Dog Separation Anxiety - Understanding Why It Happens

Copyright (c) 2011 Joe Maldonado

Dog separation anxiety is a condition where your
dog displays destructive behaviour when left
alone in your house. This kind of condition
ranges from a simple case of separation anxiety
to extreme case. When we say separation anxiety,
it simply means that your dog is missing you and
to let you know of his feelings, your dog
started to exhibit undesirable and sometimes
dangerous behaviour.

However, there are some dog owners who thought
that their dog was just showing tantrums and
failed to determine that their dog is already
suffering from separation anxiety. Thus, to
avoid escalating simple cases of separation
anxiety to a destructible scenario, dog owners
need to early determine whether their dog
suffers from such a problem or not.

The best way to know if your dog is suffering
from dog separation anxiety, you have to closely
observed its behaviour. In fact, there are a lot
of problematic behaviours that is associated
with separation anxiety. The first symptom is
that your dog would get overly excited or worked
up when you are preparing to leave. In fact, they
might follow you from room to room, whimpering
whenever you pick up your car keys and whenever
you wear your jacket. When you try to leave,
your dog would want to leave with you. When you
can successfully close the door, you could still
hear him barking, whining and even scratching the
door. And when you came back, you can see that
your house is in shambles. Household furniture
was being chewed, your dog urinates and
defecates anywhere, dog scratches were on your
furniture, or even worse, your dog would chew
upon himself. These are the common scenarios of
dog separation anxiety. Thus, if your dog
started to behave this way, it is about time
that you research on how to cure this problem
and save you and your dog from too much stress.

First and foremost, you need to understand why
your dog behaves this way. Different dogs of
different breeds react differently. Thus, you
need to research further on how your dog's breed
thinks and reacts. In this way, you could
localize your dog's problem. There are dogs that
tend to be submissive and this kind of dog tends
to become upset when their pack leader leaves.
However, if your dog is of the Alpha breed, then
he would be upset if one member of his pack
leaves without his permission.

Moreover, aside from the traits inherent in your
dog's breed, you also need to check the
background of your dog. Those dogs from pet
shops tends to be upset when you leave, thinking
you will abandon him the same way his past owners
abandon him. Additionally, a dog that has a
traumatic experience has an increased likelihood
of developing strong attachments to the owner.
Mores instances such as deprivation of early
attachment early in their life, if they got
separated from the bitch very early in their
life, if there is a sudden change of
environment, a long-term absence of a family
member, and change in the owner's lifetime,
which would abruptly end their contact, should
also be considered. If your dog has experienced
all of the above indications, then they have a
high probability of him having dog separation
anxiety.

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