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| Seperation anxiety | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 8 2009, 01:39 PM (68 Views) | |
| Nic | Jan 8 2009, 01:39 PM Post #1 |
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Mums new doggy Sally Anne is being a bit of a problem with this, she is fine when my Mum is around, but literally as soon as mum walks out of a room she panics and runs after her, its not too bad as mum works from home, but every morning she takes my brothers to school and does have to do some visiting for her work, Id say at the most Sally gets left for 4 hrs a couple of times a week and 10 mins a day to take the boys to school. Mum has left her to roam the house and come bk to stuff destroyed, so has had to crate her while she leaves her. She has left a stuffed kong in her crate, water, and toys, and has left the radio on, however she does look a bit distressed when put in there. She was crated before Mum had her, so maybe she is just making a fuss over nothing. This dog has been in a pack of 6 for her whole life, she is now 7 yrs old, so she prob misses the pack, and she has had a lot of change in the last 3 weeks, but even tho mum has Arf, her other dog she is just sooo clingy to mum. Does anyone have any seperation anxiety tips? Mum is obviously aware these things take time to settle down and that Sally has had a lot of change, but if anyone has any tips we'd be grateful to hear! |
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| Lu20 | Jan 8 2009, 02:29 PM Post #2 |
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I can't offer much other than to try to leave for very short periods - slowly building to longer ones. I know Jess was only a Pub when I was doing this with her - I would leave her for a few minutes, just going outside and walking around the house a couple of times - slowly I built on this so I could leave her without any fuss or anxiety. I would always tell her I was going shopping and would be back soon, even now if I have to leave her for any length of time I still tell her I am going shopping and will be back, she immediately recongnises she's going to be left and goes to her bed [although I often find she's been up on my bed and lay on my PJ's whilst I'm away :wub: ] This will not be a quick fix, Poor Sally Anne has had some major changes in her routine all at once so it's going to take time but I am sure once 'Sally Anne' [just love her name :wub: ] realises your Mums coming back she be fine. As usual with our doglets - perserverence has to be the 'key' word. Edited by Lu20, Jan 8 2009, 02:30 PM.
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| Marean | Jan 8 2009, 11:40 PM Post #3 |
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My parents rescue dog Sam suffered with this and still does to a lesser degree. Fotunately they were told of this issue by the RSPCA as he had eaten his way through a leather sofa at his previous owners house (he was being left alone for 11 hrs a day) They were lucky to be able to build up leaving him very slowly starting at around 5 mins by just getting coats on etc and standing in the garden :lol: to the point of now leaving him up to 5 hrs. They have also started to ignore him on their immediate return as he appears to be so relieved and overly excited that they have come back, by making a fuss of him only reinforces his anxiety. He is also confined to the kitchen with the door open into the conservatory. They sometimes return to coats pulled down of the hooks but no damage. I would suggest as Lu says going through the same motions every time she goes to leave as she will pick up on body language etc. Mum always gives him one of his biscuits before they go, he never eats it until they return. If the crate doesn't help then maybe leaving her in a room with your mums other dog will help her to bond more closely with Arf and therefor follow his lead. Best of luck anyway :flower: |
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