My dog, who is an elderly Aussie, is my best anti anxiety strategy.

I'm glad you have things that work for you, and there is a whole world of "tools" out there that help some people with anxiety. That's how we know how pervasive anxiety is because of all the self help books and tinctures and exercises and whatever that are marketed for helping to reduce anxiety.

I have found in times of high anxiety it helps me to try to find another tool, partly because for me, the research is highly absorbing and that in and of itself reduces my anxiety.