Housebound due to dog's separation/isolation anxiety

krlyr

calicocat wrote: »

I guess that depends where you live to be fair. I lived in a tiny village, tiny shops, most people knew eachother, not really any vile badly behaved kids to mob the dog. Most people knew the dog more than me. No threat of theft, plus he would have probabky bitten anyone who tried to pick him up he didnt know.

But i do get your point, lots of places you couldnt do that. Clearly i meant if it was safe to do so.

Villages aren't immune to threats though - it would only take one person passing through at an opportune time.

juliethemuse

Could you try this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dog-Puppy-Adjustable-Safety-Muzzle-Anti-Bark-Bite-Chew-Control-NO-Biting-Barking-/152353143444

gettingready

juliethemuse wrote: »

Could you try this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dog-Puppy-Adjustable-Safety-Muzzle-Anti-Bark-Bite-Chew-Control-NO-Biting-Barking-/152353143444

Sorry but how absolutely awful for anyone to inflict that on their dog.

Fosterdog

juliethemuse wrote: »

Could you try this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dog-Puppy-Adjustable-Safety-Muzzle-Anti-Bark-Bite-Chew-Control-NO-Biting-Barking-/152353143444

Those sort of muzzles should only be used somewhere like at the vets, they really are not safe to leave on for too long as they restrict breathing

elsien

Plus Zara is barking for a reason - however annoying, it's a form of communication. If you force it to stop with that sort of muzzle, the behaviour is likely to find another potentially more destructive outlet.

juliethemuse

Fosterdog wrote: »

Those sort of muzzles should only be used somewhere like at the vets, they really are not safe to leave on for too long as they restrict breathing

I didn't mean all day! just while she goes shopping or whatever.

juliethemuse

gettingready wrote: »

Sorry but how absolutely awful for anyone to inflict that on their dog.

Oh well sorry for trying to help, anything anyone suggests is a no from you anyway.

annandale

A thundershirt might help.

bmthmark

juliethemuse wrote: »

Oh well sorry for trying to help, anything anyone suggests is a no from you anyway.

I'm sure she is taking advice given on board. It unreasonable to suggest anti bark muzzle and expect a grateful response.
Using an anti bark muzzle is very cruel as you are just hiding an underlying issue and i'm sure it would cause bigger issues

Savvy_Sue

annandale wrote: »

A thundershirt might help.

I was intrigued and googled it. There's a money back guarantee, and I was impressed that they say there's an 80% success rate - so they're not claiming a miracle cure in all cases!

They also do a Thundercap ...