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10-02-2009, 05:46 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Indiana
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| Hate being seperated I'm sure this has been brought up before. Today when I left, Bella was not happy. My nephew was here at my house for a few hours and he told me that Bella barked the whole time I was gone. He would even go to the back door and carry her back to the living room and hold her and talk to her but she would jump down run back to the door and bark. I'm assuming this would be consider seperation anxiety. I was hoping not but I'm thinking it is. WHAT CAN I DO? I don't want her to be miserable and she needs to get used to it. I am a stay at home wife, so that makes the situation more difficult. This is the my first yorkie. I've done research on them since May and just got her 4 weeks ago. She is 16 months old. I know they perfer to be with their people 24/7 but that just isn't possiable all the time. Any suggestions will help. I'm also going to borrow Cesars (dog whispers) book from my daughter. Hoping to find some suggestions in it. Thanks, Loretta and Bella |
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10-02-2009, 06:47 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | What I have done when I bring a new one home since I am home a lot, I make sure I leave several times a day for short periods of time (30 minutes) so they get use to me coming and going. Also having more than one helps!! Hopefully Bella is still adjusting to going to a new home and will settle in.
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10-02-2009, 07:32 PM | #3 |
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| Leo is almost 2 now and he certainly would rather me be by his side all day long, but he doesn't get upset when I leave. I usually will give him a treat and say mommy will be right back. He used to bark and bark and bark when I left...so hopefully Bella will learn in time as Leo did. Maybe try the treat and saying you will be right back ... that seemed to do the trick. Although Leo is smart and now he knows that when I am giving him a treat just because I am leaving and half the time he will spit it out and refuse to eat it....spoiled little thing. |
10-02-2009, 11:20 PM | #4 |
YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Minnesota
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| Our bundle jumps up and down on her hind legs like a kangaroo when we leave--she is in an xpen when we're gone....and crys....but, we listen and she goes quiet the second we leave. When she hears the key in the lock she tries again. We find that if we ignore her drama---she settles right in and then we can re-connect. Silly little diva hates to be alone! |
10-03-2009, 12:01 AM | #5 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: San Jose, CA, USA
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| Genghis has finally gotten over most of his anxiety about staying home in his xpen. We leave the tv on for him give him a treat and leave. We don't make a fuss about it and he does ok. Also when we get home we try to stay calm when saying hello. However if we try to leave him anywhere else he freaks out. He barks till he vomits then eats the vomit. It's pretty gross. He use to do tha when we left him at home but seems alright at home. It makes me sad when he has anxiety, but I'm trying to get over my anxiety so he can get over his. I think it's the only way. Plus I stay at home a ton. |
10-03-2009, 04:25 AM | #6 |
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| Leaving Your Furbaby We leave Bella in her x-pen. She is 10 months old. We put her water, some little nibbles of food, her toy basket, sleeping crate and fluffy bed. She has ALL her possessions. We also leave quiet music playing. I found she sometimes got excited by things on the TV and barked. We NEVER leave her without a light on (soft) if we leave after dark. We hug her and love on her and tell her we will be back (always the same words) and act happy and calm when we put her in her pen. She cried for about 3 minutes at first and now we just say "playtime" and she walks into her pen on her own and climbs into her fluffy bed. I think routine, possessions, and MOST importantly your emotion, CALM, relaxed, and happy are the key. Hang in there. It ALWAYS gets better with time. Patience is the key word with Yorkies. |
10-03-2009, 05:21 AM | #7 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, Texas USA
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| I have to leave Apple, five days a week, while I work...It's funny how when I'm home and go to the door, she runs after me, nipping at my feet, trying to keep me in the room (the funny part is she thinks she can!) But when I go to work, she knows that too, and just stands back watching me gather my things...I always give her a treat (which she also spits out and eats later) and tell her "guard the house, won't be long"...I know she doesn't like me leaving, and I durn sure don't like leaving, but it's life, and we all have to do what we have to do...I think, like others, if you have a matter of fact attitude and do it for, at least, a little while everyday, she'll get used to it, and also realize that you will always be back for her kisses |
10-03-2009, 09:39 AM | #8 |
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10-03-2009, 02:42 PM | #9 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brampton
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| LOL...These little beings always amaze me...I love them all sooo much! My little Lucky always knows when I am going out, he just kinda follows me around the house with his head down...when I leave I just put him on my bed(he has a ramp for up and down)with a treat. He stays there and sleeps till I get back! I have left him for periods of 3-4 hrs and when I get home he is still there just the way I left him...lol Of coarse, the treat is never touched, until I get home and kissie time is over, then he will enjoy his treat! I am blessed with such a well behaved little boy! ) Lucky's mommy |
10-03-2009, 02:58 PM | #10 |
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| I have found that taking short trips away from the house gets them used to you coming back. Couver was a re-home on Craigslist, so I think that he was worried every time that I left that I would not come back It made me so sad to leave him, because I know he worried about this. Now that I have come back everytime, he knows that I will not ever leave him, and he is ok when I leave.
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10-04-2009, 07:42 AM | #11 | |
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10-04-2009, 01:36 PM | #12 |
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| I'm thinking that's what is going on with Bella. She is a rehome just 4 weeks. I think it got me because my nephew was here, so she wasn't home by herself. When I do go and no one is here, I put her in her crate and turn the radio on. |
10-04-2009, 03:23 PM | #13 |
YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: nevada
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| Whenever we get ready to leave Bailey jumps on top of my purse like shes going to come with us (she usually goes in my purse when we take her places) and I have to take her off and tell her not today Bailey. and then she just sits by the door. When we get home she is still by the door waiting like she hasnt moved an inch since we left. We used to think she would just run back to the door when she heard the car pull up but my boyfriends little brother was visiting us for a few days and he would stay home with her when we went to work. He told us that Bailey would not move from the door area and would not take her eyes off the door until we got back, he even would try to distract her with toys but it wouldnt work. Our salution, we just got our second furbaby. Were hoping Bailey will do better with a little one to play with while were gone.
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10-05-2009, 10:55 AM | #14 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! | Hey sorry to hear of the separtion anxiety..I have the same problem but my Yorkie is 13 years old..never ever did that until 2 months ago...barks and spits up all over its terrible so I have to start crating him so he doesnt damage my home... i dont have any answers to but just wanted to say Hey and I am in the same boat you are our poor babies, I feel so bad for them, they love us so much and it really bothers them when they are not with us. |
10-05-2009, 10:55 AM | #15 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Indiana
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| Well we have a cat that stays in most of the time and an elderly cattle dog. Granted neither are yorkies but apparently they aren't working for her. lol We will keep working on a few minutes a day out of site...thing. Hubby won't go for the second one. I got Bella without the ok. LOL |
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