Forgot to share about the Great Dane diva shaking

Hi, forgot to share this little tidbit from my vet.    Jessee has always been super sensitive to some noises and becoming more so since chemo.  The oncologist had told us there were studies in humans using the same chemo (carboplatin) that suggested increased hearing sensitivity but none documented in canines.  It has gotten worse over the past few months to the point that Jessee will start shaking and panting usually late at night.  It can last from a few minutes to an hour to get her calmed down.  Dr. Allen told us a story about a small dog she had treated years ago that was having noise sensitives to a certain decibel range.  We know Jessee hates the ding on cell phone messages.  Even if a cell phone on a TV program goes off she gets extremely upset.  Jessee had been on Xanax years ago for traveling anxieties and Dr. Allen suggested we try a low dose of that again due to the anti seizure properties of it.  That combined with her evening Gabapten, we hoped, would keep her calm.  Well it’s been 4 nights and no panting or shaking with a .25 dose of Xanax.  I don’t want to overdo the medications but I certainly want her to be comfortable and not go through those little episodes.  So for the time being, this is what we are sticking with 🙂

Don’t know if this is a recommended treatment or not but so far Dr. Allen has solved each and every problem that has come up for us so we are pretty happy to be able to keep our Diva Tripawd dane calm and free of those episodes.