Some people put the TV on for a dog. Many dogs do watch TV. That can help, if someone has the kind of dog who likes it.
A special blanket or jacket with the caretaker's scent on it could help too. But the problem is -not many people like their own scent, and the jacket is more likely to smell of detergent or perfume!
A way around that is to wear or sleep in a certain T shirt, for a few days, and not to wash it. Dogs like natural scents. It is their caretaker's 'signature'.
Treating them when returning home...maybe.
In the wild (well certainly with wolves) when a senior pack member has been gone for some time, and returns to the pups, it always brings food. (Usually regurgitated! yikes!!) I am not saying we should go that far!!
But pups are used to being left in the den during a parent's hunting trip. Mind you, they are not alone, and are together. In a way with our domestication of them, we are keeping them in 'puppyhood' and few dogs live as adult dogs psychologically.
Sometimes another companion animal helps too, like a cat (if the dog gets on with cats) or another dog.
My treat to Misty was just getting her out of the house for a run around and a game, then a few miles' walk together.
A special blanket or jacket with the caretaker's scent on it could help too. But the problem is -not many people like their own scent, and the jacket is more likely to smell of detergent or perfume!
A way around that is to wear or sleep in a certain T shirt, for a few days, and not to wash it. Dogs like natural scents. It is their caretaker's 'signature'.
Treating them when returning home...maybe.
In the wild (well certainly with wolves) when a senior pack member has been gone for some time, and returns to the pups, it always brings food. (Usually regurgitated! yikes!!) I am not saying we should go that far!!
But pups are used to being left in the den during a parent's hunting trip. Mind you, they are not alone, and are together. In a way with our domestication of them, we are keeping them in 'puppyhood' and few dogs live as adult dogs psychologically.
Sometimes another companion animal helps too, like a cat (if the dog gets on with cats) or another dog.
My treat to Misty was just getting her out of the house for a run around and a game, then a few miles' walk together.
