Great tips. I have a Pekingese who is highly independent but also extremely bonded to me. I adopted him from animal control when he was 11-months-old. I worked hard on teaching him to be alone right away. Since it took him almost a year to fully bond to me, I was glad that I'd spent the time teaching him to be alone. Now that he is bonded, he also understands that I always come back. He was taken from a hoarding situation and never bonded to a person before. That's probably why it took him so long to bond to me. I just let it happen at his pace rather than forcing it. Also, I never make a big deal about leaving. I simply get ready and leave. I don't pet him or try to sooth him. I just leave. Same when I return. I just walk in and don't start talking to him at all. I treat it like I simply walked outside for a minute then returned. After I do a few things then I very calmly pet him and invite him up for a snuggle. I do the same with my cats because they can also suffer separation anxiety.
I usually get a stinky treat out that I don’t usually let her have inside (tripe or something) and then pop the TV on to something we usually have on while we are at home, and she is happy thankfully! Mako is a Havanese, and from what I understand they are very very human oriented, and she definitely fits that behaviour profile. She would usually rather be with me (her main human) than have treats, or play games, etc. she is literally just incredibly interested in being with me, no matter what. So getting slowly to the point where she can be comfortable in a different room, without anyone home etc. just feels so good for everyone. She is so calm and isn’t worried at being left now :) she also really happily gets in her travel crate for car journeys too! I usually offer her a treat for it, but if I don’t have any to hand she is happy to get in the crate and let us zip it closed and go in a car boot without any noises except the odd sniffing around trying to figure out what has been in the boot recently (boot=trunk for US I think?). I think *I* have separation anxiety from her how though!! Do you offer human training for humans who can’t be away from their dog?
Thank you again for another brilliant video. You look so well at the moment. Hope all is great in your world. Something I do with new puppies in the car is give them a chew treat as we are driving as it helps them relax and when I leave them in the car I have built relaxing memories when in the car for future car trips. I always leave them with safe things to chew. The car is such a brilliant place to work on seperation anxiety/fear. Take care. 🙂
This is soo helpful... especially the part about the anxious sighthounds. That's where I'm at right now and it's like I have to work around it so much I have no freedom.
I’m a border collie fan too! I adopted one from rescue two decades ago and love the breed ever since. They’re fun, amazing, smart and very loving dogs. Yes they are intense with energy and that darn ball 😂but my BC Finn helps to keep me active in my 40s. I keep saying my next dog will be a couch potato but it’ll probably be another collie ❤
❤️❤️ Kiko & Epic ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for sharing your tips and experience! A recent dog I fostered was okay alone as long as he didn't see me exit the property. He was okay in a room by himself but if I left the house from that room directly or if he saw me exit the front gate he would have a hard time settling when I left. Each dog is different.
I always make sure my dog has a party when we leave. Good food, music and a great place to rest🙈 She eats her treatos, cries couple of times but no panic, and then goes to her bed and sleeps almost the whole 4-5 hours she spends alone☺️
Most excellent! Thanks Emily! You'll find me also oin Malena's list of CSAT trainers :) Separation Anxiety cases take so much committment but are so rewarding seeing success. Great resource to send to clients to really start to get them thinking :)
Glad I found your channel! I’m just now starting to take clients and I want to specialize in anxiety and reactivity so I’m looking forward to checking her videos out!
Just want to say thank you for all the free information that you put forth on RUclips. As a balance trainer,who is now 60 and had started training my own gun dogs at 16, I cannot drink all your Kool-Aid, but much appreciate all you put forth.
