http://www.blogthedogs.com/dog-training/separation-anxiety-in-dogs/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.blogthedogs.com/dog-training/separation-anxiety-in-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-3303 Kristina Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:03:28 +0000 http://www.blogthedogs.com/?p=51#comment-3303 I have had my 5-month old Doberman for a month now, and she has extreme separation anxiety. She came from a house where they had three dogs, a litter of nine, and 6 people living in the house. She was also their favorite because she would go up to them and cuddle with them, etc. The people I got the dog from were a little more lenient than me in what they let their dogs do. For instance, they let the dogs go into the food bag and get food whenever they wanted, and they did not crate their dogs. I believe in crating, and scheduled meal times, etc. The puppy follows me around the house, does not focus on eating unless I'm standing beside her, and defecates in her crate (and in my car) when I leave her alone. She does not do this all the time, but it is hard to predict when she will or when she won't. When I have to come home or come back to the car and clean up crap all the time, it makes me not like the dog. What do I do? I am at my wits end. Please help, or else I will have to give this dog away. I have had my 5-month old Doberman for a month now, and she has extreme separation anxiety. She came from a house where they had three dogs, a litter of nine, and 6 people living in the house. She was also their favorite because she would go up to them and cuddle with them, etc. The people I got the dog from were a little more lenient than me in what they let their dogs do. For instance, they let the dogs go into the food bag and get food whenever they wanted, and they did not crate their dogs. I believe in crating, and scheduled meal times, etc. The puppy follows me around the house, does not focus on eating unless I’m standing beside her, and defecates in her crate (and in my car) when I leave her alone. She does not do this all the time, but it is hard to predict when she will or when she won’t. When I have to come home or come back to the car and clean up crap all the time, it makes me not like the dog. What do I do? I am at my wits end. Please help, or else I will have to give this dog away.

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