Separation Anxiety Goes Both Ways....how bad is yours?
 

Oh yes...it goes both ways!! :rolleyes: I was out of town last Fri. and most of Saturday....and so on Saturday night when I got back, I missed Sophia so much I wanted her to sleep with me. Hubby has a big no dog in the bed rule and so I slept on the floor in an empty room half the night and on the couch the rest of the night. I just couldn't put her in the crate after I hadn't seen her.

Oh, and Sophie loves to lick the water off of me when I get out of the shower. :animal-sm She also likes to lick the lotion off after I put it on...I have to dodge her in the bathroom when I get ready in the morning sometimes!! :yelrotflm

it USED to go both ways....... but not anymore, i have no problem leaving him partly because he is SO ATTACHED to me to begin with..... it is sort of like kids, you know, you need a break everyonce in a while...... while i am at home he is the king, and doesnt give me ANY SPACE AT ALL, no matter what i am doing he is sittingon me or following me around (i dont mind except when i am trying to get something really important done and he is in the way)..... so, in answere to you question, NO i dont get separation anxsiety at all.... i love toby to death, and i worry about stupid stuff like (did i leave the oven on????.... did i refill his water bottle???) but i dont necessarily worry about me not being with him 24 7.................... i did at first though (but that was also because we didnt want him to bark and give us away to our landlord)

My seperation anxiety is terrible. I worry about him and the puppysitters (family) tell me he cries a lot while I am gone. I've had him for five months and have only spent maybe twenty hours away from him. I think I'm creating a monster. :p He wants to do everything with me. Eat, nap, drive. I indulge him way too much. He is ninety five percent potty trained but last week he followed me into the bathroom and peed on my foot. :rolleyes:

Sound the Trumpets I'm coming home
 

It is my belief that my dogs separation anxiety and my own stems from definitely having to get some space to myself. Wether it be arts and crafts, being on the computer, or sitting on the couch hugging my boyfriend (my dog is jealous of him) Anything that takes my attention away from him and occupies my lap is inherently bad, evil, and misunderstood.
He doesn't really get aggressive or mean he just gets overly friendly and pushy to the point that I'll turn my head and find him crawling all over whatever happened to be in my lap at the moment. He will be licking me trying to pull my attention back to him. Now if I'm with my boyfriend and all the sudden a yorkie pops into my lap and intrudes on the kiss. Well not only does that make my boyfriend raise an eyebrow but it makes me feel bad and very uncomfortable.
So most of the time I just go out for a night or two and leave him with my parents. As much as I love and miss him over that time I'm out, I get a little of it back for myself and I'll tell you I don't waste a second. When I get home the royal trumpet's are sounded and flaming swords are raised. Yea Panzer's happy to see me, and I'm happy to see him. Well, let's just say it's good to have time to miss each other.

Passionfruition, im glad u brought this up, i thought i lost the plot... im totally obsessed, what ever our plannings are we consider Chelsey first, if it doesnt suit or include her we change plans...
When i take a shower shes with my husband, but i dont take my time coz i know shes there waiting for me, when i get out the bathroom i can hear my husband telling her that im on my way, when she sees me shes happy and wants me to pick her up ( she ll act as if i was gone for 2 days )

I am the same way with Louie. He goes EVERYWHERE with me...and when I leave him briefly (if I run to the grocery store-30-45 min.) I miss him terribly and I can't wait to get home. I wiz through those supermarket aisles like a crazed woman, I just can't wait to get home for my Louie. I am going to a wedding at the end of this month and he's coming with my husband and I..we are also going to new orleans for another wedding in May and he'll be with us. We change our plans as well to suit him (whether it's where we go for dinner or not catching a movie, etc.) are soo attached to him. I love having him around. In the car we chat (or I chat, he just looks at me) or I'll sing to him. LOL...I must sound like a nut. But I am CRAZY about my little baby.