I am 43 we aint that different in age. But I know what you are saying. Susan Garrett has a great podcast for free on separation anxiety training, its one of the latest ones
I’m 66 and I started out as a “balanced trainer” because that was the majority of the information we had. I started out as a little kid with our farm dogs in herding and took 4h dog training in obedience when I was 12. This almost wrecked my training career as we were taught we had to pinch our dogs ear to make him open his mouth for the dumbbell. One day I went to reach out to pet my dog and he cringed away from me as if I was a rattlesnake! I finished the course because everyone said my instructor was a wonderful “dog expert” but I felt horrible about training after that. And I knew it was wrong! And damaging to my relationship with a dog I was trusting to keep me safe on the farm! I continued to train herding dogs because they were a big help on the farm but I wanted nothing to do with obedience, or “fancy” trainers. Finally as an adult, I found dr Ian Dunbar and Stanley Cohen’s dog language, and that clicked with me. I started positive training and was amazed at how much better it was than balanced training. I found that every time I punished a behavior that I didn’t want, it dropped the dog’s desire to offer me behaviors and slowed down his enthusiasm for using his own brain during herding. After a punishment, the dog tended to look at me for direction and lose the animal, rather than reacting spontaneously and cutting off the escape. That’s just one example. I found that a punishment just sets a bad behavior and makes EVERYTHING worse! Finding Emily’s”kikopup” training and Susan Garrets “dogs that” made everything so much easier! I became a certified trainer many many years ago but I didn’t become a good trainer until I became a positive trainer. It’s no different than teaching a child with understanding or just whacking them if they make a mistake.
My dog experienced a traumatic event where a bolt of lighting hit a near by tree. Now every time it thunderstorms (light or heavy) or she hears a random firework, she runs! Trying to call her is difficult, eventually she hears me and comes. I am scared that one day I wont be so lucky. Is there any possible way to train her to not be scare anymore or reduce the fear so she can at least hear me when I call her name.
I leave him in the bedroom and the only time he’s not Ok is when a certain person is over. We’ve tried ‘hiding’ her till we’re done working, playing with him first (actually worked well a few times but not always) and the opposite. I try switching things around. He does vocalize a lot more than some dogs but he calms down quickly if it does happen. And yah, he’s the kind of dog who will do the excited puppy Yelp when he learns something lol, I haven’t wanted to suppress his enthusiasm:) He doesn’t want to be zipped in his crate any more but maybe I’ll break out the big one he hasn’t seen in a long time and make it really fun. He definitely needs a buddy, but all in due time.
My 7 month old cries for a bit when I leave. I try very hard to make it a good experience with kongs or puzzle toys every single time I'm gone. I can see on my camera that he eats the kongs just fine but when they're finished ~10 minutes later, he always cries a bit. Not for long but still. I'd think he wouldn't even remember I left 10 minutes later.
Thank you for another great video. What about a dog that sometimes is totally fine and other times howls? I think, it is because she sometimes hears my roommates (they can be very loud), realizes that she is not completely alone, but rather just "not part of the fun", and then howls rather out of frustration. Because she also has a similar howl when I am right next to her but separated by just a baby gate; while I think I once have heard her real "separation anxiety howl" when I really left her alone too long. The roommates then get her out of my room and spend time with her, reinforcing this behaviour. What to do about this situation? Thanks for any advice ☺
Do you have tips for dog that have an issue with controlling behavior? Would be very helpful to hear your way of dealing with it. My 7 month old dog seems to developing this and I don't know what I did to support it
I am not sure if you are talking about guarding behavior or trying to get you to move or not allowing people to move, i personally think that its genetics and personality for both issues and both of these issues would suddenly get more intense around adolescence so it is most likely nothing you did. I suggest getting help from a positive reinforcement dog trainer who doesnt use intimidation to work on this or a veterinary behaviorist to help. Sorry you are having that issue.
Great tips. I have a Pekingese who is highly independent but also extremely bonded to me. I adopted him from animal control when he was 11-months-old. I worked hard on teaching him to be alone right away. Since it took him almost a year to fully bond to me, I was glad that I'd spent the time teaching him to be alone. Now that he is bonded, he also understands that I always come back. He was taken from a hoarding situation and never bonded to a person before. That's probably why it took him so long to bond to me. I just let it happen at his pace rather than forcing it. Also, I never make a big deal about leaving. I simply get ready and leave. I don't pet him or try to sooth him. I just leave. Same when I return. I just walk in and don't start talking to him at all. I treat it like I simply walked outside for a minute then returned. After I do a few things then I very calmly pet him and invite him up for a snuggle. I do the same with my cats because they can also suffer separation anxiety.
