Whenever you have to travel, you usually know everything about your trip in advance. To you, travel is an expected, often carefully planned event.

Your little friend, however, knows nothing about your impending trip. All your pet knows is that one day you suddenly put him or her into an awkward bag or cage. And then carry them in an unknown direction, with the purpose that they can’t even understand.

How would you feel if you were in this situation?

No amount of explaining can relieve your dog from experiencing travel anxiety. Luckily, though, you can minimize the impact of travel anxiety on your dog with CBD oil from Simply Pets Lifestyle.

How Does CBD Oil Work?

Both you and your dog have the so-called endocannabinoid system, or ECS. Through its complex set of endocannabinoid receptors, this system forms intricate connections with other systems and organs throughout the body. This allows the ECS to partake in regulation of various processes that happen inside the human and the canine body.

For the ECS to stay active and function properly, a steady supply of cannabinoids is essential. Although both yours and your dog’s body can produce their own endocannabinoids, they are often insufficient to support the ECS. Being a non-psychoactive phytocannabinoid, cannabidiol (CBD) can safely remedy endocannabinoid deficiency, naturally boosting the ECS system.

How CBD Oil Can Help Your Dog Cope with Travel Anxiety

In both humans and dogs, stress unleashes a sympathetic response from the nervous system known as the ‘fight-or-flight’. Left unresolved, it may turn into anxiety, which can make the entire nervous system go haywire. Unlike you, your dog can’t employ any psychological techniques to cope with anxiety and has to endure it.

Yet, since the ECS has receptors in the nervous system too, you can help your dog enlist its aid. By supplying your dog’s endocannabinoid system with CBD, you will help it use its receptors in your pet’s nervous system. Along with CBD’s inherent anti-anxiety properties, this can have a natural anti-anxiety effect on your dog’s nervous system.

How to Give CBD Oil to Your Dog

CBD oil is the most common way of delivering CBD to humans as well as dogs. After extraction from hemp, CBD oil undergoes refining that makes it safe to consume in the form of:

• CBD tinctures – Place the recommended number of drops under your pet’s tongue or have your dog lick up the drops. Use them at least 30 minutes before the trip begins.
• CBD capsules – Capsules may have higher CBD content than tinctures. But they still require at least 30 minutes to work.
• CBD dog treats – Tasty biscuits and chews in various flavors make it easy to give CBD oil to your little friend. Your pet can enjoy them throughout the trip.

Regardless of your choice, keep track of the cumulative CBD dosage your dog consumes. And make sure your pet enjoys only a 100% organic, high-purity, and FDA approved blend of CBD oil.