Dogs get anxious about all sorts of things, and while we can understand some of them, like being afraid of thunderstorms, others are much harder to work out, like being scared of men with beards, or people wearing hats.

To understand dog psychology, we need to understand dog behavior, by learning to read and interpret their body language. It is a scientific fact that all species, both human and animal, have more in common in terms of physical traits than they have differences. We are all regulated by hormones and controlled by enzymes. This pattern of similarity between the species is particularly marked between man and dog, who seem to have had a particularly close symbiotic relationship developed over thousands of years.

Separation anxiety can be one of the most distressing things a dog can experience. Unfortunately, this agonising condition occurs in about ten percent of all dogs - making it one of the most common of all dog behaviour disorders. In fact, it's so common that you might almost think dogs and separation anxiety go hand in hand.