With more of Southwest Florida reopening, it can also be a good time to transition your pets to being home alone.
RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF US AREEXCITED TO SEE MORE PLACES STARTTO REOPEN...BUT HOW DOES YOUR PET FEEL ABOUTIT?AND, ARE THEY PREPARED TO BELEFT ALONE, AGAIN?THIS MORNING, NOELANI SHARESSOME POINTERS TO HELP EASE YOURPET’S SEPARATION ANXIETY.LKLIVE"GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.IF YOU’RE LIKE ME, IT CAN BEHARD LEAVING YOUR LOYALCOMPANION AT HOME.NOW, AFTER WEEKS UNDER LOCKDOWN,SOME SAY IT CAN BE EVEN HARDER..BUT THIS TIME ON YOUR PETS."VOLIZ MCCAULEY IS THE EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR WITH CAPE CORAL’S NEWANIMAL SHELTER.AS THE COMMUNITY REOPENS, SHERECOMMENDS TRANSITIONING YOURPETS TOO.TO PREVENT EXTREME SEPARATIONANXIETY, SHE SAYS TRY THIS--START BY EASING YOUR DOG INTO ANORMAL WORK ROUTINE NOW.LEAVE FOR PERIODS OF TIME TOHELP THEM ADJUST TO BEING HOMEALONE.AND, GIVE ENRICHMENT TOYS ORWEEKLY DAY CARE TO KEEP PETSBUSY.MCCAULEY SAYS IT’S ALSOIMPORTANT FOR THOSE YOUNG..
ORNEW TO A HOME.SOT @ 2:15:07 - LIZMCCAULEY/EXEC.
DIRECTOR - CAPECORAL ANIMAL SHELTER:"That is a concern and we’ve hada lot of adoptions.
Our shelteralone had 128 adoptions sinceall this happened so there’s alot of new animals out there inhomes that isn’t your typicalhome.
It’s not going to be whatit is in a couple weeks so it’sbest to get in that routine now.It’s going to save a lot ofissues later."(19)VO CONTSHE SAYS THERE’S COMMONCHARACTERISTICS FOR SEPARATIONANXIETY IN PETS.IT CAN BE HOWLING..
SCRATCHEDDOORS AND WINDOWS..
OR MOREDESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS TO THEINSIDE OF YOUR HOME.LKLIVE"SHE SAYS YOU CAN PREVENT A LOTOF THESE PROBLEMS NOW..
BYSTARTING YOUR PET’S DAILYROUTINE SOONER RATHE
With more of Southwest Florida reopening, it can also be a good time to transition your pets to being home alone.