Please help me settle a dispute and determine a course of action...
My 10 yr old female Siberian Husky, has a nasty habit of throwing trash around the house when left alone.
I have heard 2 differing views. One belief that this is a bad behavior that needs correction, and the other believes this is simply seperation anxiety and quoting the Humane Society website
Please give any advice you can first in determining IF this behavior is in fact the product of seperation anxiety and must be handled more delicately, or if it is reasonable to diagnose this as a simple dog's attraction to trash and can be addressed through things like "catching her in the act" and disciplining, or including pepper in the trash to discourage it....
My 10 yr old female Siberian Husky, has a nasty habit of throwing trash around the house when left alone.
I have heard 2 differing views. One belief that this is a bad behavior that needs correction, and the other believes this is simply seperation anxiety and quoting the Humane Society website
...it seems the behavior can be easily dismissed and overlooked under this philosophy...
Please give any advice you can first in determining IF this behavior is in fact the product of seperation anxiety and must be handled more delicately, or if it is reasonable to diagnose this as a simple dog's attraction to trash and can be addressed through things like "catching her in the act" and disciplining, or including pepper in the trash to discourage it....