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Originally Posted by Yorkie Mum Stop consoling her first off.
Try using a Kong even for a short trip to the trash.
Fill it with peanut butter and freeze it.
Every time you leave toss it on the floor and let her chew away.
This is hoping she likes Kong and Peanut butter.
When you come back in take it away with a different treat like a cookie and out it in the freezer for the next trip to the trash.
I would go in and out all day long about an hour apart till she gets good things come when one person leaves.
The other thing you can try is go to the door. if she calm treat that.
walk back and sit down.
Then go back to the door touch the handle . if calm treat that.
Have the one leaving do the treats.
then open the door. calm treat.
open step out and in. treat that.
And on and on till you can get to the trash and back in peace.
at any time she whines ignore go back to the step she was last calm at and work that for around 5 to 10 times.
This will take a few days maybe week and should be done very slowly.
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Excellent advice, Joy!
That's exactly what I would recommend - teach your pup that good things happen when someone leaves!
I personally don't think that a puppy crying because one of his masters has left is an indication that he is "walking all over you". I think just the opposite - that the puppy is in distress. I agree that comforting is not the way to go (& it's not working anyway, right?). I do think that Joy's advice to desensitize and teach him that good things happen when people leave will work.