[yorkietalkjilly]

How old is he and how long have you had him?

Have you tried desensitizing him to his separation anxiety rather than dosing him with herbs or medication? Herbs are plants that can be medicinal in addition to smelling, feeling or tasting good. He could likely be desensitized to being alone and then could sleep, eat, play, watch during the day rather than have to lie about fuzzy-headed.

I would Google the term "Separation Anxiety" and look at the various training methods for the problem, going only with those that are positive-reinforcement and reward based and steering away from anything harsh or disciplinarian involving E-collars or anything that tended to spray the anxious dog's face or emit bad odors. Keeping your leaving completely low-key, matter-of-fact and without emotional goodbyes or guilt-ridden hugs/kisses and such will help a lot, too, just in case that is happening.

A few treat/kibble-laden kong toys and other things that would tend to help keep him busy for a while after you leave will help also. I leave the radio or audio-only portion of my TV on when I leave Tibbe alone. Like most dogs, after playing with his kibbled kong for a while, he watches out the windows, barks at threatening noises and sleeps most of the time I'm away. Dogs generally adjust to our being gone over time, even if we do nothing to help them in all but the most severe cases of separation anxiety.