Hi Cesar,

I have a great pyrenees who has been with us for 4 years now. He was a Rescue Dog. Other than the Separtion Anxiety he is a perfect pet. We just love him. I have spent money on trainers and several different ways of training. I have no ideas on how to fix this issue. He will begin howling even if we go outside in the laneway. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Oh I heard you are coming to Canada. I would be interested in more information.

Thank you so much

S Wing

Hello, I would appreciate any advice and tips to ease separation anxiety. We have a 9 month old wonderful Vizsla puppy named Lucie. She is sweet and wonderful. We only have to leave her alone 2 days a week - otherwise she is with me or my husband at home - and one day a week at puppy day care. The days she is home alone she is outside in the back yard - free to raom, has the deck, her blanket and crate, toys, water, etc... she never destroys anything outside or tries to escape or claw at the gate, but we just found out from the neighbor that ALL day while we are gone she cries and whines and bark - it sounds like she is being strangled, and is very loud and bothersome to them! We feel horrible, she appeared fine when we left, and usually quiet when we come home, so we assumed she was just fine. Inside she has chewed a of NEW couch coushions, so we were hoping she would be happier outside. She never "goes" inside, she is very good about that.We also take her to the dog park and play time and walks around the block, etc.

She does follow us around from room to room when we are home, and does sleep with us in the bed. She loves to play with other dogs and people - when she goes to puppy day care she happily runs off with the employees and other dogs - she doesn't need to stay with us then, and at the dog parks she is happy to go off and play. I feel like she is upset at being ALONE. Today we left her in her crate, but I don't want to do that for an entire work day... we may go back to having her inside and see if that is better. Any suggestions to make her feel better about staying alone? We are considering getting a 2nd Vizsla so that they could keep each other company, but my concern would be this might be worse? or we could have 2 dogs barking all day?

Ok this is my issue. My dog is great in every aspect except he has separation anxiety and will bark when I'm not around. I currently crate my dog (a cockapoo, 3 years old) - he doesn't really like the crate but typically when I lock him in (literally I put a lock on the cage), he will sit down normally and accept his place.

But now he is barking an my neighbours in the apartment I live in are getting upset with this.

I have tried the neutral state of mind that one should take before I leave the apartment and I also wait before I take him out of the cage when I return home.

I have tried the citronella collar and originally my dog stopped barking but then he figured it out after a few days and he was back to his old bad habits of barking.

I have tried but I need help! Please give me advice/help! I love my dog.

Hi Cesar, My boxer dog Tyson is nearly 1 year old, he gets brought out for a run everyday but he still as hyper as ever when he comes home and I know boxer dogs are naturally hpyer dogs and need alot of attention but even when kids come into the house i do be afraid he will jump up and knock them down. When I need to go and collect my mother from work I put him in the back yard until I come home and it does only be for about 1 hour and when I come back he does be eating the wooden fence and if I leave him in the house he does grab everything he can.
Have you any advise you could give me

I rescued a pit that is the best dog she is wonderful with children and other dogs the only problem is you cant leave her alone she ate through the privacy fence destroyed two kennels and tore her own nail and part of her toe in the process and now has scars from doing this so people look at her and think she is a fighter I watch Cesar religiously and still have no idea what to do about this problem we walk and walk and still she cant be left alone. HELP

hi cesar!

i need your help please-my husband and i have a 2 1/2 yr old mixed pup (bensaji, chihuahua, pointer) and we moved just about 2 months ago. the past 2 weeks have been horrible-when i put rj to bed (he sleeps in the kitchen with the gate up-it's a large space with bed, food, water, toys, blanket)after about a half hour he cries and cries and starts scratching at the floor to get out like he is scared. for the 1st week i have ignored it completely but it just keeps getting worse! the crying is lasting longer and i don't know what to do! i make sure that he is cared for before going in the kitchen for the night (he has relieved himself, ate, played, is cozy...) and last night the scratching was just too much that i had to pull the crate out (which i only ever used his first week with us for potty training) and stick him in it-he still cried and scratched for a while, but at least he wasn't damaging anything and i put him in without any cuddling or baby talk which is soooooo hard for me not to do because i love my dog lol-but i stayed strong!
any idea what is going on or what i can do to help this situation???
oh and one more thing-he does not sleep in bed with us although he does like it-but only 2x can i think of that he has-i just don't want to deal with the battle in the bed.

