Marchtime
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First post in this section of the forum so please be gentle!
We picked up our rescue dog 5 weeks ago from her foster family. Fudge is a 3yr old JRT x Daschund with a very limited history. We think we are her fourth home this year.
She's a real sweetheart whose personality is now really coming out. A proper terrier who loves to chase squirrels and a small squeaky ball.
The issue is that unsurprisingly she has bad separation anxiety. If we leave her alone she whines. We've been trying to follow advice online and leave her for only a few minutes, building up gradually but we are struggling. We record her and sometimes she's happy for 1-3 minutes and then starts until we are home, other times she starts immediately but settles after a few minutes. She's not interested in food if we aren't there.
We could really do with some professional guidance on next steps. I suspect we aren't being consistent enough but we're not sure what the right way forward is and are petrified of making it worse.
Can anyone recommend a behaviourist who could offer us help? We're based in Surrey but happy if it's web based sessions.
I'd post a photo but technology alludes me! She would make a perfect girlfriend for George though!! (Secret George admirer here).
We picked up our rescue dog 5 weeks ago from her foster family. Fudge is a 3yr old JRT x Daschund with a very limited history. We think we are her fourth home this year.
She's a real sweetheart whose personality is now really coming out. A proper terrier who loves to chase squirrels and a small squeaky ball.
The issue is that unsurprisingly she has bad separation anxiety. If we leave her alone she whines. We've been trying to follow advice online and leave her for only a few minutes, building up gradually but we are struggling. We record her and sometimes she's happy for 1-3 minutes and then starts until we are home, other times she starts immediately but settles after a few minutes. She's not interested in food if we aren't there.
We could really do with some professional guidance on next steps. I suspect we aren't being consistent enough but we're not sure what the right way forward is and are petrified of making it worse.
Can anyone recommend a behaviourist who could offer us help? We're based in Surrey but happy if it's web based sessions.
I'd post a photo but technology alludes me! She would make a perfect girlfriend for George though!! (Secret George admirer here).
