Sometimes there are underlying mental or emotional causes for your dog's hot spots, such as obsessive compulsive disorder, separation anxiety, or even boredom. (healthypets.mercola.com)
But in the long run these parenting methods actually make things harder because they don't address the underlying emotional cause of the behaviour. (kateorson.com)
In addition, what I've found is that when everything physically is perfect or working well, then it's time to look a little deeper at the potential emotional causes. (nicolejardim.com)