Ansiedad por separación en perros 💧🐶| Evita que lo pase mal en tu ausencia

Please don't leave me. Don't leave me. Don't leave me alone, please, because I get very nervous. Hello, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. We've finally found the balance, well, the balance between our personal lives and work. And we can finally tell you that we're back to having weekly videos. And you know that you have to mark your calendar, that you have to watch us every Wednesday because we'll have new content on Instagram. We've started answering many of your questions in stories that we upload almost every day. Since we've seen that you really like that section, we've decided to bring it to the channel so that it's much more accessible to everyone and so that your doubts and questions which you ask us, well, almost anywhere, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram are here so that anyone who has the same question can easily find me answer. Needless to say, if we have this section on the channel, we've removed the question of the week section from the end of our videos. And by the way, Jose, let me go on a bit more and answer your questions because he's always rushing me to finish the video. What do you think of these changes? Let me know in the comments what you think so we can know if you like them or not.

Well, who cares if we're going to do whatever we want?

Well, let's get to today's topic. We're going to talk about separation anxiety in dogs, which I know is something that worries you quite a bit given the questions you've been asking me. We decided to make this video after a message I received on Instagram last week. And, well, also because I have a neighbor right next door whose dog suffers from it quite a bit. The question says, hello, I saw that you have a video about separation anxiety in cats. Well, my cats don't have this problem, but my dog does. Any help? Thank you very much in advance. Thank you very much for your videos and advice. As our Instagram follower rightly says, we have already made a video about separation anxiety in cats, but there are some differences because as I always say, a cat is not the same as a dog. Their behavior is completely different. And there are things that you can do with a dog that you can't with a cat, and vice versa. The thing is, when you get home, many times you don't find the haven of peace that you expect to find and greet your pet and that everything is in order. But instead, your pet has felt a lot of stress because you are gone and has started doing things that they shouldn't do, such as destructive behavior. This is what we normally know as separation anxiety. It is perfectly normal for your dog to want to be with you and to miss you a little and to throw you a big party when you get home because you haven't been with him for a while. The problem comes when your dog gets too attached to you. And that means that when you leave home, he feels so much stress, so much so that he does things that you don't like and that he doesn't find pleasurable. You'll often see separation anxiety when you get home and find that your dog has destroyed your sofa or has started chewing on your slippers and has completely destroyed them, or has even started scratching desperately at the door through which you left home. This happens because your dog has a very strong attachment to you, a very powerful bond, and he feels completely alone and helpless when you're not home, or.

That he starts howling desperately at home when he's alone. Right?

Of course, there are two types of signs within separation anxiety in dogs. The ones you'll be able to see are all the ones I'm referring to, but there are many others that you may be that you are not very aware of, because your dog may start crying and whining when you leave the house for many hours and not do anything else. In these cases, separation anxiety is harder for you to detect, but your neighbors will surely detect it quickly. I detect it first because it happens to my neighbor upstairs with her dog. When she is away from home, her dog starts crying as if there were no tomorrow. As if her owner had abandoned her at home to her fate for 15 days. But what this dog also does is scratch the doors a lot, because they can be heard from downstairs, let's say. But apart from destroying your slippers or your sofa, your dog may leave you another gift that is even less pleasant. It is also very common for dogs that suffer from separation anxiety to poop and pee inside your house in completely unexpected places, so that when you arrive, you find them and see that she is not very happy about you leaving your house. Well, yes, but what? Let's do this so that the dog stops whining and all that stuff. Please. Now let's get to the tips. Don't get impatient. There are four or five things that you can do that will probably help you a lot. The first one is that when you're leaving home, take your dog for a walk in the park. If you also let your dog run and burn off A lot of energy in the park. When you get home, it'll usually go to sleep for a long time. And during all that time that it's asleep, it won't feel your absence so much. That way, most of the time that you're going to be away from home, it'll be sleeping and not missing you.

Okay, but many people don't have time to do that. Come on, more tips.

