Dogs get anxious for all kinds of reason and while some dogs are anxious by nature and always will need a large amount of reassurance, other dogs will develop anxieties due to a bad experience or a major change in their life or situation.
Many dogs that come from a rescue are anxious dogs, both due to their experience of being dumped, or given up to a rescue and due to the difficult situation of a rescue, which is in general full of other scared dogs. (That is no criticism of rescue centers, because they do a good job, but exactly the way in which they explained it to me).
Sometimes dog anxiousness can be so intense that they'll quiver or run and hide at the mention of the word 'walk ', and thunderstorms and fireworks are classic times that will set a dogs anxiety off.
Occasionally anxiety can be more of short lived problem where as an example a dog that has a health problem can suddenly become anxious as they feel more vulnerable. In other cases the anxiousness will set in steadily such as when dogs get old, especially if there are younger dogs around them.
What makes dogs anxious is not necessarily easy to understand as dogs can react badly to almost anything. I've heard dog owners say their dog is frightened of men, or beards, or anybody wearing a hat, or the sound of one individual newsreaders voice... The list is both unusual and unending.
The Best Way To Calm An Anxious Dog
If you look at the huge range of things that may make your dog anxious, from being nervous by character, thru bad experiences, to being scared of very loud noises and having strange fears, it is maybe not what they do that matters, but how you react to their anxiety that may be of help to your dog.
Totally key to helping your dog de-stress is to be very calm yourself. Dogs are very sensitive and if you tense up when they get anxious or begin to worry yourself, they are going to pick up on that and it will simply confirm that they have sound reasons to be anxious. Fundamentally, your dog will be thinking, if you are stressing out also , there has to be something wrong and they were right to be anxious in the first place.
An anxious dog will also benefit enormously from you being very obviously the leader of the pack as in nature, the rest of the pack will take their lead from the what the Alpha dog does. This means that if the leader is calm and not anxious about what is going on they'll stay calm too.
Anxious dogs have frequently assumed they're leader of the pack and so accountable for decision making and the packs safety. This is a hard job for a dog in a human world as often they do not understand it, that means anything from the postman, to somebody on a bike, or even on the TV may be a threat that they react strongly too.
One of the most helpful things you can do for an anxious dog is find out how to show them you're the pack leader and in time they'll learn to trust you and your judgement, and that will automatically cut back their anxiety.
About the Author:Many dogs that come from a rescue are anxious dogs, both due to their experience of being dumped, or given up to a rescue and due to the difficult situation of a rescue, which is in general full of other scared dogs. (That is no criticism of rescue centers, because they do a good job, but exactly the way in which they explained it to me).
Sometimes dog anxiousness can be so intense that they'll quiver or run and hide at the mention of the word 'walk ', and thunderstorms and fireworks are classic times that will set a dogs anxiety off.
Occasionally anxiety can be more of short lived problem where as an example a dog that has a health problem can suddenly become anxious as they feel more vulnerable. In other cases the anxiousness will set in steadily such as when dogs get old, especially if there are younger dogs around them.
What makes dogs anxious is not necessarily easy to understand as dogs can react badly to almost anything. I've heard dog owners say their dog is frightened of men, or beards, or anybody wearing a hat, or the sound of one individual newsreaders voice... The list is both unusual and unending.
The Best Way To Calm An Anxious Dog
If you look at the huge range of things that may make your dog anxious, from being nervous by character, thru bad experiences, to being scared of very loud noises and having strange fears, it is maybe not what they do that matters, but how you react to their anxiety that may be of help to your dog.
Totally key to helping your dog de-stress is to be very calm yourself. Dogs are very sensitive and if you tense up when they get anxious or begin to worry yourself, they are going to pick up on that and it will simply confirm that they have sound reasons to be anxious. Fundamentally, your dog will be thinking, if you are stressing out also , there has to be something wrong and they were right to be anxious in the first place.
An anxious dog will also benefit enormously from you being very obviously the leader of the pack as in nature, the rest of the pack will take their lead from the what the Alpha dog does. This means that if the leader is calm and not anxious about what is going on they'll stay calm too.
Anxious dogs have frequently assumed they're leader of the pack and so accountable for decision making and the packs safety. This is a hard job for a dog in a human world as often they do not understand it, that means anything from the postman, to somebody on a bike, or even on the TV may be a threat that they react strongly too.
One of the most helpful things you can do for an anxious dog is find out how to show them you're the pack leader and in time they'll learn to trust you and your judgement, and that will automatically cut back their anxiety.
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