There may be multiple emotions trapped behind your dog’s behavior, however Never take revenge. Alain Perrault, a dog trainer, explained that it is wrong to attribute such a feeling to an animal, which is not capable of feeling it.
“Your dog He doesn’t do things for revenge. Your dog doesn’t break his bed or urinate on your shoes because he’s angry with you. Make no mistake, this is anxiety,” he explains in a recent video posted on social media.
“Every day I hear phrases like ‘He broke my couch because I left him alone,’ or ‘He pooped on my bed to punish me,’ and the truth about dogs is that… They have no hateful thoughts“They don’t plan their behavior to make you pay for something,” the dog trainer says.
Gestures such as “breaking, urinating, biting… Symptoms of discomfort “He doesn’t know how to handle it” and it shouldn’t be seen as retaliation at all, says this dog expert.
The factors for this emotional discomfort are multiple: “It may be due to… Separationthat could be a problem Extreme boredom or lack of activity, It may even be a form of… Self-regulation “When he’s not with you,” Piero adds.
However, the trainer stresses that the worst thing you can do when this type of behavior occurs is to reprimand the animal when you return home, as the dog “The punishment is not linked to what he did before“What he learns is that when you arrive, something bad happens, and what that does is increase his anxiety the next time he’s left alone,” he explains.
For this reason, the best thing you can do instead of punishment is… Notice why he does that And work on what our pet feels. “Instead of reprimanding, Work on emotional management And the environment. The problem in the end is not what he did, but how the dog felt when he did it.”
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