Your post made me smile.... i laughed about u running round the grocerie store like a mad woman ( could be me ) lol
When i do groceries i TELL my 13yr old to stay at home with ALL the doors shut and NOT to open for ANYBODY, incase she gets out ( with raised eyebrows ) lol i keep my cellphone in my jacket pocket and have it on vibration as well as on sound so if i dont hear it i will feel it :eek: just incase he needs me!
Ive sneaked her into grocerie stores before but they caught my friend going in with her yorkie and asked her to leave :rolleyes: now im scared they ll notice me too, but i will definatly try it again ... all they can do is tell me to go :)

It's so nice to hear that I'm not crazy ;) This is how bad mine is......when I was job searching my main reason for taking the job I have now is b/c my boss has 2 small dogs and let me use the family sick leave for Simon and Hallie since she considered them my children (I have no human children). Also a big perk is that we have the flexibility to work at home when we aren't teaching so I can stay home with them! I can't bear to leave them everyday alone so I take them to daycare and call to check in a few times a day. They both stand on the corner of the tub when I'm showering and peek in and lick the water off my feet. I am completely crazy about my dogs and couldn't imagine my life any other way!

i cant remember the last time i went to the bathroom by my self brownie likes to lick the water off my toes i also have to turn the water on cold so he can drink it im never with out him so i cant say but i can my father wants to take me to florida and italy and i wont go cause i wont be able to take him :(

Well im also very attached to Gucci. I always home cause recieved SSD due to chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia and chronic depression. Anyhow, if i dont see Gucci Im always looking for her since she is usually close by me. Gucci also licks my legs when i come out of the shower. Sometimes i close the door and I hear her scratching it trying to get in after me. I can be sitting and Gucci is always close by me, as soon I get up she follows me.Rarely she doesnt follw me and you see me loking for her. She has being so helpful for my depression. I love her so much.

Okay I know this is bad and hard to admit, but when I am away for a period of time, I will talk to my dog over the telephone. Of course, he doesn't talk back but I know he's on the other end listening! When I went to Florida for a week with my daughter's cheer team, my friend "caught me" talking on the phone to my dog and we had a laughing attack that made us both almost pee our pants. It was so funny!!

That is so cute and funny.

I have major seperation anxiety. While I am at work ( I am a hairdresser) every ONE of my customers ask me how Luigi is doing like he is a child or something. I have my doggy brag book with me at all times and his picture is hanging on my station. My hubby does too. Yesterday, he called me at work to ask me if I thought Luig was OK because we had some really bad thunderstorms come thru, and he was home alone. He was soooo nervous for him.
Also this Sunday-we are leaving for vacatoin for 8 days and I am already a nervous wreck. My girlfriend came over tonite to go over everything with her and I started crying just talking to her about being gone a whole week. :( She told I was crazy. :rolleyes:

I've got a picture of Corky taped inside of my car so when I'm going to school and coming home he's always there. lol. He's the background on my cell phone, and I've got 5 pictures in my wallet. He's like my son, I love him to death! lol

Great post... :thumbup:
You see I can always count on YT to reassure the fact that I'm not whacky! When I first got Cookie I had to make sure someone was with her at every moment if I wasn't there w/ her. I would wait for my mom to get up before jumping in the shower or I would put Cookie in bed w/ her... :D Now when I jump in the shower, Cookie follows me into the bathroom and simply curls up and makes a comfy bed out of my pjs. :sleep: The worst was when she used to cry as I left for work...I'd walk to my car in tears!!! :( My mom would stay w/ her in the house but I guess Cookie is sooo attached to me its just not the same. Thank goodness she grew out of that...i guess furbabies go through phases like little kids! I am also guilty of passing up on outings..."What about Cookie?" is a very common phrase in my head before responding. I have pictures of her up in my office, cell phone background, frig, etc. So yeah I definitely think it goes both ways... :luvu:

I think my boyfriend feels a little neglected because when I"m gone and I get home I pick up Baby and give her kisses way before i remember that I missed him. He used to just look at me now he doesn't even bother; he knows his kisses are coming after Baby gets hers!!!

