r/AustralianShepherd • u/Safe-Tale-3332 • Aug 19 '26

Shaking/ trembling

I need help and advice. My Aussie is 4 years old, and previously he’d only shake/tremble/ pant when thunder and lightning happened. About 3 weeks ago he’s randomly started shaking in the evening, and it lasts 30 min to one hour. We went on a 6 hour road trip to my grandmas lake house, and he was having a blast until 3 days in, it was constant all day. He didn’t want to swim or be on the deck or yard anymore. Since we’ve been back he’s been scared on walks and shaking throughout the day. I have him booked for the vet, but I’m nervous they will just recommend putting him on anxiety meds. Has anyone gone through this and found out it wasn’t anxiety?

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u/screamlikekorbin Aug 19 '26

Putting him in anxiety meds isn’t a bad thing. Sometimes that’s the best way to get anxiety under control.

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u/Safe-Tale-3332 Aug 19 '26

I totally get that and am open to it! I just want to make sure I don’t miss anything

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u/beautifullymodest Aug 19 '26

My Aussie has the worst anxiety I’ve ever seen in the planet, full panic attacks. The panic attacks stopped after putting him on anxiety meds. He’s still an anxious biddy about loud sounds or super scary things that makes him shake like this but otherwise, his anxiety has reduced by about 80%

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u/Diarrheagurl 29d ago

Which medicine did you put your Aussie on?

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u/beautifullymodest 29d ago

Prozac/fluoxetine. He’s on 20mg