Canine Separation Anxiety – The Do’s and Dont’s

In the first 2 articles we covered possible causes and indications of canine stress and anxiety. Reading both of these articles gives you an excellent insight to preventing and diagnose stress and anxiety inside your dog. Today we’re going to dive in to the do’s and dont’s while confronting canine separation anxiety as well as treatment and reconditioning with this very troubling condition.

The # 1 cause of stress and anxiety is neglect. So, in case your dog is experiencing this issue the first thing would be to spend more money quality time using your dog (And no, that doesn’t mean smuggling around the sofa with dinner along with a movie). What it entails is exercise and training, plenty of it.

The Do’s

Before you exit of waking time, take your pet for the vigorous walk for fifteen to twenty minutes. The longer you will go away the greater you need to exercise him. You want to get him good and tired. If at all possible you must revisit home at lunch or have a dog walker locate and take him for one more walk to help you separation the day of missing you.

While you are gone, give your pet something to distract her from loneliness and boredom. Dog’s want to chew so, energy sources advantage of the predisposition for chewing having a bone or chew toy. I personality utilize the KONG rubber chew toy with this tip.

I would get two Kong chew toys plus some zero fat or devoid of fat peanut butter. Then you fill the KONG while using peanut butter and pop it into the freezer. It will take the peanut butter about a couple of hours to freeze so plan ahead. Before you leave for the day, you can place the KONG as part of his crate or on his bed. I like to play a little game with ‘Petetee’, (because his breed naturally likes to dig or burrow after their prey), I like to hide his KONG under some pillows or perhaps a blanket. This little tip provides hours of preoccupation for Petetee, meaning less time he’ll miss me.

Before you exit, turn for the T.V. or radio. Some dog trainers suggest classical music because it could be soothing to your pet. I personally set the air to an A.M. talk radio station. The idea here’s to present your dog some company while you are gone. Hearing voices and music can help him stay calm.

If you happen to be able, supply him with a view of the outside world. If the guy can begin to see the world going through, this is the next best thing to really being inside and outside it.

Conditioning him for you departure.

Take this next thing nice and slow. Practice leaving along with leave. Pick up your keys, put your shoes on, get dressed with your coat and open the threshold, such as the leave. Sit back down and act like nothing happened. Do this until he no more reacts for an odd behavior. When he stops reacting on the chance for you leaving; then praise him really well.

Now you’ll be able to move on to walking out the door (returning immediately), you’ll want to try this step until he will no longer reacts, then praise. You will want to bare this reconditioning process slow and gradual.

The Dont’s;

do not sympathize with him if he could be whining or crying. I know it sounds a lttle bit cold-hearted but soothing or comforting him for his anxious behavior is merely reinforcement this behavior and so that it is worse for everyone involved. Don’t say such things as ‘It’s Okay boy.’ before you allow your house; never let him view you feel sympathy for him as you allow.

I we imagine you have enjoyed my 3 part series on canine separation anxiety. Please keep in mind that wonderful dog training, gradual and consistent persistence is the vital thing.