Housebound due to dog's separation/isolation anxiety

Caroline_a

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tensandunits_2

gettingready wrote: »

I was supposed to go to a Vegan Festival on Saturday with my daughter, really looked forward to it but my 30 min trip to Tesco caused Zara to bark non stop so clearly I am not going anywhere on Saturday now. I go absolutely nowhere. Ever.

I'm afraid there's no way I'd let a household pet dictate my life to that extent! And the dog has been doing this for 11 years?!

annandale

To be fair the dog is suffering from separation anxiety and it doesn't know any other way to react.

Certainly I think 11 years is a long time to be suffering. Both owner and dog

tensandunits_2

11 years is a ridiculously long time. This link might be of some help.

https://www.bluecross.org.uk/pet-advice/alone-home-%E2%80%93-separation-anxiety-dogs

Comp2

This is not typical separation anxiety as the dog can be left alone if it is not the OP leaving the house last.

The dog is worrying about the OP due to inadvertently giving cues that worrying the dog. The dog is howling for the owner to come back, rather than howling as she doesn't want to be left alone.

2 options I can see is getting a second person involved so that the dog is left by somebody else and not the OP whilst meanwhile working on the owner leaving with a second person to eventually the OP leaving the dog themselves.

Or have you tried waiting outside until the dog starts howling and then going and telling your dog to put a sock in it? Order them on to the bed and let them know you are not happy about being called back. Or failing that Skype your dog and tell him to shut up!

gettingready

Just to clarify - the dog was NOT "suffering for 11 years" as this was being managed with various dog walkers/day care etc. She was not being left alone and stressed. I would never do that.

iammumtoone

gettingready wrote: »

She was not being left alone and stressed. I would never do that.

Sorry to sound harsh but when you find a job, not being able to leave your dog will not be a reason as far as the JC are concerned to not take the job.

You clearly are capable to earn enough money to provide day care for her so what makes you think you will not be able to in your next job?

The issue you have, is you are expected to take any job regardless of the pay.

As you don't have work commitments at the moment have you thought about moving to a different area nearer your daughter/friends that they can help you manage work by coming to yours so you can leave the house first?

gettingready

iammumtoone wrote: »

Sorry to sound harsh but when you find a job, not being able to leave your dog will not be a reason as far as the JC are concerned to not take the job.

You clearly are capable to earn enough money to provide day care for her so what makes you think you will not be able to in your next job?

The issue you have, is you are expected to take any job regardless of the pay.

As you don't have work commitments at the moment have you thought about moving to a different area nearer your daughter/friends that they can help you manage work by coming to yours so you can leave the house first?

You do not sound harsh, just incredibly assuming in your post above and frankly very nosy fishing for information which I did not provide.
I am not going to reply to any of the above as it goes way too deep into my personal life which is none of your business.

gettingready

Thanks for all the useful comments and advice from most people on here, really appreciated.

As more and more people reply without actually reading the thread and state the obvious which was already mentioned several times or jump to some conclusions including getting personal - I would like to close this thread as it is not serving it's purpose any longer.

No idea how to close the thread though?

Thanks again

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