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Mickey15 · 01-11-2014, 06:06 AM

Hey, so my 7 month old yorkie is such an attention seeker. It was cute at first but now it's not. Whenever he's left alone he barks like crazy until someone is there. As soon as someone leaves te room he starts barking an when someone enters he stops and plays. I pretty sure it's seperation anxiety. Heis barking is a problem in the early morning before school when he wakes up in his crate and no one is there, that's when he starts barkin until someone comes downstairs to tend to him. Which I don't mind waking up to do that, it's just the time he wakes up. He wakes up two-three hours even before I have to wake up for school. Like 4 in the morning! I usually stay downstairs with him until its time for school and because I lost three hours of sleep I go to school tired and usually fall asleep in biology lol. I would like to know what should I do about his seperation anxiety. I've tried doing the "ignore the first 10 minutes and the last" thing but it sure doesnt seem to work for him. My dad gets upset because he works at night so he's home with Mick during the day and my dad says when he wants to leave the room to sleep he starts barking and my dad looses sleep. What should I do?

01-11-2014, 06:06 AM	#1
Mickey15 Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: United States Posts: 12	Seperation Anxiety? Hey, so my 7 month old yorkie is such an attention seeker. It was cute at first but now it's not. Whenever he's left alone he barks like crazy until someone is there. As soon as someone leaves te room he starts barking an when someone enters he stops and plays. I pretty sure it's seperation anxiety. Heis barking is a problem in the early morning before school when he wakes up in his crate and no one is there, that's when he starts barkin until someone comes downstairs to tend to him. Which I don't mind waking up to do that, it's just the time he wakes up. He wakes up two-three hours even before I have to wake up for school. Like 4 in the morning! I usually stay downstairs with him until its time for school and because I lost three hours of sleep I go to school tired and usually fall asleep in biology lol. I would like to know what should I do about his seperation anxiety. I've tried doing the "ignore the first 10 minutes and the last" thing but it sure doesnt seem to work for him. My dad gets upset because he works at night so he's home with Mick during the day and my dad says when he wants to leave the room to sleep he starts barking and my dad looses sleep. What should I do?