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A sort of Seperation Anxiety or something else?

Cherry Blossom · 2014-11-25 03:38:59

So, Teddy is very attached to me, he's at my heels all day long. He will leave even the tastiest treat if I get up to leave the room and will follow me. He's very food motivated but will not take treats from anyone unless I am there. He has a sizeable dog run out the back and seems happy out when out there on his own, he…

25-11-2014 4:38am

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Cherry Blossom

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So, Teddy is very attached to me, he's at my heels all day long. He will leave even the tastiest treat if I get up to leave the room and will follow me. He's very food motivated but will not take treats from anyone unless I am there. He has a sizeable dog run out the back and seems happy out when out there on his own, he has his meals out there which he eats when no-one is there and goes for a bit of a sleep in his kennel which is very comfy and is lined with an old horse rug. The problems occur when he is in the house and I'm not, as soon as I leave he cries and whines for about half an hour and then stands looking out the window until I come back. He has to be put on a lead to be taken out to toilet as he is so reluctant to leave the window. If he does leave the window he goes and stares at my mum which she says freaks her out so she puts him in his run for a while.

As a puppy we couldn't use time-outs with him as he would immediately pee on the floor once the door was closed on him. He's a very sensitive little doggy and a little stress-head, fine with strangers as long as they don't touch him, then he tries to hide behind me to get away. He's always been like this since I got him at 8 weeks and we did lots of socialisation at parks and such-like as a pup. The exception is small children, he will jump up at kids for cuddles and will warm-up to strange women quite quickly once they offer him a few treats and will then let them rub him. He will not take a treat from a man unless thrown to him from across a room.

I've gone off on a bit of a tangent there but the main question is: does anyone have any ideas how to get him to settle when I am not in the house? and secondly and ideas on how to make him less stressed in general?

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