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Here's your host, Debbie Salinto. Hello and welcome to episode 22 of your new puppies podcast I'm Debbie and today we're going to talk about

separation anxiety so specifically we're going to talk about how to prevent it and

what to do if maybe that your puppy or dog are already showing some signs.

So first, let's talk about the term separation anxiety

and how I'm going to use it throughout this episode.

Because the term separation anxiety,

the technical definition of it is when a dog has a hard time being

separated from a specific person. For example, Maria when I got her, had a lot of trouble being separated from me.

If I left the house, she became frantic.

She would destroy things.

If she got outside, she would jump over the five foot fence and run down the street looking for me.

And it did not matter if somebody else was home, if somebody else was in the house,

it was if I left. That is separation anxiety. What we see more commonly

are dogs who just don't like to be alone. For example, Lucy, when I first got her, just didn't like to be alone.

As long as somebody was home with her, she did not care who it was, she was fine, but if she was

alone, she would panic.'s much much more common but

because there's no single term for that situation we tend to use this term

separation anxiety to include when a dog just doesn't like to be alone as well

And that is exactly what I'm going to do in this episode. I just wanted you to know that there is a subtle difference, but lucky for us, how we handle it,

how we prevent it, and how we treat it, are essentially the same.

So when I say separation anxiety, I'm going to mean both of those situations,

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