Saturday, July 30, 2011

6 Common Ways To Handle Your Dogs Separation Anxiety

By Venice Marriott


If you're looking for dogs separation anxiety treatment, this fast review of the 6 most common strategies dog keepers try and resolve their dogs anxiety might be useful.

Give Your Dog More Exercise

It's commonly believed that a tired dog will be less anxious, so you could always take your dog for a long walk yourself before going out or find a dog helper to take your dog for a stroll if you are going to be out for a long time. The dog whisperer Cesar Millan is a huge disciple of the power of exercise, however not all trainers agree it will help with separation anxiety in dogs.

Give Your Dog Anxiety Medication

Anxiety medicine for dogs appear to be quite widely advocated. Non-prescription herbal formulas that may be bought across the counter or on the internet work as a natural sedative and can be given as a treat or in a liquid form. They claim to help calm your pet for short amounts of time (1-2 hours). To get prescription pharmaceuticals you'll need to talk with your vet as these should be closely regulated to get the right dosage and be warned, they do come with some risks to the dogs health attached.

Get a Pheromone Plug-in

This plug in (kind of like an air freshner) produces a relaxing effect for dogs experiencing anxiety through the releasing of dog appeasing pheromones into the air throughout the room. Although synthesised, it mimics a new mother's natural pheromones, and is alleged to reduce and prevent stress-related behaviors.

Give Them Their Favourite Toy or a Chewing Toy Crammed With Food When You Go Out

Leaving you dog with his most loved toy is a method of keeping them entertained and distracting them from being aware that you are not there. The chew toy full of food is designed so that the dog takes a while to get to the treats in it.

Get a Thundershirt or Anxiety Wrap

The Thundershirt is a pressure wrap that applies a gentle, continual pressure on a dogs torso and is claimed to bring calm and focus back to your dog. In the opinion of some experts using pressure to alleviate anxiousness has been a standard practice for a long time.

Use Dog Separation Anxiety Training

Most vets would endorse a behavioural training programme for your dog, whether or not that include the use of anxiety meds or not. Over time you have to desensitise your dog to some of the triggers that set of their uneasiness and cope with the particular dog behaviour issues that've been caused by the anxiety. A canine training course should give you the strategies and methods to make these changes.

What Dog separation Anxiety Solutions Work Well?

While there are buyer testimonials to back-up each one of those methods, they fall into alternate approaches to the issue. Some, are based mostly on distracting a dog from their separation anxiety feelings while others attempt to scale back the feelings of anxiousness and make them more controllable. To get rid of dog separation anxiety permanently you will need to get to the roots of the problem and make some changes in the relationship you have with your dog.




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