Dogs are social creatures, making them therefore naturals when it comes to bonding with people and most animals. But sooner or later, the dog will have to confront separation with those it knows; the average puppy gets early its taste of separation from its mother and siblings. Puppy owners will also have to prepare for the initial caterwauling of the new arrival. Moreover, the problem may not stop there since when the puppy grows up, it will develop a strong and anxiety-prone attachment with a house member. There is nothing wrong with a dog that follows the owner everywhere inside the house, or expresses excitement when people come back after a long while. But years of Jack Russell training tell us that the trigger that starts the major series of agitations is when the dog is left alone more often, or times in the day that it is not accustomed to being alone.

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 far from doing these things out of spite to its owners, the dog simply has come to rely on its owners an awful lot (simply also because its owners spoiled and showered love on it). There is therefore no mystery behind the trail of mess indoors and outdoors every time people come back home. Roughly, it can be said that the greater the damage or mess at home, the greater the dog’s insecurity 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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