We as trainers find ourselves discussing this topic quite frequently with pet owners. But we find that many pet owners get confused on the actual diagnosis of the anxiety. For instance, from time to time, in the kennel we see those certain dogs that are escape artist, or drool and maybe not eat well the first few days of their stay in a new place. This does not necessarily mean that your dog suffers from separation anxiety, some dogs are just not use to the kennel environment and do not do well around all of the other dogs, new noises, and new smells.

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We recently trained a German Shepherd named “Apollo” for a client in Huntersville, NC. Apollo attended our three week advanced training course to teach him off-leash obedience and to also instill some manners. We enjoy getting updates and emails from dog owners and we thought that we would share this one with you.

Hi Erin and Jason!

Just wanted to give you a follow up on Apollo. He has been home now for almost four weeks and boy have things changed around here! Prior to coming to your boot camp, we had to deal with the relationship between him and our Australian shepherd, our two cats, and of course the whole family. Now, we can get moments like this because everyone is relaxed around each other AND our little female cat who hid from him for the first three weeks he came to us, now rolls on her back under his nose and bops him on the nose if he is behaving inappropriately!

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