is lying close to the door for a whole day, still tearing down the house everywhere, biting things, or always looking up and shouting to disturb the people.
In fact, these are the typical symptoms of separation anxiety. The occurrence of this condition proves that the dog is particularly dependent on you. Your leaving will cause it to stress and eventually lead to mental illness.
To put it simply, the dog is unwilling to be separated from the owner. After being forced to separate from the owner, the psychological pressure increases and produces a series of abnormal reactions.
The main reason for pet raising is related to the owner's raising method.
is spoiled every day. When leaving home and bidding farewell to the dog, it is like "separation and death", which is more likely to cause the dog's separation anxiety.
may have been too well protected since childhood, did not have normal social interaction with other dogs, nothing matters in its world, and has excessive dependence on the owner.
or the dog does not exercise too much every day, and is locked up every day, think about it, even if you exercise 1 hour a day, you only exercise 7 hours a week, and the remaining 161 hours are stuffed at home. Bored, their only hope every day is for their master to return home.
Dogs have a natural personality
Some dogs have a natural personality that is more clingy, especially bichon, VIP, Alaska, etc. They originally like to stick to their owners for 24 hours. Once the owner disappears, they are prone to anxiety.
Other reasons
There are also some relatively rare reasons, such as the dog has been abused or abandoned, causing psychological trauma.
or frequent changes in the environment, usually adopted dogs will be more prone to separation anxiety.
or major changes in life, such as the increase or decrease of family members, will also have an impact on the dog's psychological mood.
desensitization training
desensitization training The third child has been stressed many times, and it is very effective in correcting dog behavior. This kind of gradual training is highly acceptable to dogs. The so-called desensitization of
is to simulate the situation when you go out, and repeat it until the dog doesn't respond to you going out.
The more severe the separation anxiety is, the more detailed training is required.
starts by letting the dog sit down and wait. The first step is to issue a waiting command and step back towards the dog. If the dog can wait quietly, he will step forward and reward him.
is the same in the second stage. A waiting instruction is issued, but the dog is turned back and comes back to reward.
In the third stage, one step further away from the dog, even touching the doorknob and coming back, the dog can be rewarded if he can wait quietly.
The fourth stage, go out and come back immediately, reward.
and so on, the dog’s waiting process becomes longer and longer, and the simulation of going out becomes more and more realistic. After that, you can go out for 1 minute, 5 minutes, and half an hour, slowly increasing the training time.
The gradual training can make it easier for the dog to accept, pay attention to repeated training, do not be too troublesome, the more severe the separation anxiety, the more detailed the training step by step.
Change your life habits
Dogs do not exercise too little and stay at home, which can also lead to separation anxiety, so increase the amount of exercise appropriately, go for more walks, and consume more dog energy.
usually establish a dog independent living area at home, a simple small nest can also be used, let it be alone in this area, and develop the habit of playing toys in the nest.
auxiliary tool
Leaking food toy is a very effective artifact to solve the separation anxiety of dogs. If you want to watch it, you can arrange an article about Leaking food next week.With Amway.
Leaky food toys can effectively shift the dog's attention from "waiting for you home" to "playing with toys" and "eating snacks".
starts with toys of low difficulty. When the dog is playing too much and has no interest, switch to toys of higher difficulty and slowly transition from low to high. In addition to leaking toys,
also has a similar function of sniffing pads, which are also used to distract the dog.
or turning on music or TV to the dog and leaving a small light can also relieve the dog's anxiety to a certain extent.
