My daughters rescue poodle, Rosco, has become so restless and stressed acting it is driving us bonkers. We have had him for 4 yrs now and he seems to get worse as he ages (6 yrs old) He will pace, snort and yawns anytime we are getting ready to travel which we do often. They come with us( two poodles.) Rosco will start whining when I stop at a red light and start shaking. He has separation anxiety that had gotten better until lately. We try to keep their schedules regimented, and he had gotten much better until lately where he started tearing up the house when I went to work. I crate both of them now when I leave the house.
I was thinking if using the rescue remedy to see if it helps but any suggestions would be great.
Side note his vet visits do not show any physical cause for this. I do not overly vaccinate. He was given his rabies etc when we adopted him but nothing since.
I would wonder why the resurgence....Has anything changed in the household or in the neighborhood? Any new construction? Anyone moved in or out? Fighting or stress with the people in the home? Longer times alone than before?
I have had good luck with DAP from Comfort Zone. Though I think in your case Rescue Remedy might be easier to use.
My last dog did this. Also to an extreme as she got older. She would shake like a leaf when my girls started to argue. She also started chewing on the siding and trim of my house when she was outdoors and we were away. When I look back, I realize that when she was upset, I would try to comfort her -- WRONG. It did get worse.
My advice is to work on confidence training with markers to get the dog's mind off of what may be causing the anxiety. Ignore the shaking and whining and move confidently into the activities, maybe distract by short training sessions.
Let me see if I can get an answer to each of you. He gets a good bit of exercise outdoors and wrestling with the other poodle (and us) Nothing has changed in the house situation so not that, am working on training towards the positive but at times he is so zoned that does not work well. Will keep trying though. I thought if I could get him calmed I would be able to help him focus more towards the training.
Take a week or two and walk him 3 times a day for at least 3/4 mile a walk.
Till he is in a relaxed calm submissive state of mind, he won't be able to learn anything from the training.
He needs to be at your side or behind you, not out front pulling on the leash.
It sounds like he has built up energy that needs to be released in a structured way while following his pack leader.
No snuffing or peeing...you want to replicate the migration phase of a wolf pack.
Get Ed's pack structure video...those techniques will instill a lot of security and confidence in an insecure dog.
Willie
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