Most veterinary professionals have witnessed an increase in separation anxiety when it comes to all of the pandemic puppies booking appointments. However, as more patients come in with clients thinking they have separation anxiety, how can veterinary professionals talk to them about treatment options or even other possible diagnoses? So we see this all the time, clients will come in and say 'My dog has separation anxiety' so I come into that appointment with [not knowing] what your dog has, I can't come into that with 'your dog has separation anxiety,' because if the client knew how to diagnose and treat, she wouldn't be in the exam room. Separation anxiety occurs really frequently with 2 things, confinement distress, so creating being confined in a bathroom, or to behind a gate, and noise phobia. And if we're gonna just play the slots in Vegas, the dog is more likely to have noise phobia than separation anxiety.

Source: Forbes November 08, 2023 22:07 UTC