Separation Anxiety
When you leave the house, does your dog scratch the door, ransack the furniture, bark, or worse, have urinary or fecal accidents?

If they do, it is because they are frightened when separated from you. Here are some tips for your pooch to deal with separation. For any success, training must go slowly.

Begin by picking up and carrying around the house your car keys, purse or jacket several times during the day without leaving. Once your pet handles this, try leaving them alone with a treat in a room. Slowly leave the room and close the door but don’t stay gone longer than a minute.

As this works without problems, increase the time you’re away. When you do leave the house, be sure your dog has a treat or something keeping their attention – distraction goes a long way to get past those rough first few minutes of separation.

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