thanks!!!!!
sara

I have a six year old boxer. I have owned her since 2004. For the first 3 1/2 years she came everywhere with me. Where ever I slept, she slept. Car rides daily back and forth to a friends house, who also owned two other dogs. When I started dating someone in 2007, I couldn't take her to his place. He lives in an appartment and doesn't want my dog there. My dog lives at mothers house where I stayed for most of her life until I started sleeping at my boyfriends house nightly. My boxer was diagnosed with a blood disorder last summer and was put on prednisone which made her extremely hungry and thirsty. She has been peeing, getting into the trash and drinking out of the toilet ever since then. Now that she is at a minimum amount on the drug, it seems like she is still acting that way. When we leave at night time and for too long, it seems like she gets mad and upset causing her to make a mess in the house. Last week my mom left her at night time and when she returned, she had found that my dog peed in the middle of her bed. Which is the place my dog sleeps now since I am not around too often. Im just wondering if she is scared my mom will leave her, like I did. Or if she is acting out because im not around like I use to be?

Wyatt is a mix that we adopted from a local shelter about a month ago. He is one of the sweetest dogs that I have been around. He is wonderful with children minus the fact that he gets very jealous when I'm on the floor with them playing instead of him. But minus that he is great. The only thing I am worried about is his anxiety. When he knows me and my husband are getting ready to leave he starts trembling. Once inside his crate he start panting heavily, salivates excessively, whines, barks, and sometimes urinates and defecates in his cage. He's tore up his dog bed so now all we keep in his cage is a blanket that we brought him home in. As soon as me or my husband get in he jumps all over us which is hard for me because he ways about fifty pounds and I weigh double that. Read online about herbs that help calm the dogs nerves but I really hate to use something like that if I don't have to. Please let me know of any suggestions your or anyone might have.

Thanks

I have a 2 1/2 yr old Jack Russell that I got from a shelter...Shes a great dog but when we leave her, whether its for an hour or 5 hrs, she poops on the puppy
pad and pees on the floor. I make sure to take her out before I leave her but it doesn't seem to matter....

There are a number of different ways that separation anxiety can manifest: urinating or defecating indoors, destructive behaviors, digging at doors, etc. Fortunately, a variety of treatments have been developed to help diminish your dog's anxiety. Treatments range from behavior modification training to a veterinarian prescribing medications. Here's a link with an article providing more information about separation anxiety.

I have a 17 month old poodle schnacher named Bean. As I begin to get ready to leave the house he follows me around and even starts to whine a little because he knows I'm leaving. We live in an apt where we leave him in our good size kitchen (gaurded with a baby gate) when we leave to work. He is house broken but still do this just in case. I put him in the kitchen with a toy and his blanket but still everytime, everyday as I leave for work he whines and cries and I am worried our neighbors will start to complain as it echos through our complex. He is walked in the morning and taken to the park for about 30 mins before he gets put into the kitchen. What can I do to stop this behavior????

We have two boxers (5 & 11) and a Pointer/Staff mix (13mo) in our pack. The Boxers gladly sleep all day in the kennel without a problem. Unfortunately our other dog has separation anxiety and shreds everything in the kennel including the other dogs beds.
This is a problem since our oldest dog had Degenerative Myopathy and requires a bed due to his condition.
We use the suggested techniques prior to taking them to the kennel before leaving for the day, and have included other healthy distractions for the dogs while we are away.
We are strong pack leaders and followed your techniques to great success in all other areas.
I am afraid we will have to give up our youngest member of the pack for adoption if we cant kennel them together during the day.
Help?
David

We just got a new 5 month old Beagle puppy who has separation Anxiety. I usually always take him for a long walk before putting him in the crate. He is fine in the crate as long as someone is in the room with him, he will chew on his bone, eat a little snack or fall asleep. However if you leave the room to go to the bathroom even, he howls, and will continue this until you are back in the room. I try to only let him out or walk into the room when he is quiet. I have heard that the previous owners left him in the crate while they went to work and got rid of him because of this behavior. I have tried leaving him out of the crate and just going to another room and he howls. I am doing short sessions with him to get him used to the idea but it does not seem to be working at all. What am I missing??

