Yomi's Stress Management II - How She Relieves Stress

Last time I wrote about Yomi’s Stress Management I – Why Is She Stressed? And I didn’t give the solution how to relieve her stress. As I had three reasons why she get stressed, I thought about three ways to manage each reasons. Staying with Yomi as much as we can is the first one and giving dog snacks is the second one. The last way to relieve her stress is to be quick to wash her and giving her a reward.

 Yomi gets sad and lonely when my family members start to leave home without her. She cries and stands tall to see us until we get out of her sight. As I leave home or stay with her to the last, I had to take care of Yomi when she cries out loud. I searched the Internet and read the article about separation anxiety of puppies. After reading that, I go and lift Yomi up high so that she can see other family members going away well. I hugged her and satisfied her demand. When she sees everything easily, she stops crying and barking. I guess she feels safe when I do that. I think she really needs people’s care all the time.

 To relieve stress during the meal time, Yomi needs to know that she has to wait for a while. We shouldn’t show too much attention to Yomi because if we do that, she may get hope that we will give foods to her. Actually, having meal doesn’t take a long time. My family gives her own food which is different from ours and when we finish eating, then Yomi may get some desserts. But still, we shouldn’t give fruits at the table. We have to go somewhere else so that she knows where to have foods normally. She feels happy when we give fruits to her.

 Yomi expresses her bad feeling after a long bath. I think she gets stress from not moving as she wants to. So we have to wash her as quickly as we can so that she doesn’t shiver from cold or get sick. When we are finished with washing and drying her, we have to give her a dog snack. Normally my family gives her a chewing gum. She comes up to my lap and chews it very enthusiastically, relieving her stress out. As we give her the chewing gum, her favourite snack after the shower, she doesn't show hostility to taking a shower.