Nine Tips for Dog Behavior Modification
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nice tips for those having a dog at
I specially like this one:
Dogs read our body language quite well. Dogs pick up on
our cues and patterns that indicate we are about to depart. Owners
need to desensitize their dogs to these cues so that the cues no
longer elicit the anxiety. Every person will have different
patterns and cues. Owners need to pay attention to their own
patterns of behaviors prior to departure. For example, owners that
get up at 6 am, shower, eat breakfast, do their make-up and pick up
their briefcase and keys before leaving should perform these acts
and stay home. Grab a gym bag, if you normally do before leaving,
and take it to the kitchen to make dinner. Also desensitize cues
that signal owners are staying home. If you only wear jeans on
Saturday when you are home all day, leave during the weekday with
jeans on and change at work.
First time I read this I thought: ‘no way a dog can find his
owner is going out by his clothe’s fabric’. But my
girlfriend’s dog does seem to find out we are going to leave, even
when we don’t do anything that might indicate that.
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