Dogs are social animals; they are naturals when it comes to building genuine links with other dogs and people. Separation anxiety is experienced by the dog when the pup is first separated from its mother and siblings. The dog’s or puppy’s owners can therefore expect restlessness on the part of the puppy for the first few nights of the dog. But the problem can still manifest itself when the dog develops a strong and dependent bond with a person. There is no problem with a dog that follows owner even inside the house, or expresses excitement when people come back from being outside. Years of Jack Russell training tell us that things, however, may change when the dog is left alone more frequently, or times that it is not used to.
The downside to separation anxiety is that its signs are only seen when the people are out, but owners can also observe it when the dog is not allowed to get close to the owner, for example, when it is time to sleep. The dog is fussy, and predictably so since it wants to be close to the owner and yet cannot. Thus, in order to give vent to its frustrations, the dog will not just listen to music, or watch TV, or count one up to ten. Obviously, it will instead: urinate or defecate indoors; chew dig or spread litter at home; eat less or play less; show aggression when the owner leaves, among other signs.
But if you think the dog is doing all this to get even with you for heartless abandonment, for boredom, or for a lack of obedience, then you need to learn more about this condition. It’s not for those reasons! The fact is that his reliance on you is so immense, that the dog’s world seem to go upside down just imagining there is no way to say how and when you will be back. Faced with such an awesome prospect, the dog naturally has to release the tension, and the damage caused while you are out of sight is an indicator that shows just how attached the dog is to you. Roughly, the greater the damage, the more vulnerable the dog’s emotions are, and-or the bigger its fear was.
Jack Russell training also teaches us that regardless of the flattery the dog showers on you, there is no reason whatsoever that it should be left to feel helpless or insecure by your leaving, so much so that it is compelled to behave in a variety of undesirable ways.
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