I usually get a stinky treat out that I don’t usually let her have inside (tripe or something) and then pop the TV on to something we usually have on while we are at home, and she is happy thankfully! Mako is a Havanese, and from what I understand they are very very human oriented, and she definitely fits that behaviour profile. She would usually rather be with me (her main human) than have treats, or play games, etc. she is literally just incredibly interested in being with me, no matter what. So getting slowly to the point where she can be comfortable in a different room, without anyone home etc. just feels so good for everyone. She is so calm and isn’t worried at being left now :) she also really happily gets in her travel crate for car journeys too! I usually offer her a treat for it, but if I don’t have any to hand she is happy to get in the crate and let us zip it closed and go in a car boot without any noises except the odd sniffing around trying to figure out what has been in the boot recently (boot=trunk for US I think?).
I think *I* have separation anxiety from her how though!! Do you offer human training for humans who can’t be away from their dog?
Thank you again for another brilliant video.
You look so well at the moment. Hope all is great in your world.
Something I do with new puppies in the car is give them a chew treat as we are driving as it helps them relax and when I leave them in the car I have built relaxing memories when in the car for future car trips.
I always leave them with safe things to chew.
The car is such a brilliant place to work on seperation anxiety/fear.
Take care. 🙂
This is soo helpful... especially the part about the anxious sighthounds. That's where I'm at right now and it's like I have to work around it so much I have no freedom.
I’m a border collie fan too! I adopted one from rescue two decades ago and love the breed ever since. They’re fun, amazing, smart and very loving dogs. Yes they are intense with energy and that darn ball 😂but my BC Finn helps to keep me active in my 40s. I keep saying my next dog will be a couch potato but it’ll probably be another collie ❤
Soooooo helpful! My Husky is so drawn to cooler areas, I can totally use this concept when I'm working with him.
❤️❤️ Kiko & Epic ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing your tips and experience! A recent dog I fostered was okay alone as long as he didn't see me exit the property. He was okay in a room by himself but if I left the house from that room directly or if he saw me exit the front gate he would have a hard time settling when I left. Each dog is different.
I always make sure my dog has a party when we leave. Good food, music and a great place to rest🙈 She eats her treatos, cries couple of times but no panic, and then goes to her bed and sleeps almost the whole 4-5 hours she spends alone☺️
She enjoys the music? Toys+ treat in brain work stuff?
Most excellent! Thanks Emily! You'll find me also oin Malena's list of CSAT trainers :) Separation Anxiety cases take so much committment but are so rewarding seeing success.
Great resource to send to clients to really start to get them thinking :)
Wonderful tips, thank you!
Goog job Broder 👍👍
And i love the idea about heated bed! ❤
sorry to hear about splash passing... i loved seeing splash xxox
Glad I found your channel! I’m just now starting to take clients and I want to specialize in anxiety and reactivity so I’m looking forward to checking her videos out!
Thank you so much for these tips!
Thank you
Goog job Broder 😄👍
Your work is admiring. Just do it more!
Just want to say thank you for all the free information that you put forth on RUclips. As a balance trainer,who is now 60 and had started training my own gun dogs at 16, I cannot drink all your Kool-Aid, but much appreciate all you put forth.
I am 43 we aint that different in age. But I know what you are saying. Susan Garrett has a great podcast for free on separation anxiety training, its one of the latest ones
You look much younger than 43!
May you continue to be blessed!
