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| How can I reduce separation anxiety in a Black and Tan Coonhound?
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Supreme Being
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You can reduce anxiety in a Black and Tan Coonhound. Here are some tips:
- Make arrivals and departures low-key.
- Start a “No Free Lunch” approach to your interactions – make him earn treats and attention. This creates discipline and stops the always get my way attitude that feeds anxiety.
- Fake him out by going through your leaving routine without going anywhere. This can reduce his associations with your actions so he doesn’t get worked up anytime he hears keys jingling or the closet door opening.
- Provide more physical and mental exercise. Get him out on more walks and provide him with interactive toys.
- Manage the environment by having him stay in a crate, playpen or other blocked off area. (However, if he has shown signs of severe anxiety don’t crate him as he is likely to scratch at the crate and hurt himself.) This is a gradual process that you would work toward by having him spend time in the area when you are home, making sure he can handle some time in his spot before leaving him there for long stretches of time.
- Let him hang out with friends during the day. Socializing him to other dogs and environments can help cure anxiety issues while building confidence.
- Practice short absences – weaken his initial craziness by getting him accustomed to you coming and going often and sometimes being gone for only a little while.
- Deny him access to you when you’re home. If he has 100% access when you are home and 0% when you are gone, that is a major change. However, if he routinely spends time by himself even when you’re home, the change is far less drastic.
Jonathan Dakins
Online Dog Training
Dog Academy Store
Email: jon@dogacademy.com
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| Give him a job to do. He's a working dog so make sure he can burn his energy off in an appropriate way. Then treat him like a dog, not a princess, during the rest of the time. He'll pull it together.
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