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09-06-2008, 07:26 PM | #1 |
My Tiny Treasures Donating Member | Severe Seperation Anxiety??? I don't know what to do? Its Macey. Whenever she see's me getting ready to leave the house...she starts getting nervous...starts watching me..running in and out of the room. When she see's I'm ready she will run and hide. (I always confine everyone when I leave the house for their safety and for the safety of my carpet!LOL) But anyways....when I get her she starts trembling horribly. I mean she just shakes so bad!!! She is a gate jumper so I will double gate her in their room (I don't like to shut the door on them) and now she will just stand there and jump and jump...throwing herself into the gate..and I'm just so scared she is going to hurt herself and her knees from jumping!!! I have pretended to leave, and I watch her and this is what she does! So I end up leaving her to have the run of the house (I put a diaper on her) or I take her with me. Same thing at night when we go to bed. If I put her in her room she just starts to tremble so bad...that I just let her sleep with me. When I'm trying to leave the house she will jump up and down at me and will jump into my arms to take her. I don't know why this is happening or why it has started. We really became close through her pregnancy, and it has started since then. I don't know what to do? I'm flattered that she loves me that much, as I love her that much as well, but I'm worried for her safety! __________________ |
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09-06-2008, 09:13 PM | #2 |
YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Missouri
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| Have you tried to leave the TV on...Not that the TV will take your place but maybe it is too quiet??? Or some classical music? Have you tried to crate her when you are there to see if she will settle down? My Chloe is like that with me. I have to separate myself sometimes when I am home so that she isn't so upset when I am gone. And I leave the TV on. I saw on a different thread not to leave the TV on but it is on all day when I am here so it can't hurt to leave it on while I am gone. |
09-07-2008, 04:35 AM | #3 |
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| Milo was like that. Family told me that even when he was home with them he spent the whole time up in the window looking out at the driveway. Then we brought home Remy. DH said yesterday when I went to the bank that Remy waited at the door for me for a little while but Milo was happy and not worried at all. Milo use to shake and pant in the car too. Every time. Now he is all calm and content because Remy is with him. Remy loves the car. Good luck, I know how it tugs at your heart to feel that you are causing all this distress. |
09-07-2008, 05:00 AM | #4 |
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| Wrigley is like that. We used to confine her in a regular playpen and put a small crate in there and she would jump and jump and cry. It was pitiful! She does have the run of the house now and at first she was chewing on windowsills and even drywall! Now she will lay with Crosley on the steps, but she still paces and watches for someone to come home. She has been like that from puppy stage though and we tried leaving music, tv, etc.. and nothing changed it. I think she's just so attached, especially to my Mother and is lost! I think where we went wrong. My Mother is home most of the time and we should have from the time she was a puppy started leaving her for shorter periods of time and getting her used to that, I'm guessing! Now we don't make a fuss when we leave or come home and that has seemed to help some. We always feel bad ignoring her, but we wait until she calms down. She used to do the honking noise really bad and that has become less too. Has Macey ever been crated? That's one thing I wish we had done was to crate her, she's crated when she sleeps, but I think she would have benefited from a smaller space.
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09-07-2008, 05:45 AM | #5 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| oh that must be heartbreaking. Do pregnant dogs have separation anxiety when their pups leave??? just a thought... perhaps now she is worried you are going to go away too.... If she has the run of the house does she still shake? |
09-07-2008, 09:26 AM | #6 |
YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO
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| Tobey's anxiety in general has been getting worse and worse over time. It's not bad when i leave for work, but if he sees a suitcase....OMG...he totally loses it!! He has like a puppy panic attack! Even though most times he is coming with me on the trip, he doesn't understand English I have also noticed a lot of anxiety when he sees things outside our front window, he will bark and i try to correct him, he will hop down from the chair and start pacing around the room and whining horribly....I tell him "It's okay" I feel bad for them
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09-07-2008, 09:44 AM | #7 | |
My Tiny Treasures Donating Member | Quote:
She starts shaking as soon as she see's me either change my clothes or go in the bathroom to do my ahir. Real strange. She KNOWS I'm getting ready to leave and at that point she trys jumping into my arms and running around franticly. | |
09-07-2008, 09:46 AM | #8 |
My Tiny Treasures Donating Member | Oh and no...I just don't like crating, so Macey has never even been in a crate before. |
09-07-2008, 09:48 AM | #9 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| Layla used to have separation anxiety. But not that severe. are there any dog behavioursits in your area? |
09-07-2008, 11:53 AM | #10 |
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| i just got a new puppy, and now i'm worried about separation anxiety! it's difficult to handle, it would surely break my heart any PREVENTION TIPS? |
09-07-2008, 04:29 PM | #11 |
Blessed by Otis & Ollie Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Plainfield, Indiana
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| That would tear my heart out!! I wish I could help. Hopefully someone will have some good advice! She has other dogs with her when your gone doesn't she? Poor girl! I wish you luck.
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09-14-2008, 10:01 AM | #12 |
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| Im bumping this.... because I have a little girl that has separation Anxiety REALLY REALLY REALLY BAD!!! I am ALWAYS with her unless hubby and I are going to go on a date or out to eat... then I usually leave her with my sister-in-law... and she told me that she will just sit on the couch and shake... and she will cry for at least 5 mins after I leave... but even when I just leave her in the car with my hubby and I run into a store or where ever... she FREAKS OUT!!!! she CRYS and scratches my hubby.... I just dont know what to do... it breaks my heart... I would like to correct this... any suggestions???? I am going to be doing A LOT of research on this now... and do everything and anything...
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09-14-2008, 11:11 AM | #13 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New Jersey
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| My Roxy is just starting to get like that and she's 7 months old. My husband tells me to leave her and let her cry but I can't. I just go to her and hold her and tell her Mommy is not leaving. She only does that when we leave her outside of her normal scheduled times. It's sad.
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09-14-2008, 12:20 PM | #14 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Utah
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| for those of you that are wondering what to do... I found this... Separation Anxiety | The Humane Society of the United States hope it helps
__________________ Jessica, Gracie's mommy PROUD MEMBER OF THE SPOILED ROTTEN CLUB! and now YTTA |
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