Separation Anxiety
Do you feel like you’ve tried everything to fix your dog’s separation anxiety?
You can feel like your life is on hold when you have a dog who panics when you leave them.
You can feel like a prisoner in your own home. Seeing your dog so unhappy is really distressing. You probably feel like you’ve tried everything that’s going, had loads of difference advice from all sorts of sources…
You may have spent a fortune on anxiety wraps, diffusers, tried crates and calming chews and had people tell you to “just let them get on with it”
The reason none of these things have worked isn’t because you’ve got a disobedient dog, or that you’re a bad or incompetent owner…
It’s because separation anxiety is a panic disorder
Your dog has a phobia of being home alone The treatments and methods you often find on the internet don’t get to the heart of your dog’s panic.
In fact some advice, like letting your dog bark it out, make your dog’s fear worse!
Separation Anxiety training
The training method that does work is the same as we use for human phobias.
It’s called desensitisation…
To get your dog comfortable being Home Alone you have to gradually expose them to tiny amounts of alone time.
“Oh, but I’ve tried that too, and that didn’t work either”
Maybe. More likely we think we’ve tried desensitisation, but we’ve done so without being given the rules.
Desensitisation is a precise method
Do it right and your dog learns that being home alone is safe.
Do it wrong and you don’t make any progress, or even worse you make your dog more scared of being alone.
The method I teach does follow the rules, and when you follow the rules it works.
The method is simple, it’s science based, and it works
The method I teach has taken the rules of desensitisation training and made them easy.
Not easy to get results – you still have to put a lot of work in, but it’s easy to follow and easy to understand.
There are no guarantees, but the easier you find it to follow, the more likely you and your dog are to get results.
If you’d like to start using my method and find out for yourself how straightforward it is, try my Completely Mutz Home Alone JumpStart Program!
Completely Mutz Home Alone JumpStart Program
This 4 week program will jump start you into teaching your dog to feel comfortable and safe with being Home Alone.
What’s included in your Completely Mutz Home Alone Training JumpStart Program?
Week 1 - Initial Assessment 1 hour 30mins Zoom call
- You’ll learn about separation anxiety and exactly what’s going on with your dog in this action and advice packed hour and a half!
- You’ll get a baseline assessment of your dog’s separation anxiety to work out just how bad it is and where you need to start
- You’ll learn about my training methods and what you’re going to do to help get your dog over this
- You’ll get my specific recommendations for what you need to do to train your dog
- You’ll get some specific body language pointers for your dog to help you accurately monitor your dog as you train
- You’ll get a video recording of the assessment with supporting notes and pointers so you don’t miss anything important, and you can rewatch to help with your dog’s training and share with anyone else involved in your dog’s training
Week 2
- 30 minute Zoom call to set you up for your first live training session!
- Up to 5 x tailored training plans specifically for you and your dog Plans are based on our baseline assessment and how often you’re able to train
- Daytime support over WhatsApp
- End of week 30 minute Zoom call to review training progress and talk through any questions or issues
Week 3
- Up to 5 x tailored training plans specifically for you and your dog
- Daytime support over WhatsApp
- End of week 30 minute Zoom call to review training progress and talk through any questions or issues
Week 4
- Up to 5 x tailored training plans specifically for you and your dog
- Daytime support over WhatsApp
- End of program 30 minute Zoom call to review progress and agree next steps
PLUS Exclusive access to book additional troubleshooting Top-Up Sessions
- These are sessions that I only offer to my Home Alone Jumpstart clients
- If you feel stuck and you can’t work it out on your own you can book a 30 minute call or Zoom video call with me – you get access to me at the special rate of £30
