Dog-Secrets – Separation Anxiety
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Hey Dog-Secrets,
Dog Quote: They are better than human beings, because they know but
do not tell.
…..Emily Dickenson
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Separation Anxiety
Many people are unaware that separation anxiety even exists with
their dog.
There are many different traits that can be seen in a dog due to
separation anxiety.
When we leave home for work each day, most people are unaware of
what their dog is experiencing, and for many of them it is
separation anxiety.
We assume that because the dog appears to be happy when we arrive
home at the end of the day, that it has been happy all day long.
In many instances, the dog could have had quite a traumatic day.
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Many dogs are concerned that when their owner leaves, they might
not be coming back.
They have no way of knowing that we will be back in eight or nine
hours.
The stress that this causes for a dog can lead to destructive
behavior where they will chew everything in sight.
Other dogs might express their stress by soiling the house.
Either way, if you come home from work and find that your
well-trained dog has done something out of the ordinary you need to
consider whether it has had a stressful day or not, and certainly
not reprimand it until you know what the circumstances have been.
If you sense your dog has been stressed during the day, you might
like to consider giving it more toys to stop it from becoming
bored, or better still, have somebody call in and visit at some
stage throughout the day so it knows that it is not alone.
Exercising your dog in the morning before you leave is a good idea
because it is more likely to sleep during the day.
Another method to reassure your dog that you will be coming back
when you leave, is to do several smaller trips in the course of a
few days or weeks, where the dog becomes more and more accustomed
to you leaving and returning at different intervals.
By slowly extending these hours of separation, your dog will become
accustomed to it, thereby eliminating separation anxiety.
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Thanks,
Mike Gates
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