So why do I say this is a gift of comfort and peace? Peace plays a pivotal role in fostering the feeling of safety, creating a harmonious environment that allows individual beings to thrive emotionally and physically.
You Are Not Alone Over the years, I have talked with countless people who feel they are simply out of options. Sometimes the desperation and frustration can be heard in their voice as talk, other times it’s apparent in the long pauses and silence that sometimes follows questions I ask. Many of us have been …
Dog Separation Anxiety Medication – Update 2020 The use of medication to help treat dogs with separation anxiety is always a hotly debated topic – and one of our most read blogs. Owners are often trying to determine what the right path forward is for their pup, and trainers are looking other opinions on how …
Now that we’re all months into a global pandemic, spending more time at home seems normal. But when our local shelter called my husband and I in January to ask about fostering a 7-year-old, 123-lb Mastiff named Mayflower, COVID-19 wasn’t even a blip on our radar yet.
So what’s going to happen to your dog’s behavior when you go back to work? After so many months glued to your side, will he or she suddenly develop separation anxiety when you leave the house?
As you may or may not know, dog separation anxiety is a debilitating condition that likely causes some disruptive behavior in your pup. He’s not upset with you, he’s basically having panic attacks that are truly terrifying. If you’d like to learn more about separation anxiety, I’d recommend you read these FAQs to answer some of your questions. If you’re here because you are looking for an answer to the question “how to leave a dog with separation anxiety alone” then read on to learn why this actually is not the correct question to be asking.
Dog separation anxiety is a condition that causes dogs to display disruptive behaviors at home. Essentially, your dog is having a panic attack every time you leave your home. Being alone is a genuinely scary experience for them. If you’d like to learn more about separation anxiety read about it here. A Separation Anxiety Dog Trainer is a special breed of person who has dedicated themselves to bettering the lives of pups, and owners.
I have a list (a long one even) of topics that I want to write about with respect to dog separation anxiety and the training involved. The good news is that I will be addressing those topics soon not just in written form but in a variety of different mediums
Four things contributed to my rash decision to adopt a dog when I probably shouldn’t have: I was 24. He was “free” because I worked at the shelter. I thought I could take whatever a new dog could throw at me because I have an animal behavior background. Look at his face. Could you …
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Your dog is urinating in the house when you are gone. He should be told he’s wrong, right?Your dog chewed up the couch while he was alone. He should be scolded, right?Your dog is barking when no one is home. You should tell him that he is misbehaving, right? It is a common theme …
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