More, more, more tips. I have a lot more. Look, the second one is that you don't say goodbye to your dog. You don't have to make a big drama when you leave for work. Petting your dog, giving it kisses as if you're never going to see it again, never again in your life, because that will start to trigger that separation anxiety mechanism in his head. He will understand that you are going to be gone for a very long time, and that is why you are saying goodbye to him. What I recommend in these cases and whenever your dog suffers from separation anxiety, is that you do not say goodbye to him and that you leave through the door without showing him any kind of affection or gesture that he will associate with your absence. This way, your dog will be much calmer from the moment before you leave and throughout the time that you are away from home. Break youk Rituals if you follow our channel, you will probably already recognize the video about separation anxiety in cats. But anyway, if you have not seen it, I will explain it to you again. Likewise, before you leave your home, you always do a series of things that are like a kind of ritual and that your dog or your cat, like when I explained it to you with the cat, recognizes. Because it is something that you repeat every day that you. You go like for example, putting on your coat, grabbing your car keys, brushing your teeth. If you mess up all these little acts and make sure your dog doesn't associate them with the moment you're going to leave the house, you're going to help prevent separation anxiety from being triggered in his head. What I recommend you do is, for example, put on your coat while you're having breakfast, man, already dressed. Right. With your pajamas. Or for example, grab your car keys a good while before you leave the house. That way your dog won't associate it with the moment you leave him alone. And let them change every day, right? Yes, you can change them every day and modify all those patterns that you see you repeat before leaving the house. And at some point, will the dog get used to it or do you have to do it your whole life? No, man. When we manage to make Your dog not associate the moment you leave the house with the moment you leave the house. By leaving him forever, you will be able to recover these habits that are normal in all people, in their order, of course, leave him alone, but only for a little while. What I mean by this is that if your dog has separation anxiety, do not leave him alone every time you go out the door for eight hours, because it is normal for him to start missing you at that moment. What I recommend in these cases is that you leave your house and, for example, come back after five minutes. So that he sees that going in and out of a house is normal and does not mean that he is going to stay inside forever dying of grief and hunger, but that you will be able to come back at any time and there is no need for him to spend an eternity alone. I also told you this with cats, because there are some things that cats and dogs have in common. And now I am going to tell you another one. As I say so many times, and if you know me a little, you will see that I love pheromones. There are dog pheromones and there are cat pheromones. No, the same applies to dogs and cats. Obviously, there are specific, calming pheromones for dogs that you can buy at the veterinary clinic and that you can give to your dog to help him calm down in those moments. You have them in many forms, in the form of a diffuser that you plug into the wall, in the form of a spray, or even in the form of a collar. This type of pheromones will make your dog feel much calmer in those moments when anxiety takes over his body and he needs something or something, or you have it. Well, pheromones are not actually considered a medicine. You do not need a prescription from the vet. But it is true that if you apply them, it is always better to do so under the supervision of your vet.

What you want is to call the vet and that's it, right?

Well, because if you go to the vet to buy them, you are creating the problem for them. You may think that your dog has separation anxiety and in the end it has something else, which I will talk about a little later. Later on this video.

Sure.

Okay. And now we come to the moment when you get home. This, although it may not seem like it has much to do with separation anxiety, because your dog suffers from it when you're not around, can have a huge influence on your dog ending up developing this type of behavior when you get home. You don't have to over excite your dog. You don't have to make a huge fuss over it or make a big deal out of the fact that you've been away from home for many hours. That way you won't be reinforcing the behaviors that your dog may have exhibited when you were away, nor should you get home and scold your pet for what it has done. Oh my God. Key, what did you just do? Oh, I don't know. Because in the end it's because it did it at a time when that anxiety has taken over its body and it probably can't relate the fact that it has destroyed your slippers with the fact that you've been away from home. Therefore, if you scold your dog, the only thing it will do is what you're going to do is increase their frustration and stress, and in the end, you'll create an even more insecure personality. And if none of this works, you'll have to end up consulting your vet or an ethologist who is a veterinarian who specializes in animal behavior. Why am I telling you this? Because this video answers a bit about the general behavior of dogs. There are many dogs that seem to have separation anxiety, but your dog may not be going through that, but his behavioral disorders may be due to something else. This is something that I can't answer for you. Not even in a comment, not even if you send me a video or tell me in Chinese, Japanese, Chinese, Japanese, or even if you tell me in Mandarin Chinese and vice versa. There are things that have to be seen in the consultation and they can't be seen on the Internet because it is the vet. Precisely by observing the animal's behavior, who can understand what is causing this behavioral disorder and who can tell you how you can help it. I have to emphasize this a lot because many times you send me comments and questions, both for Instagram, YouTube and Facebook, where you can ask me about your dog's specific case, what's wrong with it, because when I make a video, I'm always referring to general cases. And there are some cases that fall outside of that generality and that have to be seen in a specific way by a veterinarian who is the one who in the end, can help you. That's why I want you to understand that there are many of these questions that I can't answer because I don't know the specific case of your dog or cat, and above all because they need to be examined in person and see exactly what's causing it. It could be that you're Perceiving some behavior as separation anxiety that ultimately isn't. And this just like not prescribing any type of medication or telling you that it might work well for your dog to treat seizures or anything like that is part of the responsibility that I have as a veterinarian. Because an accurate diagnosis can never be established over the Internet. And if you accept my personal advice, I don't recommend that you trust anyone who through their advice tells you so. The Internet tells you that an illness can be cured with pills or that you have to give this to your dog to make it much better, because at the end of the day they don't know what your dog's specific condition is. That's why you always have to see it in the consultation. Because after all, loving animals starts with each person being aware of it. And I believe that as a veterinarian, using the Internet is the best thing I can offer you. Well, that's all the advice I had to give you today about separation anxiety. I hope it helps you who are currently searching on YouTube to find out how you can help your dog in these circumstances. And especially the subscriber who asked us about it on Instagram. And today we're finally back to talking about dogs. And it's not that I have any kind of mania for dogs, but we have a lot of followers who love cats and ask us a lot of questions about cats, so we pay them a little more attention. If you're a die hard dog lover, what you have to do is ask us questions on YouTube, Instagram or Facebook so that we also have much more material that concerns you about the behavior or care of your dogs. So come on dog lovers, get your act together because cats are eating away at your territory. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like and share it with everyone. Especially with dog owners who are worried about separation anxiety. 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Wait, I'll do it right and jump to the side and you give me your smoke. Okay?

Come on, let's do it. Come on. As a vet, I could see it coming. It's a water dog puppy. And it's not in a bucket. You just lost 200 subscribers.

No, please. I'm bad at jokes, but don't abandon me. Hey.