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06-17-2014, 06:22 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker | Separation anxiety My Yorkie is 14 weeks old. We originally had a play pen for him but he climbed out. He now has a crate that has his toys potty grass and water. Today we decided to video tape him while we are not home to see what he does. He's barking like a mad man, climbing and jumping up his crate. When we get home he always cries for at least 5-10 minutes that we are home. What can we do to get rid of his separation anxiety?
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06-17-2014, 07:07 PM | #2 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Midwest
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| My Yorkie did the same thing when he was young. We used to crate him at night, but he would whine for hours and would also wake us up in the middle of the night. One trick that really helped us was giving him a T-shirt we'd worn, so he'd be comforted by the scent. We eventually started letting him sleep in our bed after he was potty trained, and everyone sleeps much better now. We keep him gated in our kitchen when we're gone, with his bed, toys, food, water and potty pads. He used to cry a lot when we left but now he's learned we come home. He was also very needy when we first came home but he's grown out of that now. He absolutely hates the crate so we really don't use it any more. |
06-17-2014, 07:25 PM | #3 |
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| You need to acclimate them slowly and make it a safe/fun place, not a prison. Start by feeding, treating in crate, leaving door open. Put toys in so pup goes in and out to get toys, always get pup to go in by self (use treat) and use command word so pup will go on command in time. Start closing for short periods, staying close (Trick is easier if pup is due for nap time), lengthen times, but never respond to whining, always wait till pup is quite before letting out. If done properly pup will go in crate at will and nap or just to get out of traffic |
06-17-2014, 07:45 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker | At night or when we are home he is an angel never barks which is why were we shocked to see how he acted when we aren't home. We do keep toys in the crate along with his potty grass which he does walk into on his own and sometimes stays in to chill and play on his own when we are home. Tomorrow we are going to try leaving our socks since he loves feet to try and soothe him along with leaving a sound machine on. The only reason I won't leave him in an enclosed area is because he's a climber. Literally he's like a monkey. If I can post the video I will. I couldn't believe what I was seeing especially since he's so calm when we are home and quite. I'm also going to try leaving him alone when we get him so he can cope in his own that we are back even though it keeps us to hear him cry the way he does when we get home and how badly we want to hold and kiss him lol but it's something that has to be done because I know it can get worse. Thanks for the advice
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06-22-2014, 02:51 PM | #5 |
YT 2000 Club Member | dog Oh poor little Scruffles. He has that anxiety like my JoJo. He has to learn the rules just like a little kid. My JoJo would get mad when I leave him and pee on his crate! He knows better. I just keep a gate up and he knows when I leave not to pee. I do have another Yorkie, Spud an the two of them sit there looking so sad. Too bad, I have to go out and they better behave. Stand your ground, and Scruffles will abide by the rules! Yorkies are so smart. They just want to be with us. I let mine sleep in the bed. They are spoiled of course. Scruffles is probably adorable and melts your heart! |
06-23-2014, 05:28 PM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker | See i cant even use a gate for our lil guy since he is a pure climber which he inherited from his father. I found out from the breeder that his father climbs a 6 foot fence to get out of her yard and my Mr. Scruffles is the same way. We had a play pen which was 2 feet tall and he climbed out of that. he even climbs in his crate its ridiculous he looks like a monkey. here is the link: but we recently tried just keeping him in a room with the door closed and I think that is more effective since hes a good puppy because hes already potty trained and doesnt chew anything but my husband's shoe laces which im trying to break him out of. but even with him having a whole room when we come home we hear him crying which im not sure if hes just crying because he hears us or if he was crying all day along with doing his lil crazy separation anxiety return happy cry to see us with his jumping around and running in excitement which we are ignoring till he calms down to officially greet him.
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06-25-2014, 04:02 PM | #7 |
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| My little Yorkie is 4 years old and he still does that screaming,I call it that,when I am getting ready to leave and when I come home. He is in a large pen with his bed and potty box and water and he jumps and jumps and screams and screams. I tried ignoring him till he settles down but no go. I thought he would never make it to his first year or less cause he gets waaay too upset,worried me so. Hope your baby does better cause it is not good for them so little to be so super upset as yours was in the video. He's a real cutie I might add. |
06-25-2014, 06:25 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker | He's doing better now since we give him a whole room. We recorded him to see how he does but have yet to watch the video but by the sound of when he get home he's a lot better and doesn't cry when he knows we are leaving. Thank god he's not a chewer and he's potty trained already so I don't mind leaving him alone in his room while we are at work. Thanks lol he is but he's a crazy lil guy. They always said be careful with the quite ones! That is no lie since the quite ones cause the most problems lol but he's very smart and learns very fast.
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06-26-2014, 05:41 AM | #9 |
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| Your lil guy Hi Maegen, I am so glad to hear he is doing so much better now. My lacey was a quiet girl and she was a good girl so I guess it all depends I guess. lol It is so much better for him to have his own room. It made me nervous to see him fall time after time like that.I wonder if that was the reason he was so unhappy and cried. He did not have much room in there from the video so you made a good decision to put him in his own room. That would be interesting to see how he reacts in the video you have of him in his own room. Thanks for sharing. |
06-26-2014, 07:13 AM | #10 | |
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06-26-2014, 09:27 AM | #11 |
Yorkie Yakker | Well we didn't want to get him a crate the only reason we got it was because he was jumping out of his play pen. But now that he's trained I might just return the crate since we don't use I much only for when he knows he was bad which I'm hoping he grows out of.
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06-26-2014, 09:55 AM | #12 |
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| One thing I did notice was how quite it was. It really does help to leave a radio playing or TV on so they can hear the noise.
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