COVID-19 Rehabilitation program (CRP)

During the COVID-19 shutdown, 23 million American families welcomed a furry friend into their home. Many of these dogs were young puppies during the shutdown, throughout their entire formative age when socialization and self-soothing is learned. This has created a generation of dogs with crippling anxiety. This anxiety can be expressed through destructive behaviors while you're gone, aggression towards other dogs, crying, drooling, and more. WDD helps these dogs learn to cope with their anxiety similar to how people are taught to cope with their anxieties. 

The exact regiment for each dog in the CRP is dependent on their severity level of anxiety they display. For those on the more severe side of the spectrum, to start we will suggest you take them to the vet for an anxiety medication prescription such as trazodone. While medicated, they will start their behavioral training. Once the more severe symptoms of anxiety have subsided, we will suggest trying some days at daycare without medication. The goal is to get your pup fully off any anxiety medication. For those on the mild side of the spectrum, we will jump right into the behavioral training side of the program. 

There is no extra cost to this program! It is nobody's fault, owner nor canine, that they have bad anxiety due to the pandemic. For WDD, we consider it unethical to capitalize off such a program. But to reap the full benefits from WDD CRP, your pup should attend daycare at least 2x a week on a consistent schedule. Consistency and stability is a staple to resolving anxiety issues for humans and canines alike. If you cannot commit to at least two days a week, we can still work on your pup's anxiety issues. However, we cannot guarantee improvement and they cannot be considered as a participant for our study's statistics. 

No, we cannot guarantee this. However, from our small pilot study, 10/10 participants no longer needed anxiety medication. 

Not at all! Many dogs have anxiety issues regardless of the anxiety inducing pandemic. We already have success stories of non-COVID dogs such as Skippy and Roscoe. Read their stories below!