DEALING WITH SEPARATION ANXIETY IN DOGS.

DEALING WITH SEPARATION ANXIETY IN DOGS.
People who live with a dog suffering from separation anxiety never quite know what they will find when they come home and find it difficult to convey the apprehension they feel. Will their window be broken and the dog escaped, or will they be exhausted from pacing or barking?
Separation anxiety is a recognized psychiatric condition in people. The first description of separation anxiety in dogs appeared in a 1968 text on abnormal behavior in animals. It is now a term with which many dog owners are very familiar.
Separation anxiety is thought to affect one in four to six dogs and is even more common in older dogs. But these are just the dogs whose owners recognize that they have a problem being left alone. There are many dogs who suffer in silence - their distress is not apparent.
One of the reasons separation anxiety may be increasing is probably simply because we are more aware of it as a disorder. But also likely is the changing roles of dogs in our lives and the changing nature of our own family/work arrangements.
The vast majority of dogs are no longer working dogs that spend the workday with us. Instead, we now select dogs primarily to be companions or family members.
True separation anxiety involves real and ongoing distress. A dog that barks for a minute when you leave and then settles down to sleep does not have separation anxiety. A dog that destroys furniture in the presence of people or not does not have separation anxiety.
Dogs that suffer from separation anxiety usually bark, cry, scratch doors, have accidents in the house, or try to escape.
Studies have found that dogs that exercised more were less likely to have anxiety disorders, including separation anxiety. If possible, take your dog for a walk in the morning, come home and let him rest for half an hour before going out.
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