First, treatment
1. Reduce dependencies
In order to help dogs overcome excessive dependence on their owners, the method of gradually reducing attention can be adopted. When a dog tries to attract attention, it should be avoided even if it disturbs its owner. In addition, dogs can be trained to be alone. At first, you can leave the dog alone for 5 minutes without any response until the dog stops barking for a few minutes before visiting it. Gradually extend the dog's time alone until it can be alone for a few hours.
2. Provide toys that leak food
In order to kill the dog's time and improve his solitude ability, we can provide the dog with food-leaking toys. This can give the dog an interesting stimulus and relieve the dog's anxiety. You can put food in a special hollow rubber toy and then spread it with peanut butter or cream, or fill wet food in the hollow rubber toy and put it in the refrigerator for freezing. When the owner leaves, he can give the prepared rubber toys filled with food to the dog. If the dog doesn't eat the food in the toy, he can put the food in the refrigerator and use it next time.
Second, prevention.
In order to prevent dog anxiety, the following measures can be taken:
1.？ Give the dog enough time to adapt to the new environment or new family members, and don't let it feel lonely or helpless.
2.？ Provide enough exercise and play opportunities for dogs to avoid excessive fatigue and boredom.
3.？ Provide dogs with enough food and water every day, keep regular feeding rules, and make dogs feel safe.
4.？ Provide a comfortable rest environment for dogs, such as a warm and soft bed or blanket.
5.？ Don't ignore the dog's psychological needs, give it enough attention and love, and establish a stable trust relationship.
6.？ Let the dog consume energy before leaving home. If you want your dog to stay at home alone for a while, you can extend its play time before leaving home and make it feel very tired. For example, let him chase the ball or play with other dogs.
7.？ Prevention of Dog Anxiety and Dependence For adopted puppies or dogs that have just been brought back, they should be trained alone several times a day, leaving them alone for half an hour at a time and longer at night. At the same time, let the puppy have its own territory, the owner often visits it, and don't let the puppy enter the owner's room at will. In addition, don't let the dog think that he will be released every time he goes to the cage, which can reduce his anxiety. Finally, don't meet the dog's psychological requirements at will, otherwise it will strengthen the dog's sense of dependence or control on its owner.