Healthy-aging science for dogs — NAD+, joints, and honest labels, made readable for devoted owners.
5 guides in this section.
A veterinarian compares buspirone, a prescription anxiolytic, with over-the-counter calming chews like Boops Pets Calming & Stress Relief — what each is actually built to do, and when a diagnosis changes the answer.
A vet's evidence-based comparison of L-theanine and valerian root for anxious dogs, with honest notes on where the science is solid and where it's still thin.
A veterinarian explains what's actually in dog calming chews, what the evidence supports for ingredients like chamomile, ashwagandha, and L-theanine, and how to judge whether one is worth trying.
A neurologist's mechanism-first look at melatonin for dogs — what it reliably does to the sleep-wake clock, where the anxiety evidence gets thin, and the safety issue that matters more than the hormone itself.
Chamomile calms through GABA; L-tryptophan supports serotonin. Here's what the evidence shows for calming dogs and why a formula that uses both usually wins.
