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.