Dog appeasing pheromones are a recent development in the dog care community. These pheromones mimic the pheromones created by a lactating female dog during the first week after the puppies are born. These natural chemicals help to ease the transition for the puppies into a new environment and have a calming effect on them. This effect is obvious if a puppy during that time period is taken from its mother. The anxiety is obvious, as is the immediate peace when it is placed next to its mother again.

Variety of Products

Dog appeasing pheromone refills can be found almost anywhere dog supplies can be found. Since the product is still relatively new (only about two years old) the price of the products is still rather expensive.

One product that requires dog appeasing pheromone refills about every four weeks is the D.A.P. dog appeasing pheromone diffuser. This product is plugged into the wall and releases the pheromones into the air on a regular basis, much like a typical air freshening unit does. The dog appeasing pheromone refill conveniently plugs into the bottom of the device, making the changeover fast and clean. The diffuser itself costs right around twenty dollars and the refill can cost as much as twelve dollars each, although there are deals in certain stores for a three pack that reduces the price to a little under eleven dollars a refill.

D.A.P. dog collars also require a refill every four weeks. The dog appeasing pheromone refills for these collars mimic the pricing for the diffuser. Like the diffuser, the D.A.P. dog collars diffuse the pheromones into the air on a regular basis so that the dog is in constant contact with them. That way, no matter where the dog is or what experiences it encounters, it is always surrounded by the calming pheromones and is less likely to get anxious. Again, the dog collars run from about twenty dollars for a small dog to about twenty-three dollars for a medium to large dog. The refills are about as much as the diffuser, at about twelve dollars per refill.

There are other products that are consumable as well, but do not have a refill, such as the pheromone spray or the comfort zone spray. These two items run about twenty dollars each for a sixty milliliter bottle, leading some to waver in their dog appeasing pheromone reviews, saying that it is too much money for a product that produces minor effects at best on the dogs. Others say it is fully worth the money and that it only takes a small amount of the product to produce the desired effect.