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To most animal health pros, study results revealed in People will come as no surprise. If anything, the WFH months has increased visibility to issues many pets were already experiencing and now owners want to address the issues.
Results from the survey found that 53 percent of dog owners overall and 60 percent of hybrid workers believe that their dogs has separation anxiety.”
Dog owners have also found that their anxiety has been affecting their dogs, as well; 45.2 percent said they feel their anxiety somewhat affects their dogs while 35.67 percent said it affects their pets.
Source: People, November 24, 2020. Link.
INSIGHTS: People reaches 96 million consumers each week. When it publishes pet topics, you can be certain animal health pros will get questions. Consider a short team meeting to discuss how you’ll approach separation anxiety and which resources are available to share with animal owners. Share tips and methods of developing routines and structure in social media posts and in newsletters.