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re: Separation Anxiety in a Dog
Posted on 9/27/17 at 1:44 pm to The Torch
Posted on 9/27/17 at 1:44 pm to The Torch
You can purchase expandable plastic gate enclosures that are much safer than metal crates. Plus you need to give the dog Valium, but be careful of the dosage, obviously...None of that other bullshite works for separation anxiety.
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Posted on 9/27/17 at 1:45 pm to The Torch
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Separation Anxiety in a Dog
Our Chihuahua has separation anxiety. Has torn up a lot of wood kennels, as well as doors, carpets, furniture...etc.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 1:47 pm to Skillet
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None of that other bullshitee works for separation anxiety.
What are you basing this on?
Posted on 9/27/17 at 1:49 pm to The Torch
Yep, I had a 10 pound Maltipoo that destroyed my house and broke out of a metal cage for a lab sized dog. He went nuts when we would leave. I gave him away to a coworker after having him for 8 yrs. It was either that or I was going to put him down. He lived the rest of his life as an outdoor dog until he passed away a year ago.
We had our dog in a steel kennel like pictured on page 1 and he destroyed the first one for smaller dogs, so we got him a bigger one. He bent every vertical bar on the bottom row of the bigger kennel until he finally broke a couple of the bars off and could squeeze out of it. We would put the kennel in the living room and when we would get home it would be on the other side of the house. THis is a steel kennel for a large dog with a 10lb maltipoo doing this. He ripped a baby gate at the bottom of the stairs completely out of the wall and put a 1' diameter hole in that wall by doing so.
We had our dog in a steel kennel like pictured on page 1 and he destroyed the first one for smaller dogs, so we got him a bigger one. He bent every vertical bar on the bottom row of the bigger kennel until he finally broke a couple of the bars off and could squeeze out of it. We would put the kennel in the living room and when we would get home it would be on the other side of the house. THis is a steel kennel for a large dog with a 10lb maltipoo doing this. He ripped a baby gate at the bottom of the stairs completely out of the wall and put a 1' diameter hole in that wall by doing so.
This post was edited on 9/27/17 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 9/27/17 at 2:01 pm to Will Cover
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What type of dog?
Chiweenie with some Jack Russell
I usually walk a three mile loop with him but didn't have time yesterday.
He's spoiled, never kenneled, sleeps in the bed.
He starts getting ramped up when he can tell we are going somewhere, I usually take him if possible
Posted on 9/27/17 at 2:24 pm to The Torch
Tried A to Z, everything mentioned here. Only one solution has worked for my 70 lb ninja boxer:
Lookup Havahart Above-Ground Electric Fence Kit
She scaled the 7 ft wood fence with ease, one hop and out. I added a 2 ft high critter mesh wire on top of fence. She began chewing the fence boards and breaking them to get out....bleeding gums, no stop. She gets walked often. She has a companion dog, fat lil football shaped sucker we call punt.
Lookup Havahart Above-Ground Electric Fence Kit
She scaled the 7 ft wood fence with ease, one hop and out. I added a 2 ft high critter mesh wire on top of fence. She began chewing the fence boards and breaking them to get out....bleeding gums, no stop. She gets walked often. She has a companion dog, fat lil football shaped sucker we call punt.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 2:32 pm to The Torch
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I usually walk a three mile loop with him but didn't have time yesterday.
Whatever you do, exercise him daily. Short walk, long walk, or whatever it is ... find time to give him a purpose and allow him to burn off energy.
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He's spoiled, never kenneled, sleeps in the bed.
Boundaries. Set them. As the pack leader, if you tell your dog to sit, he should sit. If you tell him kennel, he should go to his kennel. The key is to make sure you don't do in a negative manner. Be positive and make it fun for him. Treats work. And then eventually you can move over to strictly affection. Mix it up. And never make it a big deal when you enter your house or leave your house. You'll get to him when you can. He must learn to wait.
