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How do you help dog separation anxiety?
ByMy husband has to go out of state for 3 weeks and our little dog absolutely adores him. What should we do?
spend as much time as you can with him/her.walk him twice a day,do
some of the things your husband did with him.and of course,treats.
nothing like a good bribe.but no matter what,at the end he will be fine.
6 Comments
February 14th, 2012 at 6:06 pm
Does the dog have separation anxiety when your husband leaves for short times? If your dog has never had a problem before, I don’t think it will be an issue now. Your dog will be thrilled when he comes home and might spend some time looking for your husband but he should be okay.
If your dog does have some problems have your husband wear an old shirt for a day and give it to the dog to lay on. It will make the dog feel like your husband is there.
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February 14th, 2012 at 6:40 pm
You’ll have to just fill the void yourself. Pay extra attention to your dog. My dog is much more attached to me than to my husband, but when I was out of town for a few days, my husband said that after a day or two she had stopped looking for me. That didn’t make me feel so great, but we don’t really want them to be distraught do we?
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February 14th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
theres really not much you can do ,but i know how it feels my beagle does it.You can train them,for example leave for 5 min then come back,then 15 min and come back and just keep increasing it so your dog learns that your not leaving forever that you willcome back and when you come give him a treat
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February 14th, 2012 at 7:29 pm
spend as much time as you can with him/her.walk him twice a day,do
some of the things your husband did with him.and of course,treats.
nothing like a good bribe.but no matter what,at the end he will be fine.
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February 14th, 2012 at 7:51 pm
First thing to do is have your husband ignore the dog. I know it may sound mean but if the dog is ignored then he/she will not be as affectionate to him. So whenever he is in the same room as the dog do not pay it any attention, and try to be away from the dog a lot too.
Have your husband be gone for a whole day and when the dog acts up and does bad things say a strict "no" like normal obedience training and give it a toy to play with.
Also have both of you gone for a few hours, and watch the dog from an area where you can se it, but it can’t see you. Then watch the dog and when it starts to do something bad bang something and make a big noise to get it to stop.
And when your husband does leave make sure you give it lots of attention during the 3 weeks and when it seeps down play with it, when it is doing something bad stay strict with it.
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February 14th, 2012 at 8:08 pm
If your dog starts to show anxiety you must distract it. If you break the dogs concentration and put it on something else, your dog won’t be able to work itself up over your husbands absence. If you have time before you husband leaves you can start ignoring the dog 10 mins before you leave and 10 mins after you come back. This will show the dog that leaving is boring and is not a big deal.
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