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Sterica
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My parents have a middle-aged Yorkie and the thing loves them. Way too much. If they send her away while they go on vacation, she will shit herself, vomit and bark herself hoarse. My parents have been charged extra for clean-up and what I assume is doggie tranquilizers to settle her down.
This is a bit better if my brother or myself stay with her, but it's not practical and she generally won't sleep unless someone sleeps in my parents' bed (she sleeps under the bed). Like I said: this isn't a practical solution.
It's only trips that she'll do this: she generally understands that she'll be alone X hours every day before my parents arrive home from work. So it's not a constant problem, but my mom does feel guilty about having to leave the dog behind. This has been worse recently since my dad has been doing a lot of travel for work and my mom has been accompanying him for some of longer ones.
Our dog is about eight and my mom got her from a breeder so she's been with us since she was a puppy. Can we stop the dog from having a nervous breakdown when she's away from my parents?
EDIT: I should add that our apartment doesn't allow pets so no canine sleepovers at my place.
This is a bit better if my brother or myself stay with her, but it's not practical and she generally won't sleep unless someone sleeps in my parents' bed (she sleeps under the bed). Like I said: this isn't a practical solution.
It's only trips that she'll do this: she generally understands that she'll be alone X hours every day before my parents arrive home from work. So it's not a constant problem, but my mom does feel guilty about having to leave the dog behind. This has been worse recently since my dad has been doing a lot of travel for work and my mom has been accompanying him for some of longer ones.
Our dog is about eight and my mom got her from a breeder so she's been with us since she was a puppy. Can we stop the dog from having a nervous breakdown when she's away from my parents?
EDIT: I should add that our apartment doesn't allow pets so no canine sleepovers at my place.
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Also don't make a scene of leaving or coming back, just act like normal
and another tip that I forgot
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We usually just pay someone $20 to watch her.
My fiancee had a dog that would go nuts, eat holes in walls, etc...
Crate training broke her of that.
Other method's likely won't work for extended stays, because if fido stays quiet when you leave cause it thinks they are going to work you won't be able to catch it.
If you can rig it and leave so as to catch it, then you might be able to correct it.
The other thing would be, stop babying the poor dog. I'm sure when it got raised they and everyone else were all lovey dovey on it and constantly held it and babied it. Not trying to sound like a jerk but that's what makes them like that.
Give it a little structure and boundaries and let it know when something it's doing is not good. Reward good quiet behavior.
Best bet will likely be crate training though, IMO.
Larger breeds tend to take separation better as long as they get attention and can run, and scenthounds (especially beagles and bassets) don't really have the attention span to get separation anxiety.
Can you back that up? Never heard such a thing...
Seen plenty of toy dogs do fine on their own.
Since they had it as a puppy, it's just so used to being with someone and it does not know how to react with out it's "alpha" around.
Proof? No. Just something I've observed from helping at a kennel. Lone yorkies and similar toys get intimidated easily and just mope until a familiar face shows up, but if you bring in several they'll just play amongst themselves. Labs and goldens will worry for a while but then get over it, and hounds are just too interested in their surroundings.
http://www.petlibrary.co.uk/1/separation-anxiety-in-dogs-how-to-treat-it/
Don't jump right to meds. Try these, try crating, etc... It's not impossible to break it.
Did your parents ask about exactly what happened while they were gone? It sounds like they sent her to a large boarding kennel? Is there any chance she was freaked out by being around so many other dogs rather than away from your parents? Is she crated around dogs she doesn't know at times other than when your parents leave?
Have your parents ever tried an in-home pet sitter other than you or your brother? There are companies where you can hire a pet sitting to come walk your dog x number of times per day and spend y amount of time playing with them per day and some of them will even sleep over. They tend to be pretty good about keeping a schedule while you are gone and it is just one person so she might like that. There are also people that have a few dogs and take in one or two extra at a time for pet sitting. It would be a lot fewer new dogs for her to meet and there would be more of a "normal" daily schedule for her in that situation.