plug-in diffuser. The versatile pheromones can be sprayed in the car, in the carrier, in the crate, on bedding and in kennels, or even on a bandana adorning the dog’s neck.

Pet owners can ask their veterinarians for D.A.P. and Feliway; or go to PetsMart, Petco, and other specialty pet stores and look for the retail brand names, Comfort Zone with D.A.P. and Comfort Zone with Feliway.

D.A.P.® and Feliway® are registered trademarks of Ceva Santé Animale.