The First 30 Days Alone — Absence Training Guide

No. There's no CBD, no melatonin and nothing sedating in it.

We made that choice deliberately. A lot of owners tell us the reason they haven't filled a prescription from their vet is that they're frightened of losing the dog they know — the zoomies at six o'clock, the ridiculous face when the lead comes out. Trading an anxious dog for a flat one doesn't feel like a fix.

Your dog should still be recognisably herself. Just less frantic about the fact you've gone.

Yes, and we're not going to claim it does.

Ask anyone who's come out the other side of this and they'll describe a combination — gradual absence training, a predictable routine, enough exercise, and something daily supporting all of it. Not one purchase that solved everything.

What Calmena does is lower the floor your dog is starting from, so when you do the training you aren't working with a dog who's already at nine out of ten. That's why every order comes with our absence training guide rather than just the jar.

Around four weeks for most owners.

Week one usually looks like nothing at all, and that's where most people give up on calming supplements. Weeks two and three tend to bring small changes — less pacing, settling sooner after you leave, less following you room to room. Week four onwards is where the fuller effect shows up.

We'd rather tell you that now than have you disappointed by the weekend. It's also the reason the guarantee runs 90 days instead of 30 — a month-long guarantee would expire at exactly the point you'd start to know.

Then email us and we'll refund you in full, any time within 90 days.

You keep the jars. We won't ask you to post anything back and you don't need to explain yourself. Return requirements exist to stop people claiming, and we'd rather not have any.

Possibly, and we'd rather be straight about that.

It's a daily supplement, so it works while your dog's taking it. Some owners taper off once the absence training has done its job and their dog is genuinely settled. Others keep going because the routine is easy and it holds. Both are fine.

For healthy adult and senior dogs it's a daily nutritional supplement.

Check with your vet for dogs under 6 months, dogs on medication, or dogs with an existing health condition. Same as you would with anything new.

It's a soft chew in a bacon flavour and most dogs take it straight from your hand like a treat. If your dog's fussy, break it up and mix it through their food — plenty of owners do that and it works fine. If they still refuse, the guarantee covers it.

Our chews are made in Guangzhou, China, in a facility that holds both cGMP and HACCP certification. The cGMP certification was assessed against FDA 21 CFR 507, the US standard for animal food manufacturing.

We're happy to send you the certificates if you'd like to see them — just email us.

We know some owners have concerns about products made overseas, which is why we'll show you the paperwork. Most calming chews on the market are made in the same part of the world; the difference is whether a brand will tell you.

info@shopcalmena.com — our support workers answer, usually within 24 hours. That includes refunds, which we process without argument.