Calm & Confident Chews, Composure Clinically Tested Calming and Anxiety Supplement for Dogs, Reduce Stress and Fear, Ideal for Thunderstorms, Fireworks and Travel, Chicken, 60 Count

I have a senior dog who started developing pretty bad separation anxiety as he got older. He used to cry a lot whenever he was left alone. I started introducing these chews slowly and worked up to the full dose, and they’ve made a huge difference. He’s much calmer, less anxious, and way more relaxed overall. He also actually enjoys the chew and has never had any issues eating it, which is a big plus. I’m honestly so glad I found this because it’s helped him so much, and you can really tell he’s more at ease now.

These work like a charm. It's amazing. Bella is a 10-year-old Belgian Malinois who is extremely excitable, stressed, anxious, and ornery. Nothing has worked to settle or calm her down. Even prescription anti-anxiety meds didn't help her. I am on our third or fourth bag, and I will not go back to how it was before these calming chews for all of our sakes. A month ago, I forgot to order a bag, and we went a few weeks without them, and she returned to her old anxious ways. We are a week back into the routine, and we are starting to see the calm take effect. She is still a busy Malinois, chases squirrels and lizards, and barks at people passing by, so it does not sedate her, but you can tell that she is more comfortable sitting and relaxing. She has a focus and composure that we have NEVER experienced, and she obeys her command so much easier than without the chews. The chews are easy to use, and I usually put them in her food. They are medium soft and look like a little piece of meat. She didn't love them at first, and I had to smash them up a bit and mix them in, but now she takes them whole with no issues. The smell when you first open the bag is strong, but I think letting them "air out" a bit before I give them to her helped.

I have used the Composure for small dogs for a while, and they do wonders for my senior, rescue 10 pound Shih Tzu. She seems to enjoy the taste and it really does calm her down. This time I decided to buy a 60 piece bag instead of 30 and was surprised to find that it wasn't the small dog formula but their "for dogs of all sizes." I rechecked my order and the product on Amazon. I'm not sure why but on the product page "for the small dog under 30 pounds" it shows on the 30 piece, but if you aren't paying attention or looking closely, it automatically changes it to the "for all sizes" when you switch to 60 or 90 pieces. I can break them in half, but it wasn't really what I was expecting or wanting and was a little confusing when ordering. I guess that I will just have to remember next time to only order the 30 instead of 60 or 90.

Doesn't work but makes okay little treat

I don't have severely anxious animals, but that may be why this product works so well for me. I've given Composure to three different animals before occasions of particular stress (new people at the house, competition trial, public access training in crowded places, etc) while keeping the whole thing secret from my husband, who is thoroughly familiar with the animals' normal behavior. These are the results: Jules the cat, 4 years old, is generally sociable but avoids strangers and gets agitated when things change at home. He tends to express his anxiety by hiding, yowling and vertical scratching on walls. When given Composure before guests arrive, he's a completely different cat. Instead of hiding in our bedroom, he stays in the main living areas and even solicits petting from strangers. My husband pointed out how much friendlier Jules was acting before being told about the supplement. A dose of Composure also completely stops Jules' stress yowling and vertical scratching for a few hours. Amma the cat, 3 years old, is very outgoing and friendly and even solicits cuddling from complete strangers, often within moments of meeting. A dose of Composure before house guests seems to mostly make her sleepy. However, when given before a trip to the vet, she was noticeably less agitated and even allowed the vet to apply nose drops. On previous trips to the vet, she hissed at the vet and had to be wrapped in a towel to be given nasal vaccination due to escape attempts. Watson the dog, 9 months old, is a generally very calm and friendly puppy and is in training to be a service dog, primarily in scent work. However, being a puppy, he is easily distracted and has difficulty staying on task for longer periods of time. A dose of Composure before highly distracting and stressful situations, such as visiting an airport or taking a certification test results in a marked improvement in his focus and self-control. With low doses of Composure, he has been able to pass a Nose Work 1 level mock trial at 6 months old, and achieve a Canine Good Citizen title at 8 months old. Even more impressive, at 6 months old, he performed with exemplary behavior at a busy airport. He was able to follow commands and stay on task even through security, which involved him off-lead for several minutes and walking through the detectors separately from him, while a little girl (maybe 3 years old) toddled over to pet him! While this product may not be enough to turn the tide in cases of severe anxiety, it does seem to help markedly with mild to moderate occasions of stress. Along with Feliway and Adaptil, this is one of the best products I've encountered to help dogs and cats calm down and weather anxious situations.

