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- Why does your dog cry when you leave?
- Teach you to manage loneliness
- Other tips to prevent the dog from crying
Sometimes when we leave the house to go to work or to run a simple errand, the dogs get very sad and start crying, but do you know why that happens? Dogs are social animals and don't feel comfortable spending the day alone.
In addition to crying, some dogs when they are alone tend to bite and make small debris in the house. In this article by PeritoAnimal we will give you some advice to prevent this from happening and teach you how to manage your loneliness.
Keep reading and find out why does my dog cry when he is alone.
Why does your dog cry when you leave?
Like its closest relatives, the wolves, the dog is a social animal that in nature lives in a pack. Even being in a house, the dog feels that we are part of this social circle and when we go out and be completely alone the dog is usually alone and in very extreme cases suffers from the known separation anxiety.
This is due to a over-attachment that the dog has with us in the face of his fear of not returning to him. On the contrary, a mentally healthy dog is able to manage his loneliness and learn not to cry when you leave. What you can do? Keep reading.
Teach you to manage loneliness
It is very important that your dog learn to be alone so you don't suffer from stress and can keep yourself entertained whenever you go out. Separation anxiety or simply crying is a negative attitude that is not wanted in any living being.
The first step in teaching your puppy to manage loneliness and being alone is to leave him with different toys so that the animal starts to enjoy being alone, entertaining itself:
- intelligence games
- bones
- toys
- biters
The most appropriate tool is undoubtedly kong, which effectively treats separation anxiety. Not sure how it works? It is a completely safe and reliable toy in which you introduce pate or dry food inside. The animal cannot place its entire mouth inside the kong, so it will insert its tongue little by little to remove the food.
It is not a simple activity, the dog will need a long time to remove all the food from the toy and this makes him feel entertained and busy for longer. This is a trick used all over the world including in shelters, where puppies suffer from the lack of emotional stability they need.
Other tips to prevent the dog from crying
In addition to using the kong and the various toys that you should share around the area where the dog will be, there are other tricks that might work (or at least help) in this very complicated moment:
- A comfortable environment, warm and background noise will make you feel comfortable and secure. Leave a rattling radio or clock on so you don't feel completely alone.
- Always walk it before you leave to feel tired and to sleep when you leave, you can even think about active exercise with your pet.
- feed him before you leave and always after the walk, never before, to avoid possible gastric torsion.
- adopt another dog a haven for both to interact and relate to can be the best medicine of all. Also, take time to introduce each other so that the adoption is a success and they become best friends.
- a comfortable bed and even one in the shape of a cave will also help him to be more comfortable spending this moment alone.
