Dog Anxiety - What we can learn from Human Anxiety.

About this episode

This episode explores the parallels between human anxiety conditions, specifically Misophonia, and canine anxiety to enhance understanding of dog behavior.

Welcome! Anxiety is not a singular behavioral condition, nor does it have a "tick the box" solution. In this episode, I explore Misophonia – a condition that creates a strong negative reaction when hearing triggering sounds. I am using this specific example to show the importance of studying "human" conditions leading to behaviors associated with anxiety. By studying the symptoms, causes, cures, and statistics of these conditions, we can advance our understanding of canine anxiety and ...

People in this episode

Host: Billie Groom

Topics covered

• dog anxiety
• human anxiety
• behavioral conditions
• Misophonia
• canine anxiety
• symptoms
• causes

Keywords

• dog anxiety
• human anxiety
• Misophonia
• behavioral conditions
• canine anxiety
• symptoms
• causes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Misophonia

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