Dogs have always been relatively clingy animals. They are good at expressing their emotions to their owners and will not hide them. However, when the dog experiences the following behaviors, the owner should pay attention. Your dog is likely to suffer from separation anxiety. Separation anxiety disorder is a very important problem behavior and can cause great emotional distress to both the pet and the owner. Separatism can occur at any age or at any time during feeding, which is one of the most common reasons why many shovelers euthanize or discard dogs. How to improve separation anxiety?
01 Separation training
Owners can slowly train their dog's patience, starting from five minutes, ten minutes, and half an hour away from home, slowly increasing the time length, so that it can get used to and understand that the owner will definitely go home. At the same time, they can use a pet camera to observe the dog's condition at home alone.
When you find it barking uneasily, you can also soothe its emotions in the video. If the dog is barking as soon as you disappear from its sight, then you need to slowly separate from it and allow it to adapt to being alone.
You can ask the dog to stay alone for about two hours and try to leave the house, and then gradually extend the time of departure.
02 Say goodbye calmly
If you show your farewell to the end before and after going out, it will make the dog feel that it is a sad thing to separate. Therefore, even if the owner is reluctant to leave, he should keep calm before leaving, and let the dog think that it is normal for the shoveler to go out or go home.
Don't coax and hug the dog every time you go out, let it think you will never come back and you can go out quietly, just like it is very normal.
03 Fixed exercise
gives the dog sufficient exercise, which can consume physical strength and make it feel spiritually satisfied. If possible, the owner can take the dog for a walk before going out, and he will have a good rest when he is alone at home.
Prepare some toys for dogs at home, so that the dog's attention will reduce the dog's anxiety. On the other hand, it can also reduce the situation of dogs breaking up their homes.
04 Distracting
You can give your dog your socks or clothes. After all, dogs are olfactory animals. As long as you have your scent, you will feel that your owner is around you and feel safe.
In addition, you can also use a smart pet camera to interact with your dog so that it will not be too boring at home.
If you find that a dog has problems with dismantling the house and urinating everywhere due to separation anxiety, the shoveler must not think that it is done with rough beating and scolding. In fact, it will only make the dog's anxiety worse.
Because they will worry that their owner will scold and punish it when they come back, which will not solve the problem at all. The owner needs to patiently find out the causes of anxiety in the dog in order to better prescribe the right medicine~