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[] Glen
Like I mentioned before, I've just grown aware that my beagle dog has separation anxiety. What are some tips or advce you guys can give me to lower his separation anxiety. I hate seeing him sad when I leave but I have to work and his dog kennel is where I have to keep him otherwise he'll break everything inside the house.
Help?
I've thought of getting him a mate but I'd rather just wait a little longer.
Answer
Unfortunately, an adult dog with separation anxiety is a tough situation and there are next to no options to correct it once it starts.
You just have to do the best you can to protect the dog and your home when you leave. Couple of ideas for you. that you might try though. (1) being as how it is a lone beagle, I think a companion dog is perfect. Beagles are more 'pack' oriented than any other breed of dog. They hunt in packs and think with one brain - this trait has never been bred out of them. So a companion dog is probably a good option. I don't mean a dog to reproduce with (as in 'mate'), just a doggy friend, preferably another beagle. Beagles just operate so very differently than other dogs so if you are considering another friend, another beagle would be ideal. Seriously, a singleton beagle is a miserable animal as you know. (2) Get a 'busy ball' and learn to be creative with stuffing it with treats, peanut butter, spray cheese, frozen things, etc. Kongs are mostly used which is a brand name, but there are other varieties. I just call them all a 'busy ball'. It keeps them occupied for a while. They work very well with beagles because they are so very food driven and so can distract them from their isolation for a fair amount of time.
I do have a message for others although it is way too late for this to be of much help with your adult dog. The key to not having separation anxiety in adulthood is proper crate training in puppy-hood. Having a den (often even more than one den) is a natural canine instinct and preferred behavior. Puppies just come from a litter + mom which is the perfect 'den' time and is learned for life thus we should immediately build on that natural safety instinct and not 'unlearn' our dogs from it. If a kennel is always open and available for a dog and it is his 'home'. then he seldom will mind at all when you use it to close him up when you are away. If kennels are trained like this is his personal sanctum - ideal safest most comfortable place on earth for him - a place he can go voluntarily when he wants some peace and quiet - a place where no other distraction or animal is allowed - the place where he can relesh his most special treat, INSTEAD of trained like this is your jail cell when I abandon you, then separation anxiety never or only very rarely ever occurs. There are a few other things you can do to help a puppy to avoid separation anxiety for life, but proper kennel training is the main one.
One last item since I'm on the subject, proper kennel training is NEVER a part of potty training! Never teach a dog this is where I am going to lock you up until you have to wallow in your excrement forever until I decide you can get out of this sewer. Using a kennel that way (plus as the jail cell mentioned above) ensures hatred of the kennel and later separation anxiety and always using the house as the toilet.
Proper kennel training = house breaking success AND separation HAPPINESS. It is a WIN WIN! I would bet that if people understood and did proper kennel training, the average dog populaion in shelters would instantly be reduced by 50%. Two of the biggest reasons dogs are put in shelters is because of separation anxiety and potty issues.
Good luck
Unfortunately, an adult dog with separation anxiety is a tough situation and there are next to no options to correct it once it starts.
You just have to do the best you can to protect the dog and your home when you leave. Couple of ideas for you. that you might try though. (1) being as how it is a lone beagle, I think a companion dog is perfect. Beagles are more 'pack' oriented than any other breed of dog. They hunt in packs and think with one brain - this trait has never been bred out of them. So a companion dog is probably a good option. I don't mean a dog to reproduce with (as in 'mate'), just a doggy friend, preferably another beagle. Beagles just operate so very differently than other dogs so if you are considering another friend, another beagle would be ideal. Seriously, a singleton beagle is a miserable animal as you know. (2) Get a 'busy ball' and learn to be creative with stuffing it with treats, peanut butter, spray cheese, frozen things, etc. Kongs are mostly used which is a brand name, but there are other varieties. I just call them all a 'busy ball'. It keeps them occupied for a while. They work very well with beagles because they are so very food driven and so can distract them from their isolation for a fair amount of time.
I do have a message for others although it is way too late for this to be of much help with your adult dog. The key to not having separation anxiety in adulthood is proper crate training in puppy-hood. Having a den (often even more than one den) is a natural canine instinct and preferred behavior. Puppies just come from a litter + mom which is the perfect 'den' time and is learned for life thus we should immediately build on that natural safety instinct and not 'unlearn' our dogs from it. If a kennel is always open and available for a dog and it is his 'home'. then he seldom will mind at all when you use it to close him up when you are away. If kennels are trained like this is his personal sanctum - ideal safest most comfortable place on earth for him - a place he can go voluntarily when he wants some peace and quiet - a place where no other distraction or animal is allowed - the place where he can relesh his most special treat, INSTEAD of trained like this is your jail cell when I abandon you, then separation anxiety never or only very rarely ever occurs. There are a few other things you can do to help a puppy to avoid separation anxiety for life, but proper kennel training is the main one.
One last item since I'm on the subject, proper kennel training is NEVER a part of potty training! Never teach a dog this is where I am going to lock you up until you have to wallow in your excrement forever until I decide you can get out of this sewer. Using a kennel that way (plus as the jail cell mentioned above) ensures hatred of the kennel and later separation anxiety and always using the house as the toilet.
Proper kennel training = house breaking success AND separation HAPPINESS. It is a WIN WIN! I would bet that if people understood and did proper kennel training, the average dog populaion in shelters would instantly be reduced by 50%. Two of the biggest reasons dogs are put in shelters is because of separation anxiety and potty issues.
Good luck
I have a 3 month old almost 4 beagle who keeps peeing in her kennel and all over the house?
Jessi
She won't poop in her kennel ever anymore, but it's like she can't hold Her pee. We have been potty training for about a month and a half now, but when she's out and about she pees a little here a little there. We have had her seen by vets and they are treating her for Giardia again, and they haven't seen anything indicating kidney problems or a UTI. She drinks a lot of water as well and her urine is like water, not concentrated at all. Also she Is perfectly fine with everything else. Does anyone have any suggestions or have had similar problems?
Answer
How much is she's drinking? Sometimes when the dog is well hydrated it can make their urine a little clear.
Otherwise if it's not that it would be a urinary/kidney problem.
Have you thought of getting a second opinion?
Iv'e attached a link to a forum that also has a dog with clear urine with no other symptoms. Maybe you could find a better answer there to what's wrong with your dog.
http://www.i-love-dogs.com/forums/dog-health-nutrition/32105-diluted-urine-w-no-other-symptoms.html
It may be nothing but better to be on the safe side.
How much is she's drinking? Sometimes when the dog is well hydrated it can make their urine a little clear.
Otherwise if it's not that it would be a urinary/kidney problem.
Have you thought of getting a second opinion?
Iv'e attached a link to a forum that also has a dog with clear urine with no other symptoms. Maybe you could find a better answer there to what's wrong with your dog.
http://www.i-love-dogs.com/forums/dog-health-nutrition/32105-diluted-urine-w-no-other-symptoms.html
It may be nothing but better to be on the safe side.
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