Hello from Ireland Cesar!
I am in big trouble with a small girl only eight weeks old. She is a beautiful West Highland Terrier i only have her four days (and four very long nights!)she is hoarse from crying at night when we go to bed - i keep her in the utillity room which is two metres by three metres floor space,is this enough space for her (she's tiny!).I dont really want to share my bedroom with her have you any solutions?I'm scared i may be doing her long term damage my husband is convinced if i give in now we are doomed,
Hugs and best wishes
from Eire,

I have a 1 year old English Mastiff. I have had him since he was 6 weeks old and had him completely potty trained by 16 weeks. I don't have room in my apartment for a crate big enough for him, so I shut the doors and leave him in the living room when I'm gone, which worked fine for several months. Over the last couple of months, however, he has started peeing or pooing in the floor EVERY time I leave the house. He has also torn up mini-blinds and pulled carpet up and destroyed padding underneath. I went to a local herb shop and bought some anxiety drops the lady said that handlers give their dogs before shows to calm them down, but they have not done any good. I take him for walks before I leave him and I don't make a big deal of leaving by telling him goodbye or anything. I am nearly at wits end! I love him to pieces and don't want to give him up. Any suggestions?

dear Cesaro,

hello my name is Darrian minor. i have a 10 year old Japanese Akita named Mulan. we've had her since she was a puppy. she is an absolute angel. the only problem we have ever had with her was that she would take stuffed animal remotes etc. and bury them. but we have just gotten a 9 month old golden retriever puppy from my aunt and we thought that if we got the puppy Isabella then mulan would have a friend to play with. that all is working out fine. but you see. Isabella is very attached to me and when i leave even if other people are in the house she starts to chew thing up and cry. in the beginning we put her in a metal kennel that my aunt had given us, but when i had left for school she would bend the bars to try and find some way to get out. when i would come home i would find her out of her kennel chewing on something/anything. the kennel was trashed so we had to through it out. so we left her out with my other dog mulan thinking that mulan would keep her in check knowing that mulan is the dominate type. yet when i come home from school something has been torn up. clothes, bamboo stick, stuffed animals, etc. it got so bad to where she pulled the carpet up and tour chunks out of the carpet padding underneath and she had gotten into a box of heart guard and had to get her stomach pumped. my parents and i had thought it might be she was ripping up my clothes because it had my sent on them so i had taken one of the sox's she tore a hole through and put in another one then tide a knot around it and gave it to her to play with thinking it would help. it hasn't one bit. when i left one time my grand mother had said that Isabella had cried nonstop while i was gone. i don't know what to do. i don't want to get rid of her. shes been to 4 different homes and she is such a sweet dog. i don't want to give up on her but i don't know what else to do
please help.
thanks,
darrian minor

Hi

I have a 17 month old Beagle that suffers from really bad separation anxiety. I've had her since she was 8 weeks old and she's always had problems when we leave the house. I've tried so many different ways to deal with this but can't seem to make her at ease. I am a stay at home Mom so I am with her for most of the day...but not all day. She used to stay in a plastic crate when we left the house. One day we got home (after a one hour trip to the store) to find a blood covered crate and 2 pairs of chewed up shoes. So we got her a metal crate thinking that she couldn't chew through it and also maybe being able to see things better would put her more at ease. She destroyed the thick plastic bottom of that then ripped up the carpet where she could reach it. This is all happening in a couple hour increments. Now we leave her out, but close all the doors, and give her a couple toys to chew on while we're out. I am now coming home to problems of peeing and pooping on the floor, a hole in the side of my couch and a hole in my purse.
About 2 months ago she started growling at the kids and has bit them a few times as well. I'm at my wits end with her. I feel like I've tried all I can think of. It's starting to hurt our family life. Please HELP us!
Thank you.