I ran across an article a few years ago that says separation anxiety is a bit of nonsense and is simply people trying to assign human emotions and conditions do the thought processes of a dog. They suggested that the problem was that the dog simply did not know what to do or how to behave when separate from the social cues of 'the pack', so it just did .. whatever. They offered several suggestions on how to teach the dog what was expected of it when it was alone. I don't know how correct they were, but the suggestions were reasonable and it made as much sense as separation anxiety. I will try to find it again.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:46 AM Subject: Re: Eeek... Dog barking problem > Great article, Scott. Thanks. > > The strange thing is that we were *very* careful when she was a puppy > about changing our leaving the house routine, not making a big show of > leaving or coming home, etc. I guess maybe we've lapsed a little on that > front. Thankfully, little B doesn't chew anything or soil the house > (yet!) when we're gone. I guess we would have noticed that earlier, > though.... > > I will definitely try some of their suggestions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221185 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
