This week, we're featuring a little black and white fluffer named Oreo, a blind foster from Mexico, rescued by Wagging Dog Rescue in Southern CA (www.waggingdog.org).
Essences succeed due to the fact they deal with the root cause of the problem and literally or figuratively, re-write the experience of past negative experiences and its resultant un-healthy behavior.
It just was like someone flipped a switch! Her ears up, happy and didn't give her any trouble at all during the trim, even the back legs where she would get anxious about letting someone other than myself pick them up.
One cat I was tending was so aggressive that the vacationing owners put a wall between 2 cages so I could put feed and water in one cage while the cat was locked in the other. ...sprays worked like magic.
Now, instead of hiding in the basement, panting and shivering when the thunder starts, she is sitting in the family room with us like nothing is going on!