Pet owners try cannabis edibles, tinctures to ease animal anxiety, arthritis and more – Cannabis News

More and more pet owners are turning to cannabis-based products to help their animals with anxiety, arthritis, seizures, cancer and other ailments.

Every July 4th, Augie, a 4-year-old Chihuahua mix, would go into freak-out mode.

He trembled. He refused to eat, sleep or let anyone pick him up. His owners tried giving him Xanax for his fireworks phobia.

“He would act like your worst drunk friend at a bar who picks fights with everyone,” said Liz Hughston, an emergency veterinary technician in San Jose. “He’d be running around barking at everything, then he’d pass out for an hour. Then we’d have to dose him again.”

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Tammerlin Drummond ~ Bay Area News Group via TheCannifornian.com ~