Many pet owners are faced with the need to leave their pets home alone for long periods of time.
In this regard, they cannot help but be interested in the question: how to teach a dog to stay alone, without its owner?
In this article, we will tell you in detail how to prepare your dog for independent life.
How to Train Your Dog to Stay Without You
The skill of being away from the owner should be trained with the commands “Place” and “Free”.
After the dog has successfully mastered them, try leaving him in one room - let it be the bedroom with his bed, and you go to another - the kitchen or the hallway.
Let the door remain open, but do not allow the dog to leave without permission.
At first, let the separation time be equal to several minutes - gradually increase it and each time at the end of the session reward your pet with a treat (if he coped with his task).
Take your time: you will have to repeat this exercise more than once, but most likely over several weeks, until the dog begins to respond to it calmly.
After this, you can give the dog the command "Place" when you leave the house. Do not expect it to sit in one place all day, we do not need this. The main thing is that the animal's mind will be strengthened by the connection: everything is fine, the owner will return soon.
