{"id":114,"date":"2009-10-09T16:57:44","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T23:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/shibainublog\/?p=114"},"modified":"2009-10-09T16:57:44","modified_gmt":"2009-10-09T23:57:44","slug":"dog-vengeance-poop-separation-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/dog-vengeance-poop-separation-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Vengeance Poop"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is an old story.<\/em><\/p>\n

Girl leaves boy. Boy gets lonely and depressed. Boy poops all over girl’s clean carpets.<\/p>\n

Girl comes home and is angry and disappointed by boy’s actions. Boy gives girl a very endearing look, and many “apologetic” licks.<\/p>\n

Girl forgives boy and the cycle continues.<\/p>\n

So is it vengeance poop or something else?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dog vengeance poop, or something else?<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n
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Dogs, it turns out, do not have a vengeful bone in their furry, little bodies. Vengeance poop is simply, us humans, projecting a very human quality onto our dogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you have a vengeance poop situation, then it is probably a dog separation anxiety issue<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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A Conversation About Dog Separation Anxiety<\/h2>\n
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Separation anxiety?! - I spent three days straight with you.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n

“Separation anxiety?!”, I exclaim. <\/strong><\/p>\n

“But I spent three days straight with you before I had to work late for only one day”, I try to explain to my dogs.<\/p>\n

My dogs sigh at me and respond slowly,<\/p>\n

“It is not the total time you are with us during the week, but rather the uncertainty and change in schedule”.<\/p>\n

My wonderful Shiba Inu adds, <\/p>\n

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Spending extra time with us and then suddenly no time at all, just makes things worse because we really do not know what to expect.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Dogs need routine and structure or they may get stressed.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n

“But you have each other”,<\/strong> I cleverly returned. “It is not like you are all by yourself. Why so needy?”.<\/p>\n

My Siberian Husky<\/a> is only too happy to answer with her usual enthusiastic style.<\/p>\n

“We worry when someone in the pack leaves suddenly, without any clear reason. We worry because you are part of the pack and a smaller pack means a weaker pack and less goodies for everyone.”<\/p>\n

She pauses, and considers how to make it clear to me. “If your dad disappeared unexpectedly , wouldn’t you be very worried too<\/strong>, even if your mom and brother are still around?”, she asks.<\/p>\n

“Of course you would be!”, adds my know it all Shiba Inu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dogs may suffer from separation anxiety even in a multiple dog household. <\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n
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