Gillian Howard
03-22-2005, 09:16 AM
Hi,
I adopted a 2nd female rescue 2 days ago to go with my other male rescue dog.
Jackie my first dog sleeps in the lounge so I thought for the first night I would put pippa (2nd dog) in the kitchen. I think she has had a reallt bad life so far (she is only one) and she cries when I leave her.
When I put her in the kitchen she started crying and banging on the door. I couldnt help but let her in the lounge so me Jackie and Pippa slept in the lounge fine.
Last night I thought I would just let them both sleep in the lounge. I stayed with them until they were both asleep and then snuck off to bed. About 2 mins later I could hear Pippa crying and trying to get the door open. I though I should ignore this so I left her for about an hour. After of hour of listening I could bear no more so went into the lounge where I found poo everywhere including on Jackie's 'thing'. Pippa was a complete nervous wreck I felt so bad that I slept in the lounge again.
Now this cant continue so tonight I thought I would put Pippa in the kitchen again but I know that she will just cry and bang at the doors all night.
What can I do?
To help he seperation anxiety from today I have started leaving the room for a few seconds a time to try and build up the time - I am up to about a minute at the moment before she starts crying.
Please help.
if things dont change i may have to consider taking her back to the dogs home - I really dont want to do this so all suggestions would be deeply helpful
I adopted a 2nd female rescue 2 days ago to go with my other male rescue dog.
Jackie my first dog sleeps in the lounge so I thought for the first night I would put pippa (2nd dog) in the kitchen. I think she has had a reallt bad life so far (she is only one) and she cries when I leave her.
When I put her in the kitchen she started crying and banging on the door. I couldnt help but let her in the lounge so me Jackie and Pippa slept in the lounge fine.
Last night I thought I would just let them both sleep in the lounge. I stayed with them until they were both asleep and then snuck off to bed. About 2 mins later I could hear Pippa crying and trying to get the door open. I though I should ignore this so I left her for about an hour. After of hour of listening I could bear no more so went into the lounge where I found poo everywhere including on Jackie's 'thing'. Pippa was a complete nervous wreck I felt so bad that I slept in the lounge again.
Now this cant continue so tonight I thought I would put Pippa in the kitchen again but I know that she will just cry and bang at the doors all night.
What can I do?
To help he seperation anxiety from today I have started leaving the room for a few seconds a time to try and build up the time - I am up to about a minute at the moment before she starts crying.
Please help.
if things dont change i may have to consider taking her back to the dogs home - I really dont want to do this so all suggestions would be deeply helpful