Dealing With Dog's Separation Anxiety

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     Home management is your area of expertise. You might be good at handling all the house chores and repairing your house. You would get sewing machine manuals and repair sewing machine on your own. At other times, you would get the best cleaning products to make your home squeaky clean. Moreover, when it comes to handling your family members, you still are a superwoman! And, not just your family members, pet care might also be one of your greatest qualities in home management.

Your pet dog might be very attached to you. At times you would love it. After all, you have a companion when no one is there. However, you might have noticed that it undergoes anxiety when you are away. The moment you enter the house after you left it alone for some time, you would see the house turned topsy-turvy. You are cross, and the dog is not shameful about what it has done.

Well, if you think you are going to make the dog embarrassed about this act, you are daydreaming! What you need to do is train it well. After all, you cannot stay with it at all times.

You need to let the dog know that it has to tolerate the separation. For training him, you can pretend to leave while the dog is watching. Take specific items that you always take before leaving, for instance your jacket, wrist watch or keys. Move out of the house for five minutes. Come back to the house after that and look at the dog鈥檚 temperament.

Gradually, you should increase those five minutes to ten, fifteen, and so on. When you come inside the house, keep casual. Do not greet it with a hello or a hug. Even though your dog might show such actions, you should be a little boring when you arrive.

You can also crate train your dog. This is going to be helpful during the times when you are away for longer periods. You might think that it is a little cruel for the dog to be locked up in a crate, but that is only for a small time. Besides, you never know, the dog might like it. You might think it is a jail for the dog, but it might take it as a home.

A daycare will be a good idea if your dog is not well-trained to be alone at the house. Moreover, this is a good option to consider if the pet does not like to be locked up in a crate, or is too active to be left lonely at the house. At a daycare, your dog will exercise and forget about the separation anxiety.

In severe conditions, your dog might require medication to treat the stress it is going through. You will need advice from your veterinarian for this purpose.

A dog is your best friend. However, it is definitely difficult to stick to the dog at all times. Train the dog well and help him overcome its separation anxiety.