A closer look at separation anxiety in dogs

Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. Also, consider choosing your animal companion from a shelter, where there are so many wonderful furry friends who need a forever home.

In this video, veterinarian Dr. Alex Avery and dog trainer Daniel Abdelnoor discuss separation anxiety in dogs that is particularly on the rise as households across the world are moving out of lockdowns, and people are heading back to offices and out-of-home activities.

Understandably, our pets can become anxious by any radical shift in family patterns, and just more generally, if we’ve spent all our time with our dog, or a new puppy that we’ve brought into our family, when it comes time to leave them at home by themselves to go to work or school, there is a real risk of them developing separation anxiety.

Such anxiety can prompt undesirable behaviour, they may damage the house and the family’s belongings, and they could even seriously hurt themselves. So, understanding this condition is truly important if we are to prevent it from ever being an issue for our furry companions.

View the original video here.

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