Dr Linda Aronson, DVM
Hi Everyone, I am very pleased to announce that on February 14, 15, & 16, Dr. Linda Aronson will be our Special Guest, participating in our Group Discussions on Companion Animal Care - Naturally: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Companion ... Naturally/ As you may recall, Dr. Aronson is to about to be conducting a STUDY regarding aggression / thyroid in dogs -- and needs to have more people with aggressive dogs participate, as mentioned in my recent post: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Companion ... y/messages or http://tinyurl.com/7psr4 "...From Linda Aronson, DVM, Behaviour Department, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine: ... need dogs for our double blind study looking at the effect of thyroid on owner directed aggression...." For more information, see: http://www.petshrink.com/forms/agrform.html "Canine Hypothyroidism and Aggression Study Form" To give you some biographical information about Dr. Aronson, from her Web Site: http://www.petshrink.com Linda Aronson DVM, MA "Dr. Linda Aronson is originally from England, and received her bachelors and masters degrees in physiological sciences from Oxford University. She received her DVM from Tufts University in 1995 and spent two years consulting with clients and conducting research in what was then the Behavioral Section of the Surgery Department of Tufts Veterinary School. Since leaving Tufts she has been consulting privately with clients on behavioral problems as well as working with veterinarians both in the United States and around the world. At this point, opening an office in which to see patients at a central location seemed the logical next step. " "Dr. Aronson has made a life-long study of animal behavior, both in domestic and wild animals. While she is available to work with captive wild species, the primary work at PetShrink will be with privately owned dogs, cats and horses. Dr. Aronson breeds and exhibits champion bearded collies and is a lifelong rider. She writes a monthly column on horse behavior for the magazine Practical Horseman, and has contributed many articles on behavioral topics to both lay and professional journals, as well as a chapter to the textbook Psychopharmacology of Animal Behavior Disorders (ed Dodman and Shuster). " "Dr. Aronson is strongly committed to consulting and communicating with primary care veterinarians and animal trainers involved in patients' care and well-being. She welcomes the opportunity to discuss unusual or difficult cases." To read Dr. Aronson's articles on Cats & Horses, please see: http://www.petshrink.com/articles.html Also, Dr. Aronson has been collecting case studies on using melatonin (supplement) for dogs who have a phobia to loud noises, such as thunder -- with very good results: http://www.canine-epilepsy-guardian-ang ... atonin.htm "... More and more owners and vets are using melatonin and it is gratifying to know that so many dogs have been helped ... I have had search and rescue dogs successfully given melatonin to combat their fears of flying in turbo prop planes. It was the only treatment that allowed most of them to relax and yet let them perform their duties at the end of the flight." "Success is still running about 80%. Most useful for noise phobias, including thunderstorms, fireworks, gun shot, planes, helicopters, hot air balloons, show site noises, bird song, truck and other road noises. It also seems to help some cases of lick granuloma and separation anxiety." "Please feel free to cross post this information. It seems that melatonin is one of the safest products. Some of the failures I believe result from phobia induced seizure behavior. Others I'm not sure of the reason. Some dogs need to be dosed before the fear is established, others respond even if they are already reacting fearfully to the noise." -- Linda Aronson, DVM |
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| I have been researching melatonin. Just recently contacted Dr. Jean Dodd and she advised not to give melatonin but instead DMG. I have also read when Dr. Demian Dressler is not recommending melatonin be given to dogs with epilepsy either. Also saying melatonin and phenobarbital should not be given together. Dr. Jean Dodds. "I would not try melatonin but suggest trying DMG - dimethylglycine." In researching the dimethylglycine I found: Demian Dressler, DVM said "if your dog is an epileptic, I would avoid melatonin as well". In another email to Dr. Jean Dodd when asked for a little more information why she wouldn't recommend melatonin she stated: – "because DMG is used successfully to treat seizure in infants, while melatonin has other potential hormonal effects on the pituitary- thyroid- hypothalamic axis (especially affects adrenal sex steroid production and is used routinely to treat atypical Cushing’s disease). See diagram below. Best regards, Jean" I have sent a request to Dr. Dressler and awaiting a response. |
| Wow, another 9 year old thread is dredged up! This is like the third one I've seen in the last couple of days , were do people come up with these? |
| I followed this from the Epilepsy Guardian Angel site. |
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