My dog hates being in the car. But he's a trooper. He doesn't whine, bark, or act up. I went on a road trip with my dog. Even though he's a trooper, I wanted to give him something to take the edge off, so I bought these so-called "calming chews" about 30 minutes before I started driving (just like the instructions say). it did nothing to calm him down. I could tell he was just as nervous as he usually is while in the car. Things got horrible about five or six hours into the drive. He started shaking uncontrollably. I didn't know why at first, but when we stopped at a rest stop and he started with the diarrhea, I knew it was because of this product because: 1) Even though he hates being in the car, being in the car doesn't mess with his bowels, and 2) the "calming" chew was the only thing different about his diet. The poor little guy was shaking because he will not pee or poo indoors or in a car. He was holding it for hours. I felt horrible. He went on to diarrhea poo four more times that day. Each one progressively more liquid than the last. My dog has never had such liquid poo. It looked like a gushing fire hydrant of liquid poo. Each time this happened I had to clean his bottom because he has long hair and the diarrhea got all over it. So no, there was nothing calming or relaxing about these chews. If anything just one of these chews completely ruined this leg of our journey. To make things even worse, now my dog associates this horrible feeling he had with my car. Now he won't even jump into my car. I have to pick him up and put him inside. Thanks for nothing, VETRISCIENCE. If you risk it and decide to buy this product, beware: it indicates no refunds or returns. I had to chat with customer service to get a refund. Luckily I don't have to send back this vile back of poisonous evil and it won't upset the stomach of some other unsuspecting pooch.

Our girl will actually eat these voluntarily which is a huge plus. They actually work too. Our girl has always been a bit jumpy and fearful. Training and socializing haven’t helped. We tried Solliquin chews. She didn’t like them and they did nothing for her. By the second day on these she was already much less fearful. I’ll keep buying as long as they keep helping her.

I started these about a year ago, maybe two. As my dog has aged, he just turned 14, he’s gets more and more restless and agitated. He’s been checked out by the vet, there’s nothing particularly wrong, he just roams and paces and seems like he can’t settle. I tried several prescription medications, including trazodone and Prozac, and some herbals, also from the vet… Some of these had contrary reactions, making him hyper, like trazodone, some didn’t seem to have any response, like the herbal, and Prozac made him a highly sedated stumbling idiot. Anyway, I finally found these Composure treats on my own and they have been enormously helpful. I give him two at about 3-4 PM when his restlessness usually starts or peaks, and then I give him another 1 a few hours later or as late as 9 PM. They don’t sedate him or knock him out at all, they just chill him out. He just seems more comfortable in his little doggy skin after he’s had a couple of these. I read a couple reviews where people’s dogs had bad reactions like diarrhea, and I know how that is, there’s nothing worse than dog diarrhea, except for maybe nuclear war, and to those people I say I feel bad for you and your dogs, but it’s not really fair to then warn off everybody and everybody’s dog just because your dog had diarrhea when it ate these treats. All dogs are different, just like people, and just because one or some dogs get diarrhea from a treat doesn’t mean all dogs will. Chicken gives my dog diarrhea, but some people probably feed their dogs chicken all day long and have no problem. Anyway, I don’t write a lot of reviews. I just think this is a great product that more or less saved my sanity and I love Vetriscience products in general, I feed my dog about five different types of Vetriscience products and have had great luck with all of them. And no, I don’t work for them and no, I’m not an influencer and no, nobody gave me any money to write this, I actually did it out of the kindness of my heart! :-)