Also, don't allow him to bolt out of his kennel when you open it. He only gets to come out of the kennel when you give him the command. And then reward him when does what you want. And when he doesn't, place him right back in the kennel, close the kennel and then try again in a couple of minutes. Rinse and repeat. Frequently.
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He starts getting ramped up when he can tell we are going somewhere, I usually take him if possible
You're rewarding his behavior. He is the dominant one in your relationship. A pack leader doesn't tell the other dogs when he is leaving. Or when he is coming back. When I say "kennel" to my dog, it's kennel time. There's no negotiating. But she doesn't mind, because I have made her kennel her home. She likes it. She feels safe in it. And she trusts me.
You must change your behavior if you expect your dog's behavior to change.
Good luck.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 2:33 pm to The Torch
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Separation Anxiety in a Dog
Honestly...we had a pretty big problem with it, but once we got her house trained, she started to behave better. She is limited to a space in the house and doesn't destroy anything there. Accidents are pretty rare, but they do happen on stormy days.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 2:34 pm to LSU Delts
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If you decide to leave your dog outside remember he may chew your A/C lines if it's within your fence line.
I legitimately might murder it in a fit of rage.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 2:34 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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cat
Sociopaths of the animal world.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 2:42 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Plan on kenneling when gone for the first 6 months - 1 year of the dog's life. Odds are the puppy is going to tear something up during the housebreaking phase, but you should be around to discipline it immediately so that fewer times are required to teach the proper lesson.
When you're home condition the dog that that it's ok if your gone. Start by leaving the house for a just a few minutes and then come back in, leaving the dog out of the kennel for these times. Slowly start to stretch that out.
Dogs aren't great judges of time, but they are creatures of habit. If you leave and come right back in a bunch of times they'll get in the habit of knowing you're coming back, and when you're gone for work all day they won't really have perceived that you have been gone that long at all.
When you're home condition the dog that that it's ok if your gone. Start by leaving the house for a just a few minutes and then come back in, leaving the dog out of the kennel for these times. Slowly start to stretch that out.
Dogs aren't great judges of time, but they are creatures of habit. If you leave and come right back in a bunch of times they'll get in the habit of knowing you're coming back, and when you're gone for work all day they won't really have perceived that you have been gone that long at all.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 2:44 pm to yellowfin
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I'd bring my dog to a kill shelter if it did one of those things much less all of them
I was going to say that I had an easy solution
Posted on 9/27/17 at 2:45 pm to LSU Delts
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I came home to a torn up couch and chewed kitchen chair legs.
And you still have a dog? There's no way that I'd put up with the shite that most animal owners do
Posted on 9/27/17 at 2:46 pm to The Torch
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The Dog
gets
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The Torch
Posted on 9/27/17 at 2:57 pm to The Torch
Sounds like my Chocolate lab. We tried everything from the Thundershirt to drugs, but nothing worked.
Finally got a 2nd dog, and he got better.
ADVICE: if getting a 2nd dog, make sure it is older and more mature than the one with the anxiety issue. If not, you'll have two dogs tearing up your house.
Finally got a 2nd dog, and he got better.
ADVICE: if getting a 2nd dog, make sure it is older and more mature than the one with the anxiety issue. If not, you'll have two dogs tearing up your house.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 2:59 pm to The Torch
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He acts normal until we leave.
heeler?
Posted on 9/27/17 at 3:02 pm to mtntiger
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you'll have two dogs tearing up your house.
if you keep them outside, where animals should live, and coming in the house for short times are considered a reward, things might be different
Posted on 9/27/17 at 4:05 pm to tigerfan182
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How old is the dog? How long have you had him?
He's 4 and we've had him since a puppy.
We also just moved so this may be causing some of this, he never acted this bad before but would sit in the window watching for us for hours at the old house.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 4:11 pm to The Torch
Nylon muzzle, should cost 6-7 dollars.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 6:01 pm to wickowick
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wickowick
I think you are the one that suggested that for my GSP last year. I posted about it on the last page but want to thank you again. We love our dog again. She hasn't tore anything up nor has she been in her kennel once since I got one.
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