Speaking technically, when we talk about dog anxiety, it isn’t really dog anxiety at all. Now that might seem like a little bit of a riddle, but it will make sense when you look at the dictionary’s definition of anxiety.
“Anxiety is a generalized mood condition that will often arise without an identifiable triggering stimulus. As [...]
Dog barking is a problematic issue and regularly a big source of tension between neighbours. For any of us, a dog barking is a hard noise to listen to for even the shortest time period and you can understand that when the dog next door barks off and on for a long time like a [...]
Dog whining topped the charts as the no1 separation anxiety behaviour according to some research sponsored by the Danish Animal Welfare Society.
Hence if you have been thinking about what a dog with separation anxiety does when they’re at home alone, this research set out to distinguish the types of dog behavior displayed by dogs and [...]
Dog separation anxiety is a condition bought on by a dog being left alone. Like wild dogs, domestic dogs are pack animals and thrive when they are a part of group.
It is natural for dogs to require company and don’t like to be separated from the pack. Canines associate their human family as members of [...]
One question frequently asked by working folk who are thinking whether to get a dog is which kinds of dog are most suitable to being left home alone. But is this the right question to be asking and will this approach guarantee you aren’t getting a dog that may suffer from separation anxiety?
Views on this [...]
Is door scratching mindless dog destruction or a symptom of something more worrying?
Sometimes it’s hard to work out why your dog is scratching at the door as they can do it for a number of different reasons. It may be a way of telling you they have to be let out for a pee, [...]
Lots of people say there is little more charming than your dog jumping up at you enthusiastically when you return home. Well, for the owner of a Yorkshire Terrier, that may indeed be lovable, but the poor owner of a St Bernard, might not agree!
Is A Dog Jumping Up Bad Dog Behaviour?
Positive as the [...]
A whining dog can be so frustrating, because occasionally it’s just about impossible to work out what they are whining for or what you should do about it.
While other forms of dog communication like barking or snarling seem to be easy and straightforward to understand, dog whining seems to be more complicated and have more [...]
With research suggesting that somewhere between 15% and 50% of our dogs show evidence of dog separation anxiety, many dog owners are looking for the best way to get rid of their dogs anxiety and the dog behaviour problems caused by it.
Nearly all dog experts and vets agree that a behavior changing training programme is [...]
We love our dogs, we mean well, and yet most of us get this wrong when it comes to leaving our dog home alone and dealing with separation anxiety in dogs. And while we really don’t want to cause our dog any more anxiety, all our care and concern only seems to make their [...]
