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Separation Anxiety

Dogs who struggle being alone

sixteen month update on our rescue vizsla who could not be alone for forty seconds without screaming, the neighbor letter that started everything, the 1100 dollars of crates cameras and calming gadgets that did absolutely nothing, the medication conversation i was ashamed of for no good reason, and the morning last week i left for four hours and came home to a dog asleep on the couch

Rusty is our now 3 year old vizsla, adopted at 14 months from a family that "didnt have time for him," which we came to understand was a sentence with a lot of history compressed into it. we found out...

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four year old rescue who never had separation anxiety in three years with us has been panicking every time we leave for the last 17 days following an apartment move and i cannot figure out which of the seven things that changed simultaneously is the actual trigger

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...

Posted by goldenlife22•
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four year old rescue who was solid on alone time for two years has regressed into clear separation anxiety in the eight weeks since my partner started a hybrid work schedule and i need the version of this guidance from families who have worked through a regression triggered by a household schedule change rather than a generic separation anxiety case

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...

Posted by goldenmom_firstyear_72•
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eight month old standard poodle who had constant human presence for her first six months because we were both fully remote and we started a hybrid return to office four weeks ago and the separation anxiety regression is more severe than the published material prepared us for, looking for families and trainers who have walked a pandemic raised young dog back from a comparable starting position and what the resolution protocol actually looked like inside it

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...

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four year old lab who has literally never spent a working day alone is about to face a three day a week return to office, trying to build the right ramp before the change hits and i cannot tell from the published material whether i have six weeks of runway or six months

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...

Posted by wfh_lab_now_traveling•
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our 4 year old rescue lab spent 18 months in slow behavioral rehab for severe separation anxiety and we are finally on the other side of it, writing the honest long arc version because most online content stops at week 12 and the part that actually matters happens after that

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...

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Dog camera comparison - tested 3 popular ones

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...

Posted by fetchbob2025•
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Separation anxiety success story - there IS hope

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...

Posted by newPupmom88•
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