TheFlash
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Hiya, new to the forum but hoping you guys can help us out with a problem regarding separation anxiety- kind of.
So we have one Labrador who’s 5 years old (had him since a puppy) and 3 days a week we have a dog walker come in for an hour at around midday, whilst we are out at work/school.
Should add dog stays in his pen when we aren’t in (end of room fenced off with a crate and toys in etc.)
Now there is absolutely no issue with his pen and he willing sits in their even when we are in the house with the fence open, he’s also perfectly fine every morning when we leave/ when we go out etc.
So the problem arises (and we have only realised this because eldest daughter is at home more during the day due to timetable) that when the dog walker returns dog and puts him in his pen he is happy for a moment but then continues to bark once she has left- and will only stop if somebody lets him out and plays with him.- as most of us are out until 4ish and dog walker returns dog at half 12 we have no way of knowing how long this lasts when we aren’t there but he seems fine when somebody does arrive home.
So we obviously don’t want our dog all stressed out in the middle of the day- hence why daughter has been letting him out after his walk, but this can’t always be the case.
Clearly dog loves the dog walker very much- probably more then he loves us cheeky so and so. But does anyone have any tips on how we can curve this behaviour?
(Sorry for long post- didn’t realise how long my explanation would be aha)
So we have one Labrador who’s 5 years old (had him since a puppy) and 3 days a week we have a dog walker come in for an hour at around midday, whilst we are out at work/school.
Should add dog stays in his pen when we aren’t in (end of room fenced off with a crate and toys in etc.)
Now there is absolutely no issue with his pen and he willing sits in their even when we are in the house with the fence open, he’s also perfectly fine every morning when we leave/ when we go out etc.
So the problem arises (and we have only realised this because eldest daughter is at home more during the day due to timetable) that when the dog walker returns dog and puts him in his pen he is happy for a moment but then continues to bark once she has left- and will only stop if somebody lets him out and plays with him.- as most of us are out until 4ish and dog walker returns dog at half 12 we have no way of knowing how long this lasts when we aren’t there but he seems fine when somebody does arrive home.
So we obviously don’t want our dog all stressed out in the middle of the day- hence why daughter has been letting him out after his walk, but this can’t always be the case.
Clearly dog loves the dog walker very much- probably more then he loves us cheeky so and so. But does anyone have any tips on how we can curve this behaviour?
(Sorry for long post- didn’t realise how long my explanation would be aha)