[dogbert]

Our 4 year old rescue Yorkie had terrible separation anxiety. She would howl and pee if I left her for 5 min (the vet said she panicked). We have had her since the end of June and started out with me just leaving her long enough to check the mail. I'd hear her howling on the way up the drive. Now I can leave her up to 3 hours, I also give her a ziggie in her Kong toy before I go. She only gets that when I am going to leave her. It's her treat for staying alone (with the cat). If I/we are going to be gone longer than three hours our daughter comes over to stay with her awhile. Soon we will leave her 3 and a half hours and see how she does. It was baby steps, just a few min at a time. Now we try 30 min at a time and she's coming along fine. Good luck!