The dog’s depression may be due to depression

Symptoms of depression:

1. It is difficult to be excited, and no matter how much the parents tease or attract, they are listless.

2. Interest in food, toys or activities that you originally liked has greatly decreased.

3. Autistic and unwilling to communicate or contact with parents or other dogs.

4. Laziness, unwilling to go out of one's nest or home except for necessary physiological activities.

5. Slow in action and always seems slow in doing anything.

6. Lethargy, sleeping from morning to night, waking up will definitely anger it.

7. Irritable, often irritated by trivial things, and it is difficult to calm down in a short period of time.

8. Timid, easily nervous, and react violently to stimulation from the external environment.

9. Aggression and violent behavior are one of the typical manifestations of depression.

10. Appetite decreased significantly, food intake decreased, and weight also decreased.

11. The amount of water consumed has been significantly reduced, much lower than before.

The trigger for depression may be changes in the environment

Foster care, or the owner's family moves to a new house. If the living environment suddenly changes like this, the dog will generally show a little discomfort and feel at a loss. . The dog has no idea what's going on. The new environment will make it feel scared, and the dog will be uneasy or depressed.

Problems that are likely to occur after dogs are fostered

1. Depressed for a long time after fostering, unwilling to get close to people, inactive, loss of appetite, personality change, like to hide in corners .

2. After being fostered, bad habits developed, like chewing things and other quirks.
3. Various health problems occur after fostering, such as parvovirus, canine distemper, skin diseases, etc., which cannot be cured for a long time.

Dogs also have fear periods

Generally, dogs will have a fear period when they are about 14 months old (general pet owners don’t know that dogs have fear periods), so dogs have these Behavioral problems may be caused by the dog being sent to foster care during the fear period.

Changes in the environment are like the sky is falling for dogs

In relatively mild cases, dogs will have very big mood swings due to sudden changes in the environment, and they will feel very nervous. Psychological stress. For dogs, it is very uncomfortable to leave the environment they are accustomed to. Timid dogs may experience endocrine changes due to changes in the environment, such as accelerated breathing, whole body trembling, accelerated pulse, and increased body temperature.
Severe stress reactions may even occur due to changes in the environment. Stress reaction mainly means that when the breeding environment changes, dogs will suffer from loss of appetite, bad temper, and even mental disorder. Stress response can cause the body to produce an immune responseChanges in tissues, organs, and cells. If the thymus atrophies, lymphocytes will decrease.

How should a dog brought back from foster care get to know you again

1. You need to be nicer to it so that it knows that it has not been left out and Abandoning is even better than before sending it to foster care, so that it can feel that the owner has not actually abandoned it.
2. Always take time to accompany it, let it know that you are not abandoning it, and tell it your reasons.
3. Create a good environment and get familiar with and play with the dog.
4. Bring the items that the dog used before, such as toys and food bowls, to it.