
Do that three times a day assuming they're not screaming, take them out.įrom there, we're going to repeat the process. First we're going to put that dog in the crate while you're in the same room 15 minutes at a time. What I want you to do is stay home and put her in a crate in the same room. That's where the real separation anxiety can show its ugly face. Whenever we go back to work, which could be in the very near future, we're going to be gone for, you, six to eight hours a day, sometimes even longer. The one thing I can't get over- I can't get her over is the separation anxiety.īRANDON MCMILLAN: So this has been a big thing I've been talking about since the beginning of the pandemic because what's happening is we're giving our dogs literally almost a false sense of hope. After one day, I was like, yep, I I'm adopting you because you're so mellow and chill. One of the best ways to exercise a dog, one of the easiest ways too, if you have a friend with a dog or if you have another dog, let them play.

We have hikers that take them on hikes and dog parks, beaches if you live in California, like like you and I. If you can't- if you don't have time to exercise your dog, I mean, the beauty of nowadays, we have- now we have dog walkers. There's a lot of ways we can exercise our dog. So if you don't exercise your animal, that right there could single-handedly be one of the biggest sources of their behavior issues. They need to exercise a lot every day because they came from animals that roam far, far distances. And how do we keep our puppies and dogs occupied so that way they're not stressed out or that way they're not bored while we're working.īRANDON MCMILLAN: Most, and I mean most, of your dogs behavioral issues comes from lack of exercise. KYLIE MAR: I'm working from home until 2021, obviously, with Yahoo. So are our dogs stressed out during the pandemic just like we are?īRANDON MCMILLAN: Well I don't think the dogs are stressed out at all because they're sitting here, you know, on our couches all day and the fact that we're home basically 24/7. KYLIE MAR: Let's talk about the pandemic and how it is altering our dogs' behaviors. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on, hold on, hold on.

Video TranscriptīRANDON MCMILLAN: This dog doesn't have just separation anxiety. Dog trainer Brandon McMillan reveals the best ways to calm an anxious pet during quarantine and post pandemic.
