Stress/Anxiety In Dogs

STRESS/ANXIETY- IN DOGS

 

How much time do we devout to reducing our stress and anxiety? If you are similar to the majority of people the answer is probably, very little.  In a twenty-four hour period we are bombarded with multiple stressors.  Getting ready for work, getting children ready for school or day care, traffic jams, reckless drivers speeding through red lights, horns honking, sirens wailing, TV commercials blaring, the list could go on and on.  Have you ever considered the fact that our dogs are exposed to many of the same stressors and anxieties we face in our daily life?  How do they obtain calmness and security or reduce their stress and anxiety given this exposure, considering that their hearing sensitivity is much more highly tuned than our own.   Our dogs experience the same noises we’re exposed to, plus other sounds that we are incapable of hearing.  They not only have to cope with a variety of sounds, they are not afforded the knowledge as to the origin of many of these sound(s).  Thunder, lightning hits, electric can openers, garage doors opening, doors slamming shut, phones ringing, producing more stress and more anxiety. 

 

One thing you can do for yourself and your dog is to make a list of the noises you’re exposed to on a daily basis.  Take the time, 30 to 60 minutes listing all the sounds you hear as you remain seated.  Make sure you include all the sounds within, as well as, outside your home.  As much as possible watch your dogs behavior while making your list.    After compiling this inventory put it on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 representing the minimal amount of sound, with little or no reaction from your companion,  to 10 being the loudest and/or highest behavioral reaction.  Optimally, you may want to do this on more than one occasion and a different times throughout the day; i.e., morning, afternoon and evening.  You may say I’ve got a list that identifies noises that produce stress or anxiety in my dog, now what?  Some examples of steps you can take to lower their stress and anxiety.

 

1.     Play the CD I’ve created specifically for reducing stress/anxiety in canines.   

 

2.     Lower the volume on your TV or radio or turn it off when not  listening to or watching it.  Avoid screaming at the TV during ball games.

 

3.     Turn the ring tone of your land or cell phone down or change it.

 

4.     When trying to get attention from another person go to them and speak, don’t yell from one room to another.

 

I hope the information helped or will help you and your companion.   More articles on this subject along with other articles are forthcoming.  There is one available now that deals with pet loss and grieving.

 

 

 

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