The Ceva Adaptil Calm Collar for Small Dogs is the small size of the Adaptil Calm collar, releasing the dog appeasing pheromone from your dog's own body heat for four weeks - the version of Adaptil that keeps working when you leave the house.

Key Features

• Small size: adjustable to a neck of up to 37.5 cm, for dogs up to about 15 kg.
• Copies the appeasing pheromone a mother dog produces while nursing her puppies.
• The pack lists four situations it is aimed at: loud noises, fears, training and changes at home.
• Warmed by your dog's body heat, so unlike a diffuser it keeps working in the car, at the vet, at training class and on walks.
• Lasts four weeks, then needs replacing.
• Drug-free, and Ceva states it can be used alongside other medication or treatment - check with your vet first.
• Adjustable strap, cut to length once fitted.

How To Use

• Put the collar on and adjust it so two fingers fit between the collar and your dog's neck, then cut off the excess strap.
• Leave it on continuously. It works from your dog's body heat, so it stops working when it is taken off.
• Take it off for bathing and shampooing, and put it back on once your dog is dry.
• Replace it every 4 weeks.

Good To Know

• This is not a walking collar and has no fastening designed to take a lead. Keep using your normal collar and lead, or a harness, and fit the Adaptil collar alongside it.
• Check the fit regularly, especially on a growing dog. A pheromone collar that is too tight is just as much a problem as any other collar that is too tight.
• It relies on contact with the coat and on body heat, so it works less well on a very thick-coated dog, and on a dog that spends most of its time swimming or being bathed.
• Adaptil copies the pheromone a nursing mother dog produces. It is a dog signal; it has no effect on cats or people.
• Ceva states on the pack that this is not a sedative or a tranquilliser. It does not make a dog drowsy - it changes how secure a situation feels to them.
• It is for background support, not for a specific crisis. For serious noise phobia, separation distress or aggression, speak to your vet - a pheromone alone is unlikely to be enough.
• Training, exercise, routine and gradual desensitisation still do the heavy lifting. The collar makes that work easier rather than replacing it.
• A dog that suddenly becomes anxious, clingy or reactive may be in pain or unwell. Have a vet check them before assuming it is behavioural.