[YorkieMother]

Well let me see my pup is 20 weeks. When she came home she screamed in the car if I walked away from it even to just run and grab food and get back to teh car. She scearmed if I was in the kitchen and she was in her kennel. Man she never went outside by herself without me watching for a good while yet.
I totally refused to let my dogs or human kids scream it out ( not taling tempertantums that is a differnt ball of wax)it as far as I am concerned cruel and nothing is gained in the way of trust or relationship builing.
Because I have had a truly very bad dog with sepratiion axiety that we hadto work through at 9 months and we messed that up we did it way differnt for this baby.
What I very simply did was give in with a big BUT we planned it out. So pup in a kennel next to me as close as she needs me to be at all times to be comfortable and calm. It does not stop there though. Once you find that calm place you move the dog just outside that and let if fuss not scream until it is calm... slowly ever so slowly extend that range always going back to check in over the a few minutes. I can now roam the house at work and not have to check in with her at all. Now night kennel with pup on bed by head and go to sleep. We progressed to her last night actually staying in her xpen and going offto sleep from barely being able to sleep in the kennel next to me so for that graduating move she sleeped in my arms all night and loved it.

So for not being able to go outside... start with you and pup outside and you taking steps to door... progress to you just sitting by door then stand in door and the stand in door close and open door or cheat and do what I do and fire both dogs out and pup never knows I have left.

What you do is build up their ability to feel safe alone. They just left their litter and their mother. what are they to feel but scared and alone and afraid your going to leave too that is all they got in thier little brains is those they love leave so we as thier new parents need to with lots of time and gentleness teach them no baby it ok I stay you got me.
They do what works to make themselves feel safe until we can teach them that we can be trusted and that they are safe and ok.

JL