Wild_x_Card
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Same here with my guy. I've been doing some separation training with "climb pads" which are very useful.
Temporary separation is all good. But when I'm out of focus from him for more than a minute he gets super anxious.
How have you guys worked with this to alleviate the anxiety?
When she was young we tried Kennel training. Huge mistake because the Rescue we got her from at the time had her in the same Kennel as her 3 brothers because they were overwhelmed.
All 3 were bigger than her and they would feed them all at the same time so she barley got any food and ate a lot of dog shit to survive.
So we went and got her a big metal Kennel built to handle her. Well, we put her in it and she literally broke a bunch of the TAC welds with her jaws and fought her way out. Bleeding gums and the whole 9. Must have brought back terrible memories for her. She Had night Terror's for a really long time. Very violent in her sleep.
Shortly after we found out she absolutely loved Chewy Bones. So we'd give her that with her Blanket and pillow when we left the house and she'd chew on the Bone until she passed out. Like a pacifier of sorts. It worked out great.
From time to time she'll still make a bed out of my dirty laundry or move my shoes throughout the house if I'm gone for an extended period but she won't chew on anything but her Bones.