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Weimaraner training, same with training other dog breeds, is often linked to different behavior issues like excessive barking, jumping and biting. Why it’s linked? Simply because these undesirable behaviors could be avoided and got rid of through teaching your pet with what’s acceptable and not.
Aside from the behavior issues stated earlier, there’s yet another issue that can greatly be affected by weimaraner training – it’s separation anxiety. Popular among weimaraners as well as other domesticated dogs, canine separation anxiety or CSA is a condition in which a dog that is separated from its owner displays distressed behaviors like barking, howling, frequent urinating or defecating, damaging furniture, frantic pacing and biting windows or doors where the human owner was last spotted.
Aside from separation to the owner, CSA also arises when the dog is crated for extended periods of time, change in routine or daily schedule, transferring to a new home even with the owner, often left on it’s own, being separated from the mother and littermates at a young age and traumatic experience specially when alone. Lack of socialization, exercise and proper training are also factors that contribute to the occurrence of separation anxiety.
So this is where weimaraner training comes in. Puppies should be placed at their permanent homes at eight weeks of age to give them time to socialize with the mother and other puppies in the litter. When placed or transferred to a new home, socialization helps them get accustomed to the new environment they are into. In addition, socialization also prevents other behavior issues like aggression from occurring.
Exercise and training are somewhat connected with one another. When you exercise your weimaraner, it is more likely that you are training it to walk correctly, to recover ball or stick, to avoid distractions and many others. On the other hand, when training your beloved pet, you oftentimes require it to run, walk and move around thus the active lifestyle. At the same time, training and exercise can keep any dog mentally occupied and physically tired hence he is less likely to feel and worry about your absence.
To eliminate your dog’s separation anxiety, practice gradual departures. Prepare like you are leaving the house, then go to the door but do not go anywhere. Repeat the routine for a few days to decrease your pet’s excitement at the same time disassociate the habit of going to the door to actually leaving the house. Then go just outside the door for a few seconds and go back in before he starts barking. Gradually increase the time of you being outside until he gets used to you being out and away for a few hours.
Before you leave the house and during your arrival, it helps not to make a fuss about it. No tearful goodbyes and grand “mommy’s home” greetings. If he remains calm upon your arrival, wait for a few seconds before patting or rewarding him for being good. If he jumps or barks the second he sees you at the door, it’s best to ignore him to let him know that the behaviors he displayed are undesirable and will not make him earn rewards.
It might take a while to handle this problem but with weimaraner training that includes behavior alteration and physical and mental stimulation, canine separation anxiety isn’t impossible to get rid of at all.
Jan Gould is a weimaraner owner who enjoys creating articles about them including weimaraner training. Visit her site if you want to find out more weimaraner training information.
