Unfortunately severe cases of seperation anxiety do not respond well simply to behavior modification techniques because in order for them to work the dog needs to be cognatively functioning on a high level which simply does not happen in a high stress high anxiety situation. So anti-anxiety medication in addition to behavior modification is required.
It requires professional help give that medication is usually require My first choice is a practioner that is both a vet and trained in animal behavior i.e. Veterinary animal behaviorist, the can be found
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another option is a certified behavaiorist that will work with a vet your or otherwise to acomplish the same with the vet prescribing medication and the behaviorist working on the behavior mod
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DOG WHO LOVED TOO MUCH
Seperation Anxiety
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The hard part for the owner is that, for the duration of this treatment, the dog cannot experience absences in day to day life that are longer than the point he has reached in treatment exercises. This means essentially that, early on in treatment, the dog cannot be left alone. Owners typically employ dog-sitters, vacation time, doggie day-care and bringing the dog to work to manage this during treatment.
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