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Joe Maldonado
Copyright (c) 2011 Joe Maldonado Studies show that the second most common reason that dog owners abandon their dogs or give them up is because of dog separation anxiety. A dog with separation anxietybecomes problematic since they have a tendency to destroy things inside your house, defecate and urinate anywhere, scratch the walls and the doors, and would become too noisy due to their whining and barking, whenever you left them inside your house. Because of the occurrence of this unwanted behaviour, it is important that dog owners should employ different ways to cure or to prevent their dog from suffering from such condition. First and foremost, the most important thing that a dog owner should do is to know how their dog should be handled. They need to know whether their dog is from a submissive or a dominant breed. Knowing such stuff means that you will know how to treat your dog and at the same time avoid having them to experience this condition in the first place. Most dogs suffer from this condition is because of how their owners treat them. Thus, it is important that you will treat your dog the right way. The most important fact that dog owners should know is to never treat their dog like humans. Treating them like a family member could only encourage them to develop separation anxiety. Thus, if your dog is submissive, then you should treat them like your family member. In this way, they won't see you as the Alpha dog. If you are not the alpha dog or the leader of the pack, your submissive dog won't feel upset when you leave. However, if your dog is of the dominant breed, then you need to establish yourself as the Alpha leader. When you are the Alpha leader of your dog, then you are allowed to leave without them getting upset. If you treat them like a family and will not assert dominance over your dog, then you will be viewed by your dog as part of his pack and he would be upset if you leave without his permission. Therefore, knowing the right way to treat them would avoid experiencing your dog with separation anxiety. Furthermore, there is another way that can avoid having experience dog with separation anxiety. Most of the reason why your dog is exhibiting this condition is because of the lack of exercise. Without exercise, your dog will continually build up their energy and it would come to the point that it will stress them.Not only it will lead to separation anxiety but it will also lead to a multiple of behavioural issues. Exercises such as letting them run the yard for some time, walking your dog to the park, and having him play in the yard, are a few of the examples of exercising your dog. These exercises will release physical and mental energy, avoiding them to have stress in the process. Thus, it is important that before you leave, your dog should already have his exercise for the day. In this way, you are guaranteed that your dog will behave well when you are away and there would be no things destroyed when you get home.
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