Our Tibetan Terrier is 8 months old, she is absolutley adorable and we love her to bits, however there are times when we need to do things on our own and can't have her with us.
When we leave her in the house, she has plenty of toys around, her water is available and she knows where she is able to go to toilet. When we close the front door, she starts to yelp, she doesn't bark but a higher pitched yelp. She jumps up and down frantically at the front door and we can hear her until we drive away.
We can only be going out for 5 minutes, or even just out to wash the car or do some maintenance in the garage and the fact she can't see us or be with us drives her mad.
I know that this is more than likely because we have over bonded with her when we first got her, but we need to try and break this bond, as its distressing the puppy and annoying the hell out of the neighbours (1 complaint so far)
When we come home, Izzy goes mad at us, we have learnt to ignore her, so that she will hopefully learn that its not a big thing and that we will always come home. We've also been told by a dog trainer to spray perfume in the hallway when we walk into the house, then after a few weeks spray it when we leave, hoping she will associate that with us coming home. So far this hasn't worked.
I'm hoping that she will grow out of it, but something tells me she won't
When we leave her in the house, she has plenty of toys around, her water is available and she knows where she is able to go to toilet. When we close the front door, she starts to yelp, she doesn't bark but a higher pitched yelp. She jumps up and down frantically at the front door and we can hear her until we drive away.
We can only be going out for 5 minutes, or even just out to wash the car or do some maintenance in the garage and the fact she can't see us or be with us drives her mad.
I know that this is more than likely because we have over bonded with her when we first got her, but we need to try and break this bond, as its distressing the puppy and annoying the hell out of the neighbours (1 complaint so far)
When we come home, Izzy goes mad at us, we have learnt to ignore her, so that she will hopefully learn that its not a big thing and that we will always come home. We've also been told by a dog trainer to spray perfume in the hallway when we walk into the house, then after a few weeks spray it when we leave, hoping she will associate that with us coming home. So far this hasn't worked.
I'm hoping that she will grow out of it, but something tells me she won't