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My Lhasa Apso has always been fine in her kennel box during the day while I am at work. Now she has accidents. Help?
She is also very guarded against any strangers to our home. She is a very loveable dog to our family, but is extremely unfriendly to anyone else. She has a real problem with men in particular. How do I change this and her other urinating in the kennel box problem. I think she is nervous and literally "digs" on the floor of her box for hours during the day. Is there an anti-anxiety something for dogs?
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on Oct 12th 2009
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Go see your vet. If she just started having accidents, she may have a bladder infection or other medical problem.
A good trainer or behaviorist can help you with the other problems. I would think a lot of exercise before going into the box could help, if she is tired, she might sleep.
You can talk to your vet about medication, but I would try training and exercise 1st.
Fritz
answered on 10/12/09.
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Definitely get her checked by the vet. Also, consider what has changed in the environment from the time when she was comfortable in the crate until now.
If the vet finds nothing physically wrong with her, then you need to deal with separation anxiety. DAP (dog appeasing pheromone) and Rescue Remedy are two tools you can use to help ease her anxiety while you work with her on training. The key, though, is to work with her on training, not simply depend on some sort of medication or tool to solve the problem - they will only mask it, not fix it.
These symptoms sound suspiciously like small dog syndrome, which can develop when a dog isn't allowed to be a dog (carried a lot, picked up and removed from trouble, rather than trained not to get into trouble, etc.) If this is the case, then allowing her to be a dog, giving her plenty of mental and physical exercise, may be the key. (Check this link: asmalldog.com
Good luck!
Rusty
answered on 10/12/09.
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The best cure for anxiety in dog is a long walk. If she is tired when you put her in her kennel she wont mind laying down for a nap.
As for the urinating if she is not spayed she will urinate alot more often when she is in her heat cycle. I recomend geting her spayed.
The aggresion is again due to the pent up energy she must have.
To deal with this problem i recomend a long walk then put her on a leash and ask a friend of yours that she dosnt no to come to your house.
If she fixates, stares, barks or growls at the person give a gentil but firm tug on her leash to show her this behaviour is unwanted and you trust the person and so should she.
Praise her when she ignores the person or trys to smell them
Max
answered on 10/19/09.
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