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weezie
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posted December 29, 2003 12:21 AM
I have an 8 week old boxer pup who whines,barks and yelps when I leave her by herself. If i cannot be with her, I leave her in the laundry with our 10 yo boxer but she still winges.
i have tried leaving music on,getting her to sleep then leaving,squirting her with a spray bottleand ive even tried swatting her back end.
Any sugestions
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Judy
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posted January 02, 2004 08:40 PM
I have a 10 month old brittany who was a big yelper when I would leave also. Try to leave for short periods of time so she will soon realize that you are coming back. It eventually does get better. Mine cried and yelped frantically, like she was getting killed. Now when I leave I have her closed of to the kitchen only. She looks sad, but she doesn't cry. She will chew if she gets a hold of something when I am gone especially. I used to put peanut butter in a kong and freeze it and give it to her when I would leave also. Hope this helps.
Posts: 10 | From: North Carolina | Registered: Nov 2003
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RoxieGirl
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posted January 03, 2004 12:14 PM
My oldest dog who is now 11yrs old, he used to do that too. the way I got him to stop was to put something of mine (smells like you) by him so when i would leave him alone, the thing of mine would sort of be me there but not. It kept him calm. My second dog which is 3 now, that didn't work for her, so I would leave the answering machine loud so she would hear it and call a couple of times a day and leave messages to her. Every week i would leave less and less messages till she wouldn't care that i left.
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holly
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posted January 04, 2004 09:03 PM
I agree with the leaving for short periods of time -i have a boston terrier that almost chewed her way through my door on the back porch when i left her there -i finally had to crate her when i was gone. As she grew older she reolized i was coming back she stopped the bad stuff
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snash1130
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posted January 14, 2004 08:05 AM
Sounds like separation anxiety... My Sasha has that pretty bad... And yes the leaving her for short periods of time and coming back is exactly what you have to do.... Another thing that helps us is to have Sasha "stay" on the bed in the bedroom away from the door so she can't even see us physically leave out of the front door although she knows we are going.
I get her to lie down calmly, relax and give her her favorite stuffed toy that she cuddles with (she is a 3 year old husky) and then i tell her that we will be right back and be a good girl... when she calms down, i give her a treat and then tell her to stay. Before we mastered this she would follow me out to the door and begin the terrible crying, the drooling, and chewing of things... Be patient - you won't be able to fix this overnight and we are alway working on her...
Oh and if you can crate train... that would be ideal! It works great on our youngest husky... all we have to tell her when we leave is "go to your cookie-box" and she is calm as can be and she loves the crate!
Good luck!
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fullhouse9873
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posted January 14, 2004 11:48 PM
Crate training has worked wonders for our dogs. Since your pup is young - it should be easy to get her started on it.
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Amberlii
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posted February 03, 2004 12:01 PM
I would also say Crate training makes it simple! They love a place to go to of their own. I leave Vader's door open & he'll even go in thru out the day & lay on his comfy bed I have in there for him. You also have piece of mind while you are gone knowing he/she is safe & cannot destroy anything. If you do go this route always use positive reinforcement. Meaning never use their crate as a place to put him/her when they have done something bad. You want it to be a positive place for them. In turn you won't get any whining, etc. Good luck!
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Posts: 91 | From: KY | Registered: Feb 2004
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