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Separation anxiety in dogs should be seen as a symptom of underlying frustrations rather than a diagnosis, and understanding these root causes could be key to effective treatment, new research by animal behaviour specialists suggests.
Many pet owners experience problem behaviour in their dogs when leaving them at home. These behaviours can include destruction of household items, urinating or defecating indoors, or excessive barking and are often labelled as 'separation anxiety' as the dog gets anxious at the prospect of being left alone.
Treatment plans tend to focus on helping the dog overcome the 'pain of separation', but the current work indicates dealing with various forms of frustration is a much more important element of the problem.
[...] The team, led by scientists from the University of Lincoln, UK, identified four main forms of distress for dogs when separated from their owners. These include a focus on getting away from something in the house, wanting to get to something outside, reacting to external noises or events, and a form of boredom.
[...] Daniel Mills, Professor of Veterinary Behavioural Medicine in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Lincoln, said: "Until now, there has been a tendency to think of this as a single condition, ie "My dog has got separation anxiety" and then to focus on the dependence on the owner and how to make them more independent. However, this new work indicates that having separation anxiety is more like saying "My dog's got an upset tummy" which could have many causes and take many forms, and so both assessment and treatment need to be much more focussed.
Journal Reference:
Luciana S. de Assis, Raquel Matos, Thomas W. Pike, Oliver H. P. Burman, Daniel S. Mills. Developing Diagnostic Frameworks in Veterinary Behavioral Medicine: Disambiguating Separation Related Problems in Dogs. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020; 6 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00499
(Score: 1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday March 19 2020, @08:00PM
The perfect formula is Yappy needy little shit dog + apartment.
All Mexicans and young White women are both the main perpetrators whenever there are yappy, needy little dogs stuck in apartments screeching and shitting and pissing and generally ruining the peace and quiet of the neighborhood.
Mexicans, of course, because it's in their blood to be obnoxiously noisy and that translates to their choice of dog. So with Mexicans, it's something obnoxious like a screechy Chihuahua or an untrained pitbull they leave home alone for 12+ hours a day while they steal an American labor job and collect American tax dollars going to night school. That they come home to a pissed/shitted floor and angry neighbors everyday is no big deal to them, as they are filthy noisy people and believe America should be more like Mexico anyway.
Young White women are a different kind of stupid: They're just oblivious, the perfect consequence of mommy taking antidepressants with them in the womb. They too work and go to school, but they have no idea that pets, especially the small obnoxious dogs women prefer, are needy and not just some toy to be pulled out from under the coffee table whenever they want instagram likes.