Separation Anxiety Dog Training in the USA

Does this sound like your dog?

You may be dealing with separation anxiety if your dog:

  • Barks, howls, panics, or paces when left alone
  • Destroys doors, windows, or exit points
  • Settles only when someone is home
  • Becomes anxious long before you actually leave
  • Freezes, trembles, pants, or shuts down
  • Has quietly limited your freedom and routine

Many families arrive feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and unsure who to trust. You’re not failing your dog. You just need the right support.



Why separation anxiety needs a specialist

Separation anxiety isn’t a basic training issue. It’s emotion-driven.

Approaches that rely on ignoring distress, pushing thresholds, or “letting them get used to it” often increase panic and damage trust. Suppressing behaviour without changing the underlying emotion is why so many dogs regress later.

When the emotion changes, the behaviour follows.

That’s why specialist, force-free desensitisation matters.




Ready to take the first step?

If your dog could speak, they wouldn’t ask you to stop leaving.

They’d ask you to help them feel safe when you do.

You don’t have to figure this out alone.