[yorkietalkjilly]

OCD cases are pretty intense work to rehab and you need the vet to check her first to be sure she's not got some adrenal tumor or something else causing her hyperactivity. He might recommend a slight sedative for her first few weeks of rehab training if she's not ill to help her correct her bad habits associated with her stress at staying alone when you leave the house.

Once she had a clean bill of vet health, if this were my dog, for starters I would try crating her in a large crate a little at a time until she will accept it - all dogs eventually will if you just leave it in the room with the door open and toss treats and toys into it and encourage her to go in after them and back out as you play with her and doing it in an upbeat, fun way. After she's used to going in and out, when she goes in to get a treat, tell her it's wonderful, say something high-energy and happy like "You won a crate stay!" like she just won the lottery, all smiles and excitement and happiness while you clap your hands and get her all jazzed up, toss in a few more of her favorite bits of food - warm, boiled chicken - and hold the door closed for 5 - 10 seconds and slowly increasing her time in the crate, always treating and praising her as you open the door and she exits.

In time, she will learn to control her impulses and wait in the crate in order to get the treat and your praise when she exits. You will know she's accepted the crate when she lies down for the first time in it. Praise and treat that event and in a minute or two, let her out as a reward until she's more used to the crate. The second and third and other times she lies down in the crate, leave her in there a little longer before you let her out and give her her treat and praise.

When she's accustomed to having her small den she can stay in, I'd leave her in that so she can't exhaust herself in OCD running and water-drinking as dogs can die from water-poisoning if she's drinking loads of water. Most dogs just learn to give in and sleep during the day when their working owners are at work and she will, too, with time and patience and retraining. I'd be sure I limited her daily water drinking to just what the vet says is healthy for her size/age and maybe use one of those time water-bowls that only a pre-determined amount of water every so often on a schedules or use one of those lick water bottles on the side of the crate.

Try that and see how she accommodates to it on weekends when you run out to the store and don't stay gone for too long to see how she does in a smaller, confined space. That's how I'd start on this girl if she were mine.

Once I got home again, I would let her out of the crate, praise her highly & let her go outside to potty and run and play vigorously all she wants. You could even put two crates together or use a pen but many dogs learn to stay in a crate while their owners are away and mostly sleep while they are gone, once they have tired of the peanut butter/treats in the kong toys left in there with them to ease them into the stay.

I would also train her not to become nervous or stressed when I left home. Do you know how to train her to desensitize her slowly to overcome separation anxiety? If not, I can give you a training lesson on how I've trained anxious dogs who hated being left alone and overcame it to become calm, relaxed dogs when I left them.