Separation Anxiety and Your Dog
Countless dogs struggle with separation anxiety when they're apart from their owners. That can mean destruction, house soiling, excessive vocalizing, and other disruptive behaviors. What can you do? Our course presents solutions offered by Whole Dog Journal's team of experts. Learn in our interactive lessons about causes and triggers of separation anxiety along with strategies to ease your dog's symptoms. You'll learn how to desensitize your dog and how to modify behavior that feeds into separation anxiety. You'll also learn an easy 10-step program to prevent separation anxiety in a puppy or new dog in your home. Interested in learning more about dog anxieties? Take advantage of our special deal and get all four of Whole Dog Journal’s anxiety courses for the price of three. It’s like getting one FREE!
Nancy Kerns, Editor of Whole Dog Journal
Nancy Kerns is the founding editor of Whole Dog Journal. A graduate of the San Francisco State University journalism department, she edited a number of horse magazines, including Whole Horse Journal, before launching WDJ for Belvoir Media Group.
For more than two decades, Kerns has been writing about the effectiveness and benefits of force-free, dog-friendly training, as well as reporting on up-to-date research on canine behavior and health. She is also a long-time volunteer and former board member of the Northwest SPCA in Oroville, Calif. She regularly fosters dogs for that shelter, usually taking on any large litters of puppies brought into shelter care. In this way, she has raised more than 100 puppies in just the past few years.
Kerns owns two dogs, both adopted from the NWSPCA— Otto and his younger pal Woody, who serve as Grumpy Uncle and Fun Uncle to a steady stream of foster puppies.
Pat Miller, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA
Pat Miller, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA, is Whole Dog Journal's training editor and owner of Maryland-based Peaceable Paws Dog & Puppy Training. She’s also a prolific author of books about force-free dog training. She was recipient of the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Professional Dog Trainers Board of Directors (APDT). The award honors APDT members who have made outstanding contributions to the association and to the dog training industry throughout their careers.
Miller and her husband Paul—and an ever-changing number of dogs, horses, and other animal companions—live on an 80-acre farm in Fairplay, Md.
