Dog Behavior Solutions during Home Improvement Projects

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Home improvement projects can be stressful to everyone in the family, including the family dog. As unfamiliar commotion suddenly invades his usual surroundings, your dog may become stressed and act out with bad dog behaviors.

Luckily, you can prevent this stress and with natural dog behavior solutions and keep your furry friend calm during your next project. So if you need to stop dog barking, indoor soiling or chewing during a home improvement project, try these helpful pet tips:

• If the noise and activity from cleaning and remodeling projects startle your dog, distract him by playing outdoors or with a trip to the park or pet store.
• Allow your dog to investigate the areas that are under construction — if they are clean and safe for his access — as the project progresses. This will help the areas to become more familiar to him, which reduces stress and unwanted behaviors.
• Make sure to provide Fido with plenty of outdoor exercise, which will reduce stress and stimulate his senses with something other than the changes going on at home.

To comfort your dog during a home improvement project, research shows that using pheromone-based products like Comfort Zone® with D.A.P.® (Dog Appeasing Pheromone) can also help to reduce stress and stop unwanted dog behaviors. Comfort Zone® works by mimicking natural dog pheromones, chemicals emitted by dogs to communicate with others of the same species.

With both a spray for shorter projects and a diffuser to last through longer projects, Comfort Zone® with D.A.P.® is not a drug-based dog stress remedy, but a natural solution that can help curb your dog’s stress during your next home improvement project. Learn more about Comfort Zone® with D.A.P.®>>