by Kate LaSala | Apr 10, 2023 | Dog Training, Rescue Dogs, Separation Anxiety
Discovering your dog has separation anxiety can cut to your soul. Even more than so many other behavioral issues, the inability to leave your dog alone without the dog panicking has grave quality of life issues, both for the dog and the human. It’s is a behavior...
by Kate LaSala | Mar 27, 2023 | Dog Training, Puppy Training, Separation Anxiety
While crate training has its place in some areas of dog training – house training, management and medical recovery come to the top of my mind, crating for separation anxiety is not one of those applications. This does get complicated if we have a dog who...
by Kate LaSala | Feb 13, 2023 | Dog Training, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs, Resource Guarding, Separation Anxiety
One of the biggest differences working with a qualified trainer and trying to DIY your training is knowing when or how to make your training more challenging for your dog. One of the recent survey questions submitted was “how do I know when my dog is...
by Kate LaSala | Jan 30, 2023 | Dog Training, Rescue Dogs, Separation Anxiety
Recently I covered the topic of Is It Separation Anxiety Or Something Else? Some clients come to me already knowing their dog has separation anxiety or isolation distress, because it’s been diagnosed by a vet. But many others are confused and unsure...
by Kate LaSala | Jan 23, 2023 | Dog Training, Dogs and Babies and Kids, Puppy Training, Separation Anxiety
It can be confusing for dog guardians to know if their dog or puppy is experiencing separation anxiety or just having normal “dog stuff” going on, since often there can be a lot of crossover between how behavior presents. Is the dog being...
