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In much of BC, Halloween is a fireworks night, even where consumer fireworks are banned. How to get your dog or cat ready: ID, a safe spot, walks before dark, the front door, and when to start a calming chew.

Short answer. Cat supplements are dosed by body weight, like dog supplements, but the amounts are not proportional and the three Trueleaf cat formulas do not share one table. Calming Support runs one chew a day for a cat up to 5 lb and five a day over 20 lb. Hairball Support and Senior Support both run double that, two a day up to 5 lb and ten a day over 20 lb. Cats are not small dogs, and a supplement formulated for a dog should not be given to one.

Short answer. Brushing is still the most useful thing you can do at home, and most owners never manage it. If your dog refuses, the realistic fallback is a gel or a spray applied daily along the gum line, plus something appropriate to chew and a yearly veterinary check. Gels and sprays are not dosed by body weight, which makes them the easiest habit to keep. None of it removes tartar that has already hardened. That needs a veterinary cleaning.

Short answer. Joint supplements for dogs are dosed by body weight and given every day, because the ingredients work by building up rather than by acting on the day you give them. Trueleaf's Hip + Joint chews are one chew per 8 lb of body weight a day, so half a chew for a 4 lb dog and twelve for a 96 lb dog, with twice the daily amount for the first 10 days. The ingredient with the most direct canine research behind it is the marine Omega-3 group, green lipped mussel included. Glucosamine and chondroitin have a far more mixed evidence base than their fame suggests. Give it six to eight weeks before you judge it, not two.

Short answer. Most calming chews are dosed by body weight and given every day, not only on the bad day. Trueleaf's Calming Support chews are one chew per 10 lb of body weight a day, so half a chew for a 5 lb dog and ten for a 100 lb dog. The common calming ingredients, L-theanine, chamomile and lemon balm, are studied for supporting a relaxed state rather than for sedation, so what owners describe is usually subtle and shows up over days rather than minutes. Give it two to four weeks of consistent daily feeding before you decide whether it is doing anything, and give the first dose 30 to 60 minutes ahead of a known trigger like a car trip.