Thanks everyone for your suggestions... I am relieved to know I am not the only one that gets separation anxiety! Our neighbor has 2 maltese dogs each around 15 lbs. Our last puppy, Schmidtey, was 8 lbs and he would play with her dogs the second he entered the house until we picked him up. I don't think he ever even realized we weren't there with him, lol.
Archie is only 4 lb and is just more delicate than Schmidtey was. Over the summer we have taken walks with our neighbors dogs so they can all get used to each other. Archie tolerates the two dogs, but he is not playful with them at all which is driving some of my anxiety. He does however, love my neighbor and her kids (she has two kids around 12, 13 years old). |