Article: Pet talk; Sales of dog behavioral drugs on the rise.(VARIETY)

Diane Lore

Cox News Service

Does your dog have issues?

Is he a little upset when you go off to work? Or does he simply not remember you at all?

Maybe, just maybe, he's not just an irritating, dumb mutt, but is suffering from separation anxiety or "canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome" - a form of doggie senility.

At least that's the pitch from the makers of Clomicalm and Anipryl, the first behavioral drugs for dogs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Clomicalm is an antidepressant and Anipryl restores older dogs' cognitive abilities - needed to stay housebroken and friendly and not get lost in their own back ...

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