Find your dog's level
Tick through the severity check and know whether you're dealing with mild, moderate or severe anxiety.
Free quick guide
Leave the House Without Your Dog Panicking
The 10-page separation anxiety quick guide from the trainers at K9 Academy: find your dog's level, stop what's feeding it and set up week one.
- How to tell if it's mild, moderate or severe, with a tick-box self-check
- The everyday habits that feed separation anxiety, and the popular fixes that don't work
- The seven week one rules, and how the plan progresses to two months
- A week one tracker and a daily schedule template to fill in
From our clients
What dog owners say about K9 Academy
"The separation anxiety is night and day from where we started. We can actually leave the house now."
"I turned to them for help with reactivity, aggression, and separation anxiety my rescue shepherd mix was struggling with… After working through the program, my dog can now safely be left home alone."
"I brought Nova there as she had separation anxiety, to the point I could not leave her alone for even an hour. Since I got her back, she has shown significant improvement in being alone and has much more confidence."
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Get the full plan for leaving the house
The quick guide shows you where to start. The Complete Separation Anxiety Handbook gives you a day-by-day plan for your dog, whether it's a puppy, an adult or a senior.
- A mild, moderate or severe self-check, so you start with the right plan
- Week-by-week schedules for puppies, adult dogs and seniors, and a plan for intense dogs
- Escalation charts, troubleshooting and four weeks of progress logs
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What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do after reading it
Stop feeding the anxiety
Spot the habits at home that build it, and see why inconsistency makes it worse.
Skip the fixes that don't work
Why Kongs, calming music, anxiety shirts and a second dog only target the symptoms.
Set up week one
Seven rules for the crate, time alone and exercise, and how the plan builds over two months.
Pick the right crate
Plastic, wire or heavy-duty, and which one suits a dog who already has separation anxiety.
Track your first week
A daily tracker rated by zone, and a schedule template to write your own day beside ours.
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Want help getting there faster?
Some dogs need more than a guide. Our trainers work with separation anxiety through private lessons and Board & Train. Call us for a free assessment and we'll tell you where your dog stands.