Dogs who struggle being alone
Nori is our 4 year old mixed breed (looks like a sheltie / spaniel cross, embark says about 30% american staffordshire, who knows), 42lb, adopted from a city rescue at roughly 18 months old, with us...
Marlow is a four year old neutered male we think is some mix of hound and shepherd, fifty two pounds, adopted at twenty two months old from a regional rescue who pulled him from a rural shelter where...
Inola is an eight month old standard poodle we got at ten weeks from a breeder who does early neurological stimulation and structured socialization through the litter period. Both my partner and i...
Otto is a 4 year old yellow lab from a hunt line breeder, picked him up at 9 weeks in june 2022, and because of the timing of when i was hired and when i picked him up he has been my office companion...
Roan is a 4 year old lab mix, we got him at 2.5 years from a rescue that pulled him from a rural shelter where he had been picked up as a stray. The intake notes mentioned "may have some separation...
Backstory because i think it matters. I adopted Pip when she was 7. Shes a cocker mix, came out of a hoarding situation, was scared of everything for the first six months and then turned into the most...
I need outside eyes on this because i feel like im taking crazy pills. Juno is a 4.5 year old border collie, we have had her since she was 9 weeks. She has been alone in the house for 4-6 hour...
So i went back to the office for the first time in like 14 months yesterday. We got Banjo as a covid puppy and ive been wfh basically the whole time hes been alive. He does fine when i run errands for...
So I adopted Biscuit 3 weeks ago from a local shelter. He's a 4 year old sheltie mix and honestly the sweetest dog I've ever met when I'm home. The second I leave though, my neighbor texted me...
I got Biscuit when he was 8 weeks old and hes been amazing except for one thing - the second i walk out the door he absolutely loses it. Like full panic mode crying, scratching the door, the works. My...
So I got a new job and I start in 5 weeks. It's fully in-office, which I'm excited about, but I'm genuinely scared about what this means for my 3 year old lab, Huckleberry. I've been working from home...
wanted to share this because when i was in the thick of it i couldnt find many posts about what actually worked. Cooper is a 4-year-old rescue lab mix and when we first got him 8 months ago, we...
So Luna has been with us since she was 8 weeks old and we've always worked from home, which i think is part of the problem. my wife started a new job last month and suddenly we're both gone 8 hours a...
Otto is a 3-year-old German Shepherd and we have been working on his separation anxiety for about 8 months now. We made a lot of progress with me - he can handle me leaving for 3-4 hours no problem,...
I worked from home for about two years and during that time my 3-year-old border collie mix Della was totally fine. Never a peep, just slept near my desk all day. Last month I started a new job that's...
I want to share this because when I was in the thick of it i was reading posts like this desperately looking for hope, so here's mine. Luna is a 3 year old rescue mix we adopted last spring. The first...
I have separation anxiety (me not the dog lol) so I tested 3 dog cameras: Furbo: best treat tossing feature but the subscription pushes are annoying. Camera quality is great. $$$Wyze Cam v3: honestly...
6 months ago I was considering rehoming my dog because of separation anxiety. He destroyed our apartment, barked for hours, and injured himself trying to escape his crate. It was miserable for both of...
My rescue has figured out that keys = me leaving and starts panicking the second i touch them. Even if im just moving them off the counter. I read about desensitizing to departure cues but honestly...
Just wanted to share some hope for anyone struggling with separation anxiety because I was ready to give up so many times. When we first got our rescue he couldnt even handle me walking to the...