Weimaraner training, just like training other dog breeds, is often linked to numerous behavior issues like increased barking, jumping and biting. Why it’s associated? Simply because these undesired behaviors could be prevented and got rid of through teaching your dog with what’s acceptable and not.
Aside from the behavior issues already mentioned, there’s one more issue that can significantly 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 wherein a dog that is separated from its owner exhibits distressed symptoms 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 crops up when the dog is crated for longer durations, change in routine or daily schedule, moving to a new home even with the owner, often left alone, being separated from the mother and littermates at a young age and frightening experience specially when alone. Lack of socialization, exercise and appropriate training are also factors that contribute to the occurrence of separation anxiety.
So this is where weimaraner training comes in. Puppies must 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 atmosphere they are into. In addition, socialization also prevents other behavior issues like aggression from developing.
Exercise and training are to some extent associated with each other. 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 just move around thus the active lifestyle. At the same time, training and exercise can keep any dog mentally busy and physically tired thus he’s less likely to feel and worry about your absence.
To eliminate your dog’s separation anxiety, practice gradual departures. Get ready as if you’re leaving the house, then go to the door but do not go anywhere. Repeat the process 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 return 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 also helps to not 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 moment he sees you at the door, it is advisable to ignore him to let him know that the behaviors he exhibited are inappropriate and will not make him earn rewards.
It may take a while to address this issue but with weimaraner training which includes behavior adjustment and physical and mental stimulation, canine separation anxiety is not impossible to eliminate at all.
Jan Gould has created weimaraner articles focusing on weimaraner training tips and tricks. Her site is loaded with information you surely need to achieve successful weimaraner training.
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