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Managing Your Dog’s Separation Anxiety

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Managing Your Dog’s Separation Anxiety

Sometimes we will have to leave our friends at home while we go out and unfortunately some dogs will experience separation anxiety when we do.

Separation anxiety can vary in the levels at which a dog will experience distress, some dogs are happy to be left alone for short periods, whereas others may not wish to be left for any period of time and will howl and cry.

As owners, we do our very best to minimise upset in our dogs, and here are some ideas to help manage separation anxiety , if your dog suffers from distress when you leave him or her.

In the wild, they would travel in packs and would have a role and place in the hierarchy.

Even before you leave the house, if the dog knows you are preparing to go, he/she may get depressed and start barking, whining, defecate/urinate in the house, destroy things he/she may not normally mess with like furniture, and more.

In some instances this can continue upon the owner's return and lead to depression, with lack of appetite, withdrawal from interactions or general change in personality.

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