Two Approaches to Managing Separation Anxiety

摘要

Separation anxiety is the term used to describe the condition exhibited by dogs that are unable to cope without human company, often family members. These pets become extremely anxious and show distress behaviours such as vocalisation, destruction, house-soiling, inappetence, inactivity and even vomiting or diarrhoea in the total or virtual separation from people. The longer that these conditions are unrecognised and untreated, the more complex they appear to become and, therefore, potentially the harder to treat.