# My Dog is on Prozac

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 19, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-on-prozac/235132 "2004-03-19T02:34:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-on-prozac/235132/21 "2004-03-22T14:58:54Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> Almost forgot! The best thing about Prozac is, apparently, dogs like how it tastes. Or at least, my dog does. I don’t have to hide in a lump of butter or shove my hand half-way down his throat to get him to swallow it: he eats it right out of my hand.

Our dogs get their meds (our yellow lab, Isaac, gets twice-daily Benadryl) in bits of liverwurst. I couldn’t stand the thought of eating the stuff myself but it could be a lot worse, it’s not all that bad to handle. At least it doesn’t smell like the cat’s every-other-day stinky tuna. Yuuuuck.

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**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-on-prozac/235132/22 "2004-03-22T19:27:39Z")

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My pup was on Clomicalm for about six months after I adopted him – he was the stud dog in a puppy mill and had severe issues with separation anxiety. The “dog-zac” helped him settle in and learn how to be a regular dog – my older dog taught him everything she knows. In fact, I put the older dog on it as well, for her OCD habit of constantly licking. It helped the puppy mill rescue significantly, but didn’t do much for the licker. So I finally weaned 'em both off.

I’m sure you’ll find it’s more common than you thought, but I was also amused that I had my dog on antidepressants. I gave their pills with a little peanut butter. Now that I’m on Wellbutrin (I quit smoking 10 days ago!), they hear the pill bottle and come running, thinking they get a treat! How silly is that?

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