My seperation anxiety is just as bad, I am so attached to my baby sami and tilly! they follow me everywhere! I have to sneek or run to the bathroom because if I don't they are fighting for attention while Im trying to use the bathroom there both at my knees one behind & between my legs both wanting to be picked up! So my big anxiety fix for them & myself when I have to leave them both I turn on the childrens cartoons and sami (5 months) will actually watch cartoons, Tilly can care less ( she's is 10 yrs old) and it makes sami feel someone is there :)

My separation anxiety is horrible. When I take my kids to school or go to the grocery store I am always thinking of my babies. This Saturday we are supposed to go to a friends' house who has cats so we can't bring our babies and it is tearing me up. More than likely, I will walk back home to check on the girls. Tia stays in her play-yard (since she isn't potty trained) and Sandy gets the run of the house since she is. I just worry that I am neglecting them when I am gone. I know it is crazy, but it was the same way with my children. It took about two years before I would agree to go on a "girls night out" ;)

RubyC if you are whacky ... then we all are!! Patrick nor I can bear to leave Toto alone ... we plan everything around her and if she can't go, we don't!! Rarely, unless it's an absolute necessity do we ever leave her alone for any reason! Usually just one of us will go to the grocery or other shopping errands where she isn't allowed ... otherwise we only shop where she is welcomed also! We had to go to an important dinner [work related] and were late ... I appoligized because I had to feed Toto her dinner and I saw some of those "looks"!! :rolleyes: We didn't care ... we mingled ... had some drinks ... ate ... watched the clock ... and left early!!! :) I thought everybody did that!! ;)

Thank goodness I am not the only one who constantly worries about my baby and miss her when I am gone. I always think about her when I am away. I take her everywhere that she is allowed. I treat her as if she is a person. I talk to her and ask her questions. I know she isn't going to answer but sometimes I swear :aimeeyork she knows what I am saying!!

When I first got Mason, I used to get very emotional leaving for work in the morning....I would get in the elevator and tears would well up in my eyes. My boyfriend was like, "you got issues!" Now, I'm much better - probably because I have taken all my old family/friend pictures at work and replaced them with Mason's :p
RIght now I have 2 framed pics of Mason on my desk, 2 more pics on my bulletin board on the wall, and a screensaver of Mason on my computer :D Mason is always with me even if not in physical sense.

I've got it bad! I mean hello, I've been on here for four hours straight just because I can't be with her. BUt, weekend comes, I'm never online. Too busy playing with my girl!

Heck, it was so bad for me that when I went on vacation I took her with me and would not go anyplace that they wouldn't let me take her. Thank God Texas was dog friendly however the only place I had a problem was once in Mississippi I said no problem and went to the next town. I take her to the grocery store, Wally World everywhere and not once except that one place has anyone ever said leave. Besides with the boys constantly trying to use her as a soccer ball I don't dare leave her at home to their mercy. They would probably figure out how to get the carrier open. Elmo already opens closets and doors and cabinets. He reminds me of a cutter I use to have, except I can't ride him. PS the boys are my cats!

It is so nice to know I am not the only one....When I am at class or at work I cannot wait to get home to see my puppy!! It is the fact that she makes me SO happy. I am away at school and miss my family and boyfriend terribly but her sweet little face and when she cuddles me while we watch TV makes everything all better...I am having major seperation anxiety right now....I have to leave her with my mom and dad for the next 3 weeks because my landlord caught me with puppy and said I can't have her there....school is almost over!! Thank goodness...What am I gonna do without little graice there to greet me when I get home from work or school!! I tear up just thinking about tommorow when I have to leave her...is is stupid that I think no one can take care of her as well as I can...especially cause my mom is awesome and she has both of thier dogs to play with.

I have had Sadie for five days, and I walk three miles a day. For the past week, I have had a bum hip/leg - not sure just what it is, but I stupidly ran today just so I could get it over with and be with her.

When I get out of the shower, she is sitting on the countertop waiting for me, and looking at me. She does not have to jump high to get on the counter as
there is a wooden built in box and she jumps up on that first.

When I go to the store, I always get her something, so I feel like the trip is worthwhile. Today I got this spray stuff at Walmart that you spray on their coats. It says the groomers use it. I just used a little bit, and she smells lovely.

Kate

I just wanted to ask you, are you not allowed to have pets where you live? Just a question... cause my husband and I aren't allowed to have pets in our house (were renting right now), but we have our cat... and I plan on getting a yorkie soon... Just curious... Nice to know I am not the only one breakin' the rules!! LOL :D

Being with Schatzie day in and night it is very tough I have found to be away from her. Schatzie spent the night at her breeders for one night this weekend and I couldn't do enough to keep my mind off her.

This morning didn't come quick enough to go pick her up. (She did just fine)