Thanks, Nancy. I've read about pheromones and know about them. But I was wondering how they make the simulated pheromones that are in use today for dogs. Do large chemical or drug labs make them out of certain unknown chemicals? I think the D.A.P.'s all say they mimic natural pheromones so it sounds like they take chemicals that are manipulated in the lab to act like a natural-occurring product of a dog. That made me wonders who makes them and out of what kinds of chemicals and are there known carcinogens or potential bad things in them like - oh, I don't know what - arsenic or something really bad - even if in small amounts. I don't know if these kinds of things - D.A.P.'s are FDA-approved or go through clinical trials or anything. Something that a dog smells and takes into his bloodstream or nervous system through his nose that calms him and is not actually from another dog or something natural but made as if it's a drug kind of worries me if there's not much info online about its genesis. I can't seem to find a thing about what chemicals are used to mimic the mother's nursing pheromones - so what are they using? Other hormones or what? It's just a general question for anyone that might have any more info.
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