Separation Anxiety in Dogs - Recognizing the Signs Why It Occurs

Copyright (c) 2011 Joe Maldonado

Most of the reason why dogs were returned by
their owners is because of separation anxiety in
dogs. This term is a condition where your dog
started to show destructive behaviour when the
owner leaves the house. This happens when your
dog feel lonely and misses you when you are out
of the house. It would be just harmless if your
dog would only whimper and barks when you are
out of the house. However, if your furniture and
things inside your house gets destroyed because
your dog chewed on it while you are away, this
problem had escalated to a degree that you
cannot control.

In fact, there are extreme cases that dogs hurt
yourself to get your attention so you won't
leave the house. It might range to a simple case
of separation anxiety to an extreme one, both of
them still needs to be resolved. It is important
that you can spot the symptoms of separation
anxiety in your dog so as to prevent it from
escalating into something dangerous to your
dog's health. Thus, the owner should simply know
when to take some actions to prevent your dog
from suffering this condition.

However, it is important to know your dog's
background before you adopt them. Researching on
their background would give you a heads on how to
treat your dog. It is also important to research
on the specific attitude of your dog's breed to
fully understand your dog. In fact, there are
certain breeds of dogs that are submissive. With
submissive dogs, you have to be aware that when
he viewed you as the pack leader and you leave,
he would be sad and upset. But with dominant
kind of dog breeds, they only get upset when he
viewed you as part of his pack and not the alpha
leader and then you leave without his permission.
From this knowledge alone, you can get a lot of
information on how to treat your dog to avoid
separation anxiety in dogs.

Additionally, checking the background of your
dog is also necessary in determining if they can
suffer from separation anxiety. It is commonly
found out that most dogs that came from pet
shops have the higher tendency to suffer from
this condition. They mostly think that when you
leave, you will also abandon him just like his
previous owner. Those dogs that are early
separated from their mother have also the
tendency. Moreover, sudden change of
environment, or there is a long absence of a
family member, as well as a traumatic experience
could also trigger these symptoms.

Observing your dog closely is one of the first
things that you could do to know if your dog
suffers from dog separation anxiety. Most of the
early symptoms shows your dog's highly active
behaviour whenever your dog could sense that you
are about to leave. Thus, whenever you wear your
jacket or pick your car keys, especially when
you go outside the house, your dog would start
to be overly excited and would bark and whine.
When you try to leave the house, your dog would
attempt to go with you. The most important
symptom is that when you lock him inside your
house when you leave, you can still hear his
barking, whining and doing some scratches on the
door.

With these symptoms, you can rest assured; there
would be things that your dog has chewed in your
house. And when you came back, your dog will
make a big deal out of it, barking and getting
overly excited for longer period of time. If
this is the case, you could safely conclude that
your dog suffered separation anxiety in dogs.

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