by Angela Doyle | Sep 30, 2025 | Dog Training & Behaviour, Separation Anxiety
I have seen a few social media posts recently where people are telling dog owners that in order to help their dog overcome their separation anxiety they should be withholding affection and attention when at home, and should totally ignore the dog for a certain period...
by Angela Doyle | Jul 16, 2025 | Case Studies, Dog Training & Behaviour, Dynamic Dog, Separation Anxiety
Pain has a profound impact on a dog’s behaviour, with D. Mills (a leading veterinary researcher) et al (2020) stating that at least 80% of behaviour cases that they see in clinic have undiagnosed pain. Why is this important? The International Association for the...
by Angela Doyle | Apr 23, 2025 | Separation Anxiety, Case Studies, Dynamic Dog
This is lovely little Bobb – one of my wonderful separation anxiety clients. Isn’t he sweet! Bobb is a 2.5 year old rescue cross breed, who came to live with his absolutely brilliant mum at just over 1 year of age I started working with Bobb on his...
by Angela Doyle | Apr 3, 2025 | Dog Training & Behaviour, Separation Anxiety
Although people refer to working through separation anxiety as “separation anxiety training”, it absolutely does not fall into the remit of “training”. When a dog displays anxiety about being home alone, that dog is having an emotional response...
by Angela Doyle | Mar 27, 2025 | Dog Training & Behaviour, Separation Anxiety
There is so much generic advice out there on the internet about separation anxiety and how to work on it, and it can’t be THAT hard to teach your dog that its safe being home alone, right? Is it worth working with a separation anxiety specialist versus going it...
