The dog had been adopted from a boarding kennel 4.5 years earlier, but the reason the previous owner had relinquished the dog was not known. The dog's diet consisted of 3 cups of dry dog food/d, with 1 cup fed after a morning walk, 1 cup fed in the evening, and 1 cup fed after an evening walk. The owners resided in a 2-story townhouse with a fenced-in yard. According to the owners, the dog had always displayed anxious behavior in response to loud noises, such as thunderstorms and fireworks, but the owners had not thought that this was an important problem because the dog was relatively calm and relaxed if allowed into the main bedroom closet and left undisturbed during these times.
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