human separation anxiety!

Wellyboots6

Tyson has just gone out for a walk for the day with his girlfriend and her owner.

I have just realised it is the first time I have been in the house on my own without him!

Usually he is either here waiting for me when I get home, or he has come out with me.

Even when he has been at the vets before I have been out at work etc.

It's very odd (but also quite peaceful!), the house feels so empty.

I don't want to be morbid, but I think I have realised that when the time comes I am not going to be one of those people that wait months before getting another dog. I am going to need to get another one pretty urgently!

Would rescues do a homecheck and keep it on their books so I wouldn't have to go through the weeks of waiting for a homecheck if I found a pooch I wanted?

I really am turning in to crazy dog lady....



Tyson and his girlfriends!

puppypants

Have you tried chewing cupboards and door frames? Maybe you could pee on the kitchen floor! How about attacking cushions or chewing a hole in the wall.
This is what most furbabies do when they have separation anxiety.
RosieXX

gettingready

Is your howling anoying the neighbours? If so, when Tyson gets back - ask him to knock and apologise for you

Tyson is still young so stop being silly....

But it never hurts to have a look at:

http://www.germanshepherdrescue.co.uk/

krlyr

The BIGGSD forum arrange homechecks that most of the involved rescues (quite a few on there, nationwide) will accept and I think they prefer you to be homechecked before applying for dogs so that they can minimise waiting times for dogs already in. Not sure how long they'll 'store' a homecheck for but could be worth asking

Wellyboots6

Well I survived without peeing everywhere and chewing everything up!

He came home all cheerful so now I feel jealous that he can have a good time without me. Man, I have serious issues!

I think I will contact some of the rescues and see how long they would store home checks for then. I can't look at the websites though so will have to ring them. If I look at the sites Tyson will end up with hundreds of brothers and sisters!!