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Dog separation anxiety: How much exercise before I leave?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Siberian Husky | Female | spayed | 7 months and 13 days old | 48.8 lbs

Separation anxiety. How long to exercise before hand? How much to increase per time? She is at 2-3 hours fine. Mainly gets anxious if older dog does...

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Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on April 14th, 2018

Hi there and thank you for using pet coach. Generally I would recommend 30 minutes of exercise and gradually build up to 60 minutes of exercise prior to leaving her. I would also recommend trying naturvet Quiet Moments calm chews with Melatonin which can be found online quite easily or at your local pet store. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.

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