If your dog paces, whines, follows you from room to room, or shreds the couch the moment you leave, you're not dealing with a "bad dog" — you're dealing with an anxious one. The good news: anxiety is manageable, and most of what works is free or low-cost. Here's what actually helps. Give the brain a job. A tired body isn't a calm mind. Ten minutes of sniffing or foraging tires a dog out more than a half-hour walk, because scent work is genuinely hard mental effort. Scatter feeding,...
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