Dog Anxiety: 7 Reasons Your Dog May Be Stressed

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June 10, 2022 – Some types of dog anxiety are fairly easy to understand: When your dog cowers under the table during a thunderstorm, you know it’s not crazy about loud noises. Other reactions aren’t so easy to figure out. After all, dogs can’t exactly verbalize what is going on when they are stressed. That leaves pet parents with plenty of questions about dog behavior. Can dogs cry when you leave them alone? Is it possible for them to have dog depression? We spoke to top veterinarians and asked them to explain why our precious pups get stressed—and what we can do to help.

Dogs are social animals that are highly dependent on their group. In the wild, they’re dependent on members of the pack. In domestic bliss, it’s humans.

“The reasons for anxiety are often linked to this attachment to the group; dogs are very sensitive to the cohesion of the group,” says Jean-Pierre Lautier, DVM, deputy CEO and pharmaceutical manager at pet care company Alzoo. “It is very unusual and very distressing for a dog to be separated from its group.” This is why many dogs experience separation anxiety when they are home alone. (By the way, this is how long it is OK to leave your dog home alone.)