Separation Anxiety for Dogs

How to Deal With Your Dog's Separation Anxiety is an eHow article. Eric Letendre provides some advice for dog owners whose dogs get upset when left alone. Eric reminds us that dogs are social animals. They enjoy interaction with other dogs and with humans as well.

The advice is largely centered around the idea that one can increase a dog's tolerance for solitariness by progressively increasing the amount of time the dog is left alone. The idea being that an owner carefully times the absences and ups the solitary time as the number of time alone exercises increases.

As is the case with humans, exercise can be an antidote for anxiety. You may want to take your dog for a long walk prior parting. If the separation problem is severe a vet might be called on to prescribe medication.

Carpet Urination by Cats

Cat urination on carpets is a serious problem. Getting rid of the offensive smell is of course is one aspect of it. That can be done so that humans do not detect odors yet still a cat can be attracted to the area because cats have a keener sense of smell. The attraction can lead to further urination. The key is to eliminate odors cats can detect and to alter a cat's behavior.

Yahoo Answers addresses the issue. Suggestions are made. Hopefully effective ones.