Giving the Numerous Approaches in Aiding a Dog with Separation Anxiety

Copyright (c) 2011 Joe Maldonado

Separation anxiety is one of the common problems
that most dog owners experienced with their dogs,
whether it is a younger dog or older dog. Not
only dog owners suffer from the effects of
having a dog with separation anxiety, but your
neighbours suffer as well. Your neighbours
suffer the effects of this condition by the loud
noises caused by the barking and whining of your
dog.

On the other hand, you suffer from this
condition with your things being chewed and
destroyed by your dog, as well as the scratches
on your doors and your walls. Not to mention the
fact that you need to clean your dog's urine and
wastes that are scattered anywhere in your
house. Thus, to avoid the above scenario from
ever occurring, you should do these approaches
to your dog.

What most owners don't realize, they made a big
mistake by treating their dog like a family
member without knowing first their dog's
inherent personality breed. This is very crucial
because there are dogs that become stressed when
you treat them like your family. Good examples
for this are those dominant dogs or what we call
alpha dogs.

This kind of dog need to be treated the right
way. They shouldn't be treated to be part of the
family. If you do, your dog will see you as part
of the pack and he as the alpha dog. If this is
the case, your dog will get upset if you leave.
However, if your dog will view you as the pack
leader, he won't be upset when you leave since
it is accepted that pack leaders could leave.

To make sure that your dog will see you as the
alpha dog, you should be assertive and dominant
towards your dog. However, when it comes to
submissive breed of dogs, they could be treated
differently. This breed could be treated as part
of the family. You should be easy and lovable to
him. It is important that submissive dogs won't
see you as the leader of the pack because if he
does, he will become upset when their pack
leader leaves and it could lead to separation
anxiety.

Moreover, even with submissive dogs, you
shouldn't make it a big deal when you leave and
when you arrive. Do not treat them like humans
when it comes to saying goodbye. Do not make a
big fuss when you say goodbye or when you
arrive. In this way, your dog will see your
leaving as a normal process and they won't be
stressed about it.

Exercise is the best approach to reduce the
possibility of having a dog with separation
anxiety. In fact, one writer said that a tired
dog is a good dog. Therefore, in order to
prevent having your dog spent his extra energy
inside your house while you are away, it is
better to have your dog's daily exercise before
you leave. Without his daily exercise, the extra
build-up of energy in your dog's body could lead
to stress. This build-up of energy should be
spent through exercising.

These are the many examples of exercises you
could give to your dog. You could leave your dog
to wander in your yard, let him run and run for
long period of time, let him chase the birds,
you could have a bonding playtime with your dog
or you could take your dog for a walk. You need
to do this every day so your dog won't have the
energy to do other stuff when you leave. In
fact, a dog could sleep the whole day if he is
really tired. This trick works effectively and
every time with dog owners.

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