Your dog may start to show these behaviours or restlessness before you leave the home. Drooling, pacing, howling and if chewing, this is often at exit areas of the house such as door frames or window frames. Your dog’s body language and the sort of behaviours you see will tell you if it’s separation anxiety. If all their needs are routinely met, they build trust in you.ĭoes your dog have Separation Anxiety? Watch your dog’s behaviour If your dog has clear boundaries and understands what’s expected from them, this builds their confidence. Good, consistent training also helps with separation anxiety. Get them to sleep alone sometimes throughout their life. Just teach your dog to settle alone first. Your dog should only get on the bed when you say and gets off when you say. Be sure to teach ‘on’ and ‘off’ commands. Personally I’d never have a dog on my bed, it just doesn’t work for me, but if you want to have your dog on your bed, no harm in that. I know some people want their dog in their room or even on their bed, but teach them to sleep alone first, then establish routines that work for you. I always believe teaching a new pup or dog to sleep alone is a really good step to help prevent separation anxiety. Leave them in their crate while you go to another room (presuming they are crate trained – if you need a crate training sheet, click here). In reality, we should leave them on their own, from day 2 if not day 1. It’s very easy when we get a new dog or puppy to feel the need to settle them in and not leave them on their own in the first few days. You could behave in the same way with two dogs and get two very different results.Įven if your new dog or puppy appears confident and isn’t struggling being left alone, it’s useful to be aware of the things that we do, day to day, when leaving the home, that could cause our dog to be anxious. Sometimes, we humans, can cause a dog to be anxious by our behaviour. Some dogs are naturally more anxious than others. You can find some quick tips in this post about prevention of separation anxiety.
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