It could be a form of in-the-home separation anxiety in that she is maybe most validated and secure by your constant, close attendance when you are home and has now come to rely on it. Start scheduling her some short sessions away from you across the room, in another room - whatever you choose and give those a special command, such as "mommie time", etc., tell her to "stay" or "wait" and walk away, treat and celebrate when over, progressing to longer periods. Do not feel bad when she is in "mommie time" as you are slowly teaching her that life won't spin out of control if she is away from you and that you will soon be together again. A happy, healthy dog is one that learns how to accommodate itself to less interpersonal times in the home as effectively as close, together times, so you are really teaching her a valuable "dog" life lesson. If you gradually increase "mommie time", she will soon learn that this is just the way it is during these times and adapt to it, learning a bit of self-reliance or at least more patience in the process. Even very smart, obedient dogs that are a bit predisposed to insecurity, while constantly physically around us can fall into this trap of over-neediness and some behavior modification of this new issue will right her again if you treat the process as just another form of obedience training.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis
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