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How to Reduce Weimaraner Separation Anxiety

  • 01/12/2013

Weimaraner Separation Anxiety

One of the main causes of difficulties for owners is separation anxiety. At its basics, separation anxiety can be aggravating, causing your Weimaraner to bark when you leave the household. However, if the problem is left alone, your Weimaraner may possibly start to wreck your household, making messes, or barking continuously for long hours when you go to work or out for the day with friends.

The Sources of Weimaraner Separation Anxiety

Weimaraners tend to be very social animals who will lean on their owners a lot. They feel a strong connection to their owner and when you go out of the house for any period they will grow distressed. While your Weimaraner won't like it when you leave, there is no particular reason why they should grow so nervous.

It happens when you give them extra attention before and after you leave the house. Their behaviours are strengthened on a daily basis and the result is a Weimaraner that can't control his apprehensive feelings when you leave the house.

Reducing Weimaraner Separation Anxiety

There are a lot of different ways to reduce your Weimaraner anxiety levels for when you want to leave the house. Here are some of the methods used to ease your dog's anxiety.

Change Your Daily Routine - Start by altering your overall daily routines. If you're Weimaraner starts acting peculiar when your alarm goes off, then they have worked out to associate that sound with you getting ready to leaving the house. Break up your routine, get dressed earlier, and wait different times each day before you leave. Little changes will reduce anxiety.

Don't Try to Reinforce It - When you give your Weimaraner a pat when you leave or give it too much attention as you come home, you're only strengthening the behaviour. One of the ways to reduce Weimaraner separation anxiety is to stop giving them extra attention when you come and leave the house.

When you get home take no notice of your Weimaraner for at least ten to fifteen minutes, don't pat them when you leave and don't let them making whining noises distract you. This can be accomplished with putting them in a separate room in your house then leaving and coming back in intervals.

Build Your Dog up to Longer Times - If you're Weimaraner grows apprehensive as soon as you leave start trying to work on leaving the house for various periods of time. Weimaraner separation anxiety can also be treated by changing around the Weimaraners ideas about how long you might be gone and when you are coming home. When they see that you will be coming back, you can then stretch out the periods that you are able to go out each time.

Do Not Think You Are Being Mean

A lot of people feel that the ways to treat Weimaraner anxiety are being harsh to the Weimaraner. But you really are helping your Weimaraner to know that you are always coming home. That you are in control and there is no reason to feel anxiety. Reduced separation anxiety is good for both their mental and physical health.

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