Your best tips for separation anxiety? - Page 1

A common behavioral problem.  Have you ever owned a dog with SA, and how extreme was it and what symptoms?  What worked, and what didn't? 

Are you talking about a new puppy or older dog??

Shirley

Dober, I have never had one myself, I don't think its common. A dog can be so attached to one person I guess. More socializing, I dunno. Moons.

1) Keep you comings and goings at low profile i.e. do not talk to the dog or pet him when you leave the house as well as when you come. Pretend like he is invisible...
2) When you go, leave him some kong stuffed item with ecxellent treats to chew so that he gets rid of his anxiety
3) Bach flower remedies mix such as chicory, aspen, cherry plum, impatiens, star of Bethlehem might also help. (4 drops - 4 times daily)

Good Luck!

 Petros if the dog has severe SA they're most likely going to not even acknowledge the kong when you leave.  One thing that will help the dog is the amount of exercise he gets.  Remember the phrase a tired dog is a good dog.  

 

Doberdoodle, is this a dog of yours? An adult?  How bad is the anxiety, and what all does he do? I've worked with a couple of dogs with SA but not many.  One had done the whole Shawshank Redemption spelling? thing and chewed a hole around the 4/5ths of the front of the kennel, to where he was trying to make his escape lol.  This dog also drooled so much that he would be laying in a lake of water in his crate every day.

I experienced that with my girl! I had to crate her more often and for longer periods of time! Exercise  and then crating and in our case time ;socialization  training !

Unbelievable

Another    CAUSED by the HUMAN who bought the dog. 

Or adopted the dog.

Too many people WANT  a dog/  WHY?   for company?  for looks?  FOR COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE?

 FOR GAIN OF MONEY?    the reasons are numerous.. DO THEY KNOW HOW TO CARE FOR ONE?  DO THEY KNOW THE TRAITS OF THE BREED THEY BUY?   DO THEY RESEARCH  MUCH ABOUT THE LINES OF THE DOG THEY BUY ?  Certainly if they adopt you know not much , after all for some REASON , not know usually , the dog got there to be rehomed??  Have they read books written by top trainers in the breed they buy??    Have they talked and visited with  breeders and trainer of each breed they WANT??    the answer to most above  is     a big fat     NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you had done this,, and not just gone and bought a pup...just because you WANT one,,then you would know about anxiety and its traits and why and where it comes from>>>>>>>>>>>>>

AND YOU WOULDN"T LET IT GET STARTED...and the pup you chose would be stable not one that  CLUNG to you ....for its exhistance.

Study  Genetic traits,  and behavioural  Modifications before you buy any dog...period..
Learn the hidden  hints that a dog is weak in some areas   when you pick your dog.

The proper time to solve some of these problems coming up so hurting to an owner of any dog is before you buy a dog , not after the fact.   GOOD knowledge helps solve  most problems in any breed and they all have some similiar traits . THey just do not pop up unannounced., they are there..your responsibliity is to scout it out ahead of time.

I can name many of our member breeders here who can help you know what to look for and why to stay away from some lines and some kinds of breedings..the way a pup is brought into this world and where he lives and how the first 8 weeks of its life are  one big  way of knowing not or to buy the pup in the first place.!!!!   VERY IMPORTANT!  HOW AND WHERE THE PUP WAS BROUGHT INTO THIS WORLD AND HOW IT LIVES ITS FIRST 8 WEEKS OF ITS LIFE ..................................................................................................

I have no words on how to treat it...never had to deal with it.

BUT my   21 cents worth on not getting into this situation ahead of time...and many other situations.

YR

YW, here's 19 cents change....

for making cents again....




OMG i am so out for dog money i said cents.....is this caused by owning a nice dog?

I had a rescue we adopted at 6 months old, a mix who suffered from terrible separation anxiety. You need to contain for saftey's sake or you will have much damage to your property, and I'm talking moldings, doors and hardwood floors, oh, and digging through a mattress if the door shuts in on the wrong room by accident.

Don't reward clingy behavior, wish I knew that then. Comings and goings are ignored, I agree to that, too. After a time, though the anxiety improved to the point the dog would just bark and not attempt escape to rejoin us, but he always, always, knew where I was or when I wasn't there. 

Mudwick, what do you say?  I think you would probably recommend desensitizing bit by bit. We loved that dog, and still talk about him years since he's been gone.  He did improve, but I don't think, that it ever truly went away. 

If you have a dog with this SA..:), get another. Then they can keep each other company while you gone. I agree Rose........ and I have never had to deal with it either. Moons.