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Signs of Separation Anxiety in Dogs – How to Tell if Your Dog Has Separation Anxiety

Want to know how to tell if your dog has separation anxiety? Learn the signs of separation anxiety in dogs from a dog behavior specialist.

How I Fixed My Dog's Separation Anxiety

Learn how to stop separation anxiety in dogs from an expert dog trainer's own experience with canine separation anxiety.

Heather Smith and Jasper, self portrait © 2020

Hi, I'm Heather!

Dog Trainer & Dog Behaviorist
​Cat Trainer & Cat Behaviorist

Pet Lover's Passion provides educational benefits to private members to enrich the lives of members and their animals through quality training for fun and enrichment as well as to solve animal behavior issues.

Our Director, Heather Smith, is an Animal Behavior College Certified Dog Trainer (ABCDT) and a dog behavior specialist with 17+ years of experience in training dogs and cats.
She specializes in relationship based dog training, puppy training, training for fearful dogs, dog separation anxiety, dog obedience training, and cat training.

Heather passionately advocates that training should be fun and good training is about building a healthy relationship of trust with your dog (or cat)! By using relationship-based training methods, treats are not needed, especially for solving problem behaviors.

Our member reviews say it all!

The struggle with your dog's barking, jumping on guests, puppy nipping, leash pulling, and over-reactivity on walks can soon be a distant memory!
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Dog Behavior Problems Gone in 3 Days?!

Give me 3 days and I’ll show you how to solve your dog’s behavior problems.

  • Stop dog pulling on leash
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  • Stop jumping on guests
  • Stop nipping and chewing on furniture
  • Stop begging at the table

The 3 Day Dog Behavior Training Workshop Intensive is starting this Thursday!

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