As more and more people become pet owners, sometimes disturbances in behavior, such as anxiety around noise, aren’t considered before adopting or buying. However, to provide both emotional and physical support for your pet during times of nervousness, it is important to be ready to care for your pet in the best way possible—without exacerbating an existing problem or creating a new one.
- Regular exercise is essential. High energy pets need a natural outlet for their energy and exhaustion can have a dramatically calming effect on an overly active animal! Plus, exercise has been shown to have a mood-stabilizing, calming effect
- Ensure your pet is eating a balanced, high quality diet with plenty of raw and unprocessed food (preferably organic). Behavioral issues can often be related to food intolerances and an inadequate diet. A diet that is too high in protein can also be a factor. If in doubt, please consult your vet.
- Keep natural remedies on hand to immediately soothe a highly-strung pet by supporting nervous system health safely and effectively.
- Avoid exposure to toxins and chemicals as much as possible, including pesticides, herbicides, commercial flea collars, flea powder, insecticides and second-hand cigarette smoke. Also make sure that food and water bowls are made of glass, stainless steel or porcelain. Cook food in stainless-steel pans, not aluminum or copper pans
- Take note of particular stressors in your pet’s environment that may be causing problems (particularly recent changes), and take whatever steps are feasible to minimize them.
- Ensure that your home is a secure environment where your pet feels safe.
- Be consistent with your reactions to your pet. The whole family needs to follow the same routine when dealing with your pet’s anxieties, otherwise your pet will become confused and even more insecure.
- Consider consulting an animal behaviorist if your pet’s behavior is affecting quality of life.
- The sooner a problem is addressed, the easier it will be to modify the behavior.
- Start socializing your new pet at an early age, allowing pets to become accustomed to strange noises, yelling children, noisy rubbish collection trucks, etc.
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2008 Sep 12
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