As social distancing measures are lifted, what does this mean for our sweet housebound animals who are now used to their pandemic-altered routine?
Photo: Jody Trappe Photography/Getty Images Those of us with companion animals know how helpful they’ve been over the past few months. While social distancing kept us in our homes, our dogs and cats and rabbits and birds and snakes and goldfish kept us sane. They gave us someone to talk to, someone to hang out with who wasn’t a screaming child or partner for whom we fostered growing contempt. Someone to walk with and cuddle. Someone to provide us constant company.
Dog fostering and adoption rates, it’s worth noting, reportedly surged at the start of the pandemic. This means there are many dogs out there who only know life with their caretaker as one of constant togetherness. How can we make sure they’re comfortable in their new solitude? We know our dogs best, so we have to be the ones to judge whether a behavior is abnormal for them. There are, however, certain universal warning signs signs to look out for. Note if your dog is nervously pacing around the apartment, barking excessively as soon as you close the door, causing damage, or going to the bathroom inside. Some dogs might even attempt to escape.
“So we can say, Today I’m going to leave you for 20 minutes on your own, I’m going to go down to the shops or for a walk around the block,” Bernal said. Then you work up to an hour, and then two hours, and so on. When you slowly work up to being gone for a full day, your dog has a chance to get used to the concept.
“Our reactions rub off on our dogs without us knowing it,” Bernal said. They can sense exactly what we’re feeling. Try your best to be calm.
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