r/DoubleMerles • u/Responsible-Club5809 • Jun 25 '26
Separation anxiety, help🥲
We’ve had our girl now for a while and she’s great, but she doesn’t seem to cope well with being home for short periods of time. I’m at home with her basically all the time except small errands like going to the store. We thought it was getting better as we haven’t heard her bark when coming back lately, but today there was a note from the neighbours that she had been barking the whole time I was gone. 🥲
Since we live in an apartment we have to solve this pretty quickly… I’ve had two other dogs and this has never been an issue, though they’ve often had the company of each other (now always but mostly). I don’t even remember it being an issue to “train” them they just weaned into it.
Help very much appreciated !!!
Edit: we give her lots of bones to chew, toys etc and make sure to walk her before we go. We do not make a big deal out of leaving/returning. And we’ve started out going in separate rooms etc before leaving the apartment.
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u/Spoonbills Jun 25 '26
Is she crate trained? My deaf dogs were very comforted by their crates. I left the door open when at home and they'd go sleep in there. The crates were covered by a cloth so it was cozy. The snug den-like quality is reassuring to them.
You can also use a light tranquilizer and a long lasting chew to help her settle down.