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Dog suffering from dog separation anxiety are sometimes noisy and destructive. Dog anxiety can often get diagnosed as simply bad behaviour or a shortfall in canine obedience training strategies. It is interesting to note that up to 35% of dogs are directly affected by dog anxiety issues sometime in their life.

Unfortunately, dog going through dog separation anxiety and the bad behaviours they may cause is the most important reason why people give up their dogs, have them put down, or surrender them to the dog shelter.

Many times folks will blame the dog, and will decide to surrender their dog, replace it by another dog to find that the next dog has the same issues. This is often a training issue and is definitely, if you’ve had a considerable number of dogs all afflicted with the same symptoms or behaving badly. Perhaps it is time to look at your training methods.

Symptoms of dog separation anxiety.

Making noise. This is probably the most typical indication of dog separation anxiety. Initially your dog will whine or sulk but over a period of time this will escalate to continual barking, howling all yapping. Often, your dog will make these noises when you’re away from the high so you may not be conscious of this annoying noise until your neighbors pointed out to you.

Destructive behavior. Occasionally dogs will tear up a cushion or empty the contents of the bin all over the floor out of sheer boredom. Other times this is often a symptom of dog anxiety, especially if these sorts of activities happen regularly.

Self harm and self injury. This is an extreme symptom of severe dog anxiety. Some dogs won’t act out and destroy items, instead they will internalise their pain and confusion. This may cause dogs to chew on their feet or tails out of frustration. In very worst cases it’s been said that dogs may need to have their tails or toes amputated by a vet.

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Dogs have certainly made a great difference to people’s way of life. Dogs form a legendary bond with humans thus it is not surprising if these animals are considered as man’s best friends. Dogs are truly man’s wonderful companion as aside from being loyal and affectionate they also form a strong bond with their owners. Dogs, unlike cats are entirely dependent on their owners.

Because these animals form a strong bond with the human family they would not only expect to receive attention but would also demand to be with the master at all times. Because of this, dogs are dubbed as Velcro pets. The pet’s strong bond with its owner is not always a good characteristics as it can cause separation anxiety, a condition that can make owners decide to abandon their pets. Separation anxiety is one of the reasons why dogs turn into destructive pets.

Barking, chewing, digging and house soiling comes with the territory of owning a dog. These inherent trait however can develop into a destructive behavior in dogs suffering from separation anxiety disorder. A dog with separation anxiety is a well behaved dog whenever the pet owner is around but once the owner leaves, the dog will manifest excessive canine behaviors and become destructive. Dogs with severe separation anxiety disorder not only manifest excessive and destructive canine behaviors but also mutilates its body because of panic attacks.

What are the reasons for a dog’s separation anxiety disorder? Being social creatures, dogs would always love to interact with all the members of the family. Dogs can be the shadow of the master as these pets follow their masters around. Dogs accustomed to following the owner around would have panic attacks if the owner is not seen. It is necessary for dog owners to take the role of the leader of the pack. Dogs, especially those with weak willed owners would think of themselves as the leader of the pack and consider humans as pack members lower in rank. On both cases, the dog would suffer from separation anxiety and manifest destructive behavior when separated from the master.

Abused dogs, abandoned dogs and dogs that have been transferred from one home to another commonly suffer from separation anxiety. Dogs with separation anxiety would start to be destructive as soon as the master leaves home. At the sight of the master picking the car keys or taking the coat from the rack will trigger a panic attack and make the dog starts its destructive behavior.

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Like human, dogs too suffer from separation anxiety. Dogs don’t like it when you leave them alone. Experts say that this is mostly panic reaction. The strange behavioral patterns demonstrated by some dogs when left alone at home for long periods, point towards separation anxiety. 

If you think you have a dog with separation anxiety, look for the following distress signals and behavioral patterns when left alone: dangerous behavior like chewing and scratching door frames, cushions etc, extreme salivation, howling or whining and other related reactions, some dogs display sadness when they realize their owner is going away for some time, some dogs respond anxiously when their owners return. If your dog displays some or all of the aforementioned patterns then you can be sure that you have a dog with separation anxiety. 

Normally dogs won’t display such patterns however the dogs that get a lot of love and care from their owner in the early stages are much more prone to display such symptoms when left alone. Distress and anxiety might also result in dogs that were separated early from their litter, treated badly as a pup, endured trauma or lost someone they loved, like their previous owners etc. 

Dogs that are not allowed by their owners to associate, play and fight with other dogs are more prone to develop distress symptoms on being left alone. Dogs can’t live without companions. They feel lonely and left out. 

Confining your dog to your house is always a bad idea. It is imperative that you take your dog out for regular walks, let him loose in parks and let him play with other dogs. A lonely dog is a dog with separation anxiety. 

You will need to understand that the signs of distress exhibited by dogs on being separated or left alone are occasionally just like that of anger but what actually your dog is hinting is that it panics and feels anxious when left alone. It is helpful to tone down the smothering, let your dog be himself. Punishing the dog for its behavior doesn’t really help, after all, your dog was anxious because he felt that you left him.