Re: Separation anxiety?

Emma Purnell — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:50:41 GMT

I am sure Jenny T will give you a much better and more thorough set of reasoning than me but a few thoughts that sprung to mind for me were:

- Destruction may be due to boredom, a wish to get outside, maybe even hearing another dog/cat and wanting to get out to them?

- Vocalisation could again be to gain attention of the postman, a passing cat, all sorts!

- Soiling could be due to a medical problem (urinary tract infection, cystitis etc) or just a breakdown in toilet training.

In order to diagnose seperation anxiety it is just as important how the dog reacts to the owners when they are there and what happens when they are home so no generic advise is really that great, it could easily make it worse. You will need to dig deeper about how attached to the owners the dog is and get a lot more information first.

Hope this helps a tiny bit until Super Jenny steps up!

Re: Separation anxiety?

Cat Woman — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:55:08 GMT

Lack of proper excercise is one possible cause that springs to mind?

Re: Separation anxiety?

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:55:58 GMT

Jenny T will see this next time she is on, she will give you advice.

You are right though it's not all to do with seperation anxiety.