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alicalvert · 05-26-2014, 06:00 AM

what a lovely post, we have a rescue dog and have had her one month and are beginning to despair whether she will ever settle in, she hates being alone and after 1 month we have only built up to her being happily left alone for 2minutes!!!!!!
heres some more info if anyone has any suggestions??

we have had our yorkie for almost 1 month now , she is 7 mths old and suffers from separation anxiety. We had finally got her settled to sleep in her crate at night if this is beside our bed and we will slowly progress to move this out of the bedroom over time. Initially she was barking everytime we went out of the room even for a few mins, we only come back in if she is quiet and then give her a treat. She has access to the kitchen where her toys , crate and food is however if we leave her she cries non stop, she has stopped barking but cries, shakes and urinates on the floor if left alone even for a few minutes. She was a rescue dog and we know that she didnt have a good life before she came to use and we want to help her become less stressed and used to being alone. She will be a delight when someone is with her but as soon as she is left alone she gets very distressed. we have tried a phermone spray, diffussers, leaving some of my clothes with scent on and a herbal tablet however nothing seems to be helping. we tried to build up the time she will be alone by leaving for 10secs, 30sec, 1 min etc but crying starts almost straight away. I walk her and play with her every timebefore leaving her but while we are away from her she doesnt eat, drink , playwith her toys etc until we return ( we have left a camera on so we know that she paces and cries). we are considering hiring a behaviour specialist and out vet also suggested he could prescribe an anti anxiety medication for her if no improvement. has anyone got any other suggestions of what we could try? i leave the tv, music on etc also anytime she is alone. On our return home she goes crazy, and jumps, pants, tries to bites us ( gently!) and take about 20mins to calm down despite if i ignore her or not. I need to be able to leave her for 4hrs while i go to work. can anyone help????

05-26-2014, 06:00 AM	#38
alicalvert YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2014 Location: northern ireland Posts: 4	what a lovely post, we have a rescue dog and have had her one month and are beginning to despair whether she will ever settle in, she hates being alone and after 1 month we have only built up to her being happily left alone for 2minutes!!!!!! heres some more info if anyone has any suggestions?? we have had our yorkie for almost 1 month now , she is 7 mths old and suffers from separation anxiety. We had finally got her settled to sleep in her crate at night if this is beside our bed and we will slowly progress to move this out of the bedroom over time. Initially she was barking everytime we went out of the room even for a few mins, we only come back in if she is quiet and then give her a treat. She has access to the kitchen where her toys , crate and food is however if we leave her she cries non stop, she has stopped barking but cries, shakes and urinates on the floor if left alone even for a few minutes. She was a rescue dog and we know that she didnt have a good life before she came to use and we want to help her become less stressed and used to being alone. She will be a delight when someone is with her but as soon as she is left alone she gets very distressed. we have tried a phermone spray, diffussers, leaving some of my clothes with scent on and a herbal tablet however nothing seems to be helping. we tried to build up the time she will be alone by leaving for 10secs, 30sec, 1 min etc but crying starts almost straight away. I walk her and play with her every timebefore leaving her but while we are away from her she doesnt eat, drink , playwith her toys etc until we return ( we have left a camera on so we know that she paces and cries). we are considering hiring a behaviour specialist and out vet also suggested he could prescribe an anti anxiety medication for her if no improvement. has anyone got any other suggestions of what we could try? i leave the tv, music on etc also anytime she is alone. On our return home she goes crazy, and jumps, pants, tries to bites us ( gently!) and take about 20mins to calm down despite if i ignore her or not. I need to be able to leave her for 4hrs while i go to work. can anyone help????