TriTitch
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Not able to post this in the heath section for some reason....
Am running out of steam regarding my beautiful sweet baby Titch.
A little background - I got him at 10 months having being told he snaps and messes - my **** lol!!
He has never shown any aggression and has never once messed indoors!
He is the most gorgeous well behaved dog you could wish for except for once thing primarily - he is driving me insane with his seperation anxiety issue.
It used to be that I would go out and he would bark....often for min 15 mins at a time and be beside himself on my homecoming - this has been a problem with neighbours and such as he used to make a racket scratching at doors.
Since i have started working 11-3 mondays and fridays he has become severely stressed when I am not there
Literally licking windows(he climbs on window sills)wrecking and chewing net curtains,salivating(his chest is soaking wet upon my return)and sweating and leaving a profound `doggy`sweat smell behind.
Today I purposefully waited til 2 of my children were in before I walked into town to pay a couple of bills and do a couple of chores etc.I was gone 1 and a half hours.Titch had the company of my 13 and 17 year old while I was gone yet he chose to sit on the window sill in the sitting room and whine the whole entire time I was gone My kids tryed to coax him into a cuddle or a treat but he wasnt having any of it.
My hearfelt question and plea to you all is....What an earth do I do? Im obviously upset that my curtains are being destroyed and my neighbours of 12 years are distressed to the point they feel they have to knock but Im more unsettled as to the fact that Titch is working himself up to the state where he cannot be seperated from me for one second.
I work as a barmaid in a pub that allows no dogs so there is no chance of bringing him with me and even if there was there`ll always be an instance in the future where he is going to be have to left alone for a short period.
Please feel free to ask for more info...all I want is for my dog to be happy,I feel I am in the wrong by not tuning into his needs adequately,therefore being a bad fur baby mum
Am running out of steam regarding my beautiful sweet baby Titch.
A little background - I got him at 10 months having being told he snaps and messes - my **** lol!!
He has never shown any aggression and has never once messed indoors!
He is the most gorgeous well behaved dog you could wish for except for once thing primarily - he is driving me insane with his seperation anxiety issue.
It used to be that I would go out and he would bark....often for min 15 mins at a time and be beside himself on my homecoming - this has been a problem with neighbours and such as he used to make a racket scratching at doors.
Since i have started working 11-3 mondays and fridays he has become severely stressed when I am not there
Literally licking windows(he climbs on window sills)wrecking and chewing net curtains,salivating(his chest is soaking wet upon my return)and sweating and leaving a profound `doggy`sweat smell behind.
Today I purposefully waited til 2 of my children were in before I walked into town to pay a couple of bills and do a couple of chores etc.I was gone 1 and a half hours.Titch had the company of my 13 and 17 year old while I was gone yet he chose to sit on the window sill in the sitting room and whine the whole entire time I was gone My kids tryed to coax him into a cuddle or a treat but he wasnt having any of it.
My hearfelt question and plea to you all is....What an earth do I do? Im obviously upset that my curtains are being destroyed and my neighbours of 12 years are distressed to the point they feel they have to knock but Im more unsettled as to the fact that Titch is working himself up to the state where he cannot be seperated from me for one second.
I work as a barmaid in a pub that allows no dogs so there is no chance of bringing him with me and even if there was there`ll always be an instance in the future where he is going to be have to left alone for a short period.
Please feel free to ask for more info...all I want is for my dog to be happy,I feel I am in the wrong by not tuning into his needs adequately,therefore being a bad fur baby mum