 puppy or older dog
shaffer is 6 years old, was never the dog in charge, he was always afraid of his own shadow, he always looked to my other dog to see if he was ok, its was cute but fife needed to be pts not long ago, I am thinking about a new dog, shaffer likes every dog we know and is friendly to new dogs but could take or leave them. I work at home so im home most of the time but when i go out and shaffer is left alone he freaks,the first time i left him to take fife to a drs appt my neighbor called said she thought he was hurt,, she could hear him from her house, he always freaked when left alone so afyter that i never did it, if fife needed to go to the drs or hospital i always got him a sitter. Shaffer never had a problem when he was home with fife, but alone he cries and cries. I have been paying a sitter the last few weeks when i go out, I have tried to leave him for little bits of time maybe 15 min but he cries and cries not barks but whines, he only does this when alone, or wakes up in the middle of the night and is alone in bed, I work at home and sometimes need to go to my computer to read a scan in the middle of the night and he didnt always wake up when i got up, but if he woke up andnobody around he would make the worst noise ever but as soon as he saw me or fife he was fine. Do most dogs do better with an older dog or a puppy? Thanks for any insight. |