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Lorna I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 2187 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:13 am Post subject: Dog/dog separation anxiety |
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I seem to be having a new problem. When I left yesterday with Poppy to bring her to class John said Basil just paced up and down obviously unhappy. He would not settle. He was also not good in class.
Poppy at home with John cried constantly while Basil was with me in class. She got very upset. John eventually had her up on his lap. ( John, He does really know that he should not comfort her like this when she is stressed. Big Softy!)
Should I work just like with human separation anxiety, Gradually increase time and space of separation? I am surprised how quickly and how deeply they have bonded. Maybe it is because they were both so maltreated before.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
-Mark Twain _________________ Regards,
Lorna, Basil & Poppy
Great Danes are not substitute children. They are much more important than that! |
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marcella Guest
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:57 am Post subject: |
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that's what I would do Lorna. Just start with a few minutes apart and build it up. Even taking one into the garden to play for 5 minutes whilst the other is out of sight.
It's so nice though that they both are getting on so well. |
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Emma* I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 1320 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: |
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That is how i deal with these 2 Lorna. I have not mistaken Lady's happiness at Skye been here for complete recovery from separation anxiety. As she proved when Skye was at the vets she still has issues. I take these 2 out for toilet separate and one 2 one training just to get them used to each other being away. _________________ Happiness is being loved by 2 Great Danes |
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Lorna I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 2187 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the reassurance. I will persist and hope it comes. They have taken to lying in a heap every time they settle. They are fed apart and exercised separately and together. We were out over the park earlier and she would not take her eyes off him - not even a ball distracted her.
John thinks it is cute. _________________ Regards,
Lorna, Basil & Poppy
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