I’m 66 and I started out as a “balanced trainer” because that was the majority of the information we had. I started out as a little kid with our farm dogs in herding and took 4h dog training in obedience when I was 12. This almost wrecked my training career as we were taught we had to pinch our dogs ear to make him open his mouth for the dumbbell. One day I went to reach out to pet my dog and he cringed away from me as if I was a rattlesnake! I finished the course because everyone said my instructor was a wonderful “dog expert” but I felt horrible about training after that. And I knew it was wrong! And damaging to my relationship with a dog I was trusting to keep me safe on the farm! I continued to train herding dogs because they were a big help on the farm but I wanted nothing to do with obedience, or “fancy” trainers. Finally as an adult, I found dr Ian Dunbar and Stanley Cohen’s dog language, and that clicked with me. I started positive training and was amazed at how much better it was than balanced training. I found that every time I punished a behavior that I didn’t want, it dropped the dog’s desire to offer me behaviors and slowed down his enthusiasm for using his own brain during herding. After a punishment, the dog tended to look at me for direction and lose the animal, rather than reacting spontaneously and cutting off the escape. That’s just one example. I found that a punishment just sets a bad behavior and makes EVERYTHING worse! Finding Emily’s”kikopup” training and Susan Garrets “dogs that” made everything so much easier! I became a certified trainer many many years ago but I didn’t become a good trainer until I became a positive trainer. It’s no different than teaching a child with understanding or just whacking them if they make a mistake.
My dog experienced a traumatic event where a bolt of lighting hit a near by tree. Now every time it thunderstorms (light or heavy) or she hears a random firework, she runs! Trying to call her is difficult, eventually she hears me and comes. I am scared that one day I wont be so lucky. Is there any possible way to train her to not be scare anymore or reduce the fear so she can at least hear me when I call her name.
Wonderful tips, thank you Emily! Could you maybe link the heated dog bed with the cover? 🤍
Very interesting. Thank you Emily.
You are amazing!!!!!
Big fan of yours😍👏👏
i enjoyed it and thx for a honest story. But how to learn the boss for leaning leaving without whining ? ;)
Love your videos so much thank you!
I leave him in the bedroom and the only time he’s not Ok is when a certain person is over. We’ve tried ‘hiding’ her till we’re done working, playing with him first (actually worked well a few times but not always) and the opposite. I try switching things around. He does vocalize a lot more than some dogs but he calms down quickly if it does happen. And yah, he’s the kind of dog who will do the excited puppy Yelp when he learns something lol, I haven’t wanted to suppress his enthusiasm:) He doesn’t want to be zipped in his crate any more but maybe I’ll break out the big one he hasn’t seen in a long time and make it really fun. He definitely needs a buddy, but all in due time.
Goog job Broder 👍👍
thanks bro 👍
My 7 month old cries for a bit when I leave. I try very hard to make it a good experience with kongs or puzzle toys every single time I'm gone. I can see on my camera that he eats the kongs just fine but when they're finished ~10 minutes later, he always cries a bit. Not for long but still. I'd think he wouldn't even remember I left 10 minutes later.
Thank you for another great video. What about a dog that sometimes is totally fine and other times howls?
I think, it is because she sometimes hears my roommates (they can be very loud), realizes that she is not completely alone, but rather just "not part of the fun", and then howls rather out of frustration. Because she also has a similar howl when I am right next to her but separated by just a baby gate; while I think I once have heard her real "separation anxiety howl" when I really left her alone too long.
The roommates then get her out of my room and spend time with her, reinforcing this behaviour.
What to do about this situation?
Thanks for any advice ☺
hi!! do you know what the brand is of the heated dog bed? I want that exact same one! thank you
This is sooo relatavle. I wanna backpack lol
Do you have tips for dog that have an issue with controlling behavior? Would be very helpful to hear your way of dealing with it. My 7 month old dog seems to developing this and I don't know what I did to support it
I am not sure if you are talking about guarding behavior or trying to get you to move or not allowing people to move, i personally think that its genetics and personality for both issues and both of these issues would suddenly get more intense around adolescence so it is most likely nothing you did. I suggest getting help from a positive reinforcement dog trainer who doesnt use intimidation to work on this or a veterinary behaviorist to help. Sorry you are having that issue.
Good old hot water bottle!
lol. I didnt think about that!
❤❤💥❤❤