Archive | August, 2010

Victoria Stilwell on Dog Separation Anxiety

Check out this podcast by positive dog trainer Victoria Stilwell. She talks about Dog Separation Anxiety and how some dogs with separation anxiety don’t do well in crates. (about half way through) I am one of those dogs. I like to be left in my room with space to roam around. Being in a small [...]

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My Favorite Kong Recipe

Today I wanted to share my favorite Kong recipe to prevent my separation anxiety. When my family leaves me I don’t feel scared or have dog separation anxiety any more because I know that I’m going to get a Kong stuff with yummy treats and that helps distract me from the fact that they are [...]

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Dog Anxiety Thundershirt

Dog Separation Anxiety Help

I wanted to share with you my favorite (and only) piece of clothing that helps with my separation anxiety and other kinds of things that make me nervous like new people or dogs. It’s called the Thundershirt. The people who made this shirt say that it helps dogs with fear of thunder and fireworks, traveling [...]

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Calm Anxious Dogs with Music

My owner recently found this CD that makes me feel calm and relaxed when she leaves. The people from this website actually studied some dogs like me and learned that this music is really calming for anxious dogs. It says on their site that “these solo piano classical arrangements reduced anxiety behavior and induced calmness [...]

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