28/09/2021
“Monday; Why are you home. Its Monday, and you aren’t normally here. Its my time to have my own space and guard the place. I am following you sometimes as things are a bit different and I might be a little worried and clingy sometimes, am I missing out on something?”
When in ‘lock down’ Try and make things as normal as possible. Give your dog some ‘time out’. Put dog in their normal place when you are not normally home at different times through the day; Crate, back yard, pen area or wherever they normally go.
The worst cases that I have heard in the “lock down” last year is a dog starting to walk backwards. And another case of two dogs in the same household starting to argue with each other. In the latter a change of environment and time in the kennels (neutral territory) fixed this.
There are lots of articles about dog separation anxiety, care of Mr Google. Below are only some articles. Happy reading 😊
https://burnspet.co.uk/2020/05/04/six-ways-to-avoid-separation-anxiety-in-your-pooch/
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/18/dog-gone-how-to-handle-your-dogs-seperation-anxiety-when-you-return-to-the-office
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/08/24/dogs-behavior-coronavirus/
https://www.wxxinews.org/post/ready-post-covid-life-your-dog-may-be-dreading-it
https://cvm.ncsu.edu/adjusting-pets-to-life-after-covid-19-quarantine/
