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12-24-2005, 03:54 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: nowhere
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| Seperation Anxiety - HELP Okay Everyone, Need a little help. I have a 4 year old Yorkie - Ivie. Background: Shown briefly by a breeder - has been with three different breeders. Had two litters. (I will be spaying her in January.) Needed to be homed as her puppies seem to be too large and does not need to be bred anymore. She became a permanent part of our family effective a week ago. She is adjusting well to this new life with my big dogs and going to work with me everyday. I have also managed to potty train her - YEAH!!!! However, when I have to go somewhere without her I put her in a Dane puppy crate. She freaks out if she can't be right with me. She will bark the whole time I am gone (have tested this) and runs around the crate until she is exhausted. She is hoarse and tired by the time I return (usually only a couple of hours). I started the crate training by staying in the room with her and only keeping her in their short periods. But even now she will pace and whine and bark when in the crate and not able to be right with me. At work if I leave the room for a minute she will run around until I come back. I'm afraid that this is turning into severe seperation anxiety. This will not work for her role in my life. I have to figure out how to combat this. Ivie is to be my "Dog Partners In Therapy" dog. She has the absolute perfect personality outside of this. I really do love how attached she is to me, but I need her to be okay without me for short periods. I love this little girl - PLEASE HELP!!!!! Info: Sleeps with us, Goes to work with me everyday, Stays in a small crate when in the car, Dane puppy crate when left at home, have tried covering the crate, have tried discouraging behaviour with claps and "NO", Have tried staying in the room with her for short periods, have tried ignoring, am feeding her in crate. If I think of anything else I've tried I'll post another note. |
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12-24-2005, 04:13 PM | #2 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Somewhere land
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| Well first congratulations on the new little one. My thoughts are - Try a Kong small stuffed with frozen peanut butter or chez whiz - Try placing a t shirt of yours in the kennel with her. -Try Being calm for 20 minutes before you go and leave that picture in her head of calm. Do not go any where near her till you have been home 20 minutes. Making it all normal as you can. - Try practice leaving so get her in the crate click and treat. open the door. Then in the crate and half way to the door. Do everything you do before you go and do not leave, then just go in and out the door then to the car, then to start the car, then out the drive way and back again. Yes it will take a long time but it will work and not all of this in one day just little parts and will take a while to get to actually leave stress free. At any point she gets upset stop at that step, or go back to the step she was ok at and repeat till she can move to the next step calmly. - Lastly there is a med that can take the edge off if these steps do not work as the stress level is to high but you Will need to talk to your vet and not it is not Prozac. Depending on if you are in the states or Canada it was a different name and I can give the name to you if the time comes you need it She needs time to settle in and understand that you are for good and not for just right now. She was had her trust shattered and it will take time and a ton of love and patiences to get it. Best of Luck. Joy |
12-24-2005, 04:34 PM | #3 | |
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I am no expert...Here is what I do for my baby. Mason sleeps with us, goes everywhere with us and is by my side when I am home. When I have to leave him home alone.. I put him in my bedroom which is attached to a bathroom. I leave him with a small TV on for noise, food, water and potty pad in the bathroom and he does ok while I am gone a short period of time. When he gets real sad I give him a real marrow bone which takes him some time to work on and get the marrow out so that helps take up some time Try something like this if you can...Mason is not crate trained, he hates his crate.
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12-26-2005, 12:30 PM | #4 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: scotland
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| You can get D.A.P which is dog appeasing pheremone in spray form or in the form of a small room plug in diffuser it works by releasing pheremones which calm the dog reducing seperation anxiety. I have used it for fireworks ,with quite good results but it says it can be used with new or much older dogs when you leave them on their own as it reduces their anxiety.Good luck |
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