If you are satisfied your dog has separation anxiety, you owe it to the dog and yourself to try to improve the situation. This is a time for dog training anxiety remedies. The extent of the anxiety has a great deal to do with how much effort has to be put into the training.

The first thing to establish is that the dog does not have to be with his master all the time. It requires a concerted effort to practice separation for short periods of time several times per day. The durations might then become longer and more frequent. Along with the separation, ignoring the dog when he seeks attention teaches the dog that he is not in control.

Although the dog and master still spend time together in this procedure, it teaches the dog to be more independent. Times apart should never be so long that the animal becomes stressed and worked up.

The separations should be practiced with the dog inside some of the time and outside some, too. The owner should make sure to give the dog things to amuse himself with during separations. This can be a dog chewy toy or doggie biscuits. Leaving something behind with your scent on it is also comforting to the dog, such as an old T-shirt or a pair of old socks.

Because much of the separation anxiety manifests itself when the owner prepares to leave, getting ready to leave can be done in increments, rather than all at one time. This confuses the dog, and after some time, the animal is not worked up so much each time the master leaves the house.

One of the hardest parts of this kind of training is when the owner has to go somewhere. If there is enough time available whenever leaving is necessary, the master can step outside as if to leave and then return. Doing this several times and taking longer each time outside conditions the dog to accept the situation.

These steps are hard on the dog and the owner, but dog training anxiety is necessary for both in order to progress toward a solution to the problem.