Pet Positive Blogcast
Written by Liz Fisher, CSAT, CPDT-KA
The Basics of Training: A Primer for Dog Separation Anxiety Protocol
I explain operant and classical conditioning and how to ethically help dogs with big feelings improve not only their behavior - but their root feelings about triggers. There are compassionate and ethical ways to change big behaviors. This explanation may also help you know which "training" advice to follow, and which to skip.
Destruction While Alone - Separation Anxiety or Something Else?
Dogs who are home alone sometimes destroy things. For example, pet parents may return home to find a ripped-up couch, a destroyed remote, the window sill chewed, or curtains ripped off the windows. This post explores some common misconceptions behind this behavior, and how they relate to possible separation anxiety.
Weather and Separation Anxiety Training
Weather is completely out of our control! But that doesn’t mean we can’t help our dogs learn how to feel better while alone during weather events. Learn about how to adjust to and account for weather during your separation anxiety training. Plus, get some ideas about how to help your dog feel calmer while alone and during weather events like storms, thunder, lightning, rain, and more!
Why did my dog start behaving this way?!?
Some dogs may seem to suddenly develop separation anxiety, reactivity, or other surprising and undesirable behaviors.
When deciding what training or management to use, consider possible causes of the behavior change.
Body or health changes, Changes to schedule or household dynamics, New or bad experiences, Age, or Unrecognized/Ignored body language communication could all be factors.