It is vital to understand that a dog exhibiting
symptoms of separation anxiety including destruction, house - soiling, and whining or barking is not acting out of spite or boredom.
Symptoms of separation anxiety include barking, howling, destructive chewing and digging, trying to escape and urinating and defecating in unusual spots.
Symptoms of separation anxiety include destructive behaviors such as chewing or digging, inappropriate elimination, self - mutilation, excessive drooling or panting, pacing, depression, and vocalization.
The common
symptoms of separation anxiety includes:
Not exact matches
Other possible
symptoms of depression in children and adolescents
include difficulty with peer relationships, such as an inability to get along with friends;
separation anxiety manifested as school avoidance or school phobia; and changes in home relationships and interactions, such as losing interest in family conversations, and a desire to be alone most
of the time.
The
symptoms of separation anxiety as a developmental stage are considered normal until the age
of 2 and always
include elements that cause the parent to question leaving,
including:
The
symptoms of separation anxiety in dogs
include:
According to the ASPCA, dogs with
separation anxiety can exhibit a number
of symptoms,
including excessive barking and howling, attempts to escape, urinating or defecating around the house and finally chewing and trying to destroy furniture, belongings and other items.
Symptoms of separation anxiety commonly occur in the owners absence and
include:
These problems
include attention deficit disorder; externalizing problems such as aggression, anger, conduct disorder, cruelty to animals, destructiveness, oppositional behavior and noncompliance, and drug and alcohol use; internalizing problems such as
anxiety, depression, excessive clinging, fears, shyness, low self - esteem, passivity and withdrawal, self - blame, sadness, and suicidal tendencies;
symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder such as flashbacks, nightmares,
anxiety and hypervigilance, sleep disturbances, numbing
of affect, and guilt;
separation anxiety; social behavior and competence problems such as poor problem - solving skills, low empathy, deficits in social skills, acceptance, and perpetration
of violence in relationships; school problems such as poor academic performance, poor conduct, and truancy; somatic problems such as headaches, bedwetting, insomnia, and ulcers; and obsessive - compulsive disorder and other assorted temperamental difficulties.
The four disorders that require onset
of symptoms in childhood (
separation anxiety disorder, oppositional - defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder) were also
included in part II and limited to respondents in the age range
of 18 to 44 years because
of concerns about recall bias among older respondents.