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Joe Maldonado
Copyright (c) 2011 Joe Maldonado Separation anxiety is one of the common problems that most dog owners experienced with their dogs, whether it is a younger dog or older dog. Not only dog owners suffer from the effects of having a dog with separation anxiety, but your neighbours suffer as well. Your neighbours suffer the effects of this condition by the loud noises caused by the barking and whining of your dog. On the other hand, you suffer from this condition with your things being chewed and destroyed by your dog, as well as the scratches on your doors and your walls. Not to mention the fact that you need to clean your dog's urine and wastes that are scattered anywhere in your house. Thus, to avoid the above scenario from ever occurring, you should do these approaches to your dog. What most owners don't realize, they made a big mistake by treating their dog like a family member without knowing first their dog's inherent personality breed. This is very crucial because there are dogs that become stressed when you treat them like your family. Good examples for this are those dominant dogs or what we call alpha dogs. This kind of dog need to be treated the right way. They shouldn't be treated to be part of the family. If you do, your dog will see you as part of the pack and he as the alpha dog. If this is the case, your dog will get upset if you leave. However, if your dog will view you as the pack leader, he won't be upset when you leave since it is accepted that pack leaders could leave. To make sure that your dog will see you as the alpha dog, you should be assertive and dominant towards your dog. However, when it comes to submissive breed of dogs, they could be treated differently. This breed could be treated as part of the family. You should be easy and lovable to him. It is important that submissive dogs won't see you as the leader of the pack because if he does, he will become upset when their pack leader leaves and it could lead to separation anxiety. Moreover, even with submissive dogs, you shouldn't make it a big deal when you leave and when you arrive. Do not treat them like humans when it comes to saying goodbye. Do not make a big fuss when you say goodbye or when you arrive. In this way, your dog will see your leaving as a normal process and they won't be stressed about it. Exercise is the best approach to reduce the possibility of having a dog with separation anxiety. In fact, one writer said that a tired dog is a good dog. Therefore, in order to prevent having your dog spent his extra energy inside your house while you are away, it is better to have your dog's daily exercise before you leave. Without his daily exercise, the extra build-up of energy in your dog's body could lead to stress. This build-up of energy should be spent through exercising. These are the many examples of exercises you could give to your dog. You could leave your dog to wander in your yard, let him run and run for long period of time, let him chase the birds, you could have a bonding playtime with your dog or you could take your dog for a walk. You need to do this every day so your dog won't have the energy to do other stuff when you leave. In fact, a dog could sleep the whole day if he is really tired. This trick works effectively and every time with dog owners.
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