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Originally Posted by bilbao 
also with you being gone. yes these dogs require lots of attention and if they do not get it they may misbehave because we all know any attention is better than no attention. i would say that any you are home for your lunch break make him a big part of it play with him and let him know that you do love him. also i truly believe that if you talk to them things will get better. they are very smart and if you talk to them like you would a person they will understand very quickly. like when you are going to work tell him that every day "im going to work and i will be home for lunch" every day and then after lunch tell him you will be back to play in a while. after a while he will register that those words are comforting to him and he will be expecting you home at lunch and the end of the day but when you just leave he doesnt know what is going on.
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Totally agree with this post.
My boyfriend and I are both in school full time so we leave Bella from 8:30am-3:30pm everyday. She used to have terrible anxiety when we left and she would whine and cry herself to sleep. So I started getting her de-sensitized to us leaving the house. We would put her in her play pen and pretend like we were leaving and come back in...over and over again...each time we were gone a little bit longer. By doing this she realized that we would always come back and she stopped crying and barking when we left. Also now, before we leave we both give her a kiss, and tell her that we love her and that we will be back soon. Then I give her a treat. And once we get back home we praise her and play with her for at least a half an hour. So now she is totally fine with us leaving and she even runs to her play pen at 8:30am anticipating her little treat.
I hope this helps and good luck with your baby. I'm glad he went to a good home where he can be your little Prince