The holiday season, sometimes known as the silly season, can be difficult for some dogs.

Dogs are creatures of routine and they love to know what's coming next. For this reason, the holidays may be problematic with all the comings and goings, excitement and more!

In this episode, Ness explores how to navigate this festive time and ensure your dog is comfortable, feels safe and enjoys this time too!

Don't forget to check out my easy step-by-step program for dogs with separation anxiety, featuring a specialized training app to help you move forward with home alone time. You can do that on this link - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.decodingyourcanine.com/membership⁠⁠⁠

In this episode, Ness answers a listener question from Eniko:

"What should I do if my dog is great at doing home alone time at home (he sleeps relaxed in his place) but if I leave him with other people only for a minute, like going to the bathroom in a strange place, for example, when we visit my friends, he begins whining, barking and panicking?"

Don't forget to check out my easy step-by-step program for dogs with separation anxiety, featuring a specialized training app to help you move forward with home alone time. You can do that on this link - ⁠⁠https://www.decodingyourcanine.com/membership⁠⁠

Just because you have a senior dog doesn't mean they can't learn to feel safe when you leave them. There may be a number of reasons why your dog doesn't feel good about your absence and in this episode Ness explores the first steps on how to address this.

It's easy to assign human behaviors on to dogs and many guardians have accused their dogs of taking revenge on them (ie by destroying belongings or soiling in the home) for leaving them behind.

In this episode, Ness explores why that is simply not the case and explains that your dog is experiencing extreme stress, and in some cases panic, about your absence.

If you have a question you would like answered on the podcast, please email [email protected] with a subject line of: Listener Question.

A question Ness gets asked a lot is whether to use crates for the dog's home alone time.

In this episode we explore how health can impact a dog's ability to feel comfortable at home alone and why a visit to the vet is a must.

If you have a question you would like answered on the podcast, please email [email protected] with a subject line of: Listener Question.

Don't forget to check out my easy step-by-step program for dogs with separation anxiety, featuring a specialized training app to help you move forward with home alone time. You can do that on this link - ⁠⁠https://www.decodingyourcanine.com/membership⁠⁠

In this episode, Ness answers a listener question about how to tackle training for a dog which reacts differently when different family members leave them at home alone

Don't forget to check out my easy step-by-step program for dogs with separation anxiety, featuring a specialized training app to help you move forward with home alone time. You can do that on this link - ⁠https://www.decodingyourcanine.com/membership⁠

Is medication right for your dog? In this episode, Ness discusses prescribed medications and the pros and cons of using it for a dog with separation anxiety.

Here is the link to the interview with veterinarian behaviorist Dr Chris Pachel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpaUTrZC95Y

In this episode I discuss using food for home alone time. Does it help? Is it a good distraction? Or is it not really worth it?

Don't forget to check out my easy step-by-step program for dogs with separation anxiety, featuring a specialized training app to help you move forward with home alone time. You can do that on this link - https://www.decodingyourcanine.com/membership

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Following on from last week's episode, Ness discusses whether it is worthwhile to get another dog to keep your dog company. If you have a question you would like answered please email [email protected]. Put Podcast Question in the subject line