USA Dog Behavior Podcast · July 28, 2026 · 25 min
Separation Anxiety in Dogs: The Signs You're Missing and What Actually Helps
When your dog barks, destroys things, pants, drools, or has accidents only when you leave, it may be more than a nuisance behavior. In this episode, Scott Sheaffer explains how separation anxiety can look, why video is essential to understanding what is really happening, and how to distinguish panic from boredom, outside triggers, crate distress, or other problems. Scott also covers the practical steps that matter most: avoiding punishment, reducing full-panic absences when possible, setting ...