Barking at our departure
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| Snowy does that sometimes. All we do is ingnore her and she stops.
Don't know if this hels you. |
| I have three dogs and when they see me getting ready to go somewhere they get all excited and Violet will bark at me and Asia will bark at her. Yes, it is total mahem. China is usually trying to run out in front of everyone. If I'm not taking them with me, it used to be insane trying to get out the door ahead of them.
One day when I was going out without them, I decided to talk to each one and say "you have to stay, I'll be back soon." and it worked! They didn't bark, or run after each other, just stood and watched me leave. I do this each time I leave without them now and it is a pleasant farewell. When I return to the house, the two Aussies go wild so now I tell them "let Mommy sit down and I will pet you." So now when I come back they wait for me to sit down for their welcome home pat. Violet will come in for hers if she doesn't have anything else better going on. lol My dogs are 18mts/5yrs/6yrs so I don't know how much difference their ages make. Good luck, I'm sure you will get outstanding advise from this forum. |
| Fortunately, Jenny lets us go without any problems. She is 7 mons. and since I have worked on sit/stay since we got her, I just do that when I am leaving and she is fine. Coming back in is another story, I try the sit/stay, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. She is usually so excited to see us. We have to really work on her staying down and not jumping up. |
Holly does this also and if anyone out there has a solution to end this I would be much appreciative she is damaging my window sill when she jumps up there and barks at me when I leave  |
| It could be separation anxiety - both of mine have had it.
Fortunately Harry does not bark. But Mopsy did. We could not even say "Have a good day" to each other because she would start barking knowing we were leaving. So instead we would mix it up "Enjoy your day" "See you tonight" etc. 
My solution with Harry to curb his separation anxiety is not to say anything. Both leaving and coming back home should be as low key as possible. He gets a Kong filled with peanut butter only when we leave the house and it gets picked up the minute we come back in. We also throw down a couple of treats next to it. Half the time he doesn't even look at us when we leave because he is too busy getting his treats. The key to making this solution work is giving them something special that they only get when you are leaving. This makes it a positive experience. This should work for the barking too because once you are out the door they have nothing to bark about. |
| I use the pb kong with the three older ones when I leave for work - Morgan acts like he is willing to button my coat, hand me my hat and send me on my way - he spends the last 20 minutes or so before I leave in the morning drooling and waiting for his kong - he could care less. |
ravenbrook wrote: Holly does this also and if anyone out there has a solution to end this I would be much appreciative she is damaging my window sill when she jumps up there and barks at me when I leave
Patch gets excited every once in a while because she loves to go anywhere in the car - but, when i cannot take her i tell her to go to her bed and i'll be back. she usually shows her really really sad face and walks to her bed. I always give her a treat so that softens the blow of having to stay home. |
kerry wrote: I use the pb kong with the three older ones when I leave for work - Morgan acts like he is willing to button my coat, hand me my hat and send me on my way - he spends the last 20 minutes or so before I leave in the morning drooling and waiting for his kong - he could care less.
Kerry, I could help but laugh when I read your comment about Morgan  |
Jancyp wrote: kerry wrote: I use the pb kong with the three older ones when I leave for work - Morgan acts like he is willing to button my coat, hand me my hat and send me on my way - he spends the last 20 minutes or so before I leave in the morning drooling and waiting for his kong - he could care less. Kerry, I could help but laugh when I read your comment about Morgan he is a predictable - if lovable frat boy  |
| I second the Kong idea!
With all of our boys UNTIL Hudson (who must be locked in a crate with twelve padlocks for his own safety and the integrity of the walls) we would get ready with no emotion/hoopla. Then, they'd be told to sit and we'd hand them a cookie or two (or a Kong when they were younger and needed the distraction) and leave without incident. I think the food really takes the focus of the people leaving and reduces the anxiety. You might want to try first with just standing by the door, keys in hand, and giving the Kong a few times without leaving. This might help if the anxiety is really strong. Over the years we went down to a cookie or two. We've never had any trouble leaving, and no anxiety either. I have no idea what it'll be like with Hudson, as he must be watched 24/7 at this point. I imagine that all our past experiences with him are a pretty clear indicator that this will be an issue as well, when/if the time comes. |
| Me too. They get a cookie and told outside in your bed now. Never any fuss made by them or us. And they do seem kinda glad to see me leave because I have special "only when I'm going" cookies.
Now if it were only that simple when I get home. They bark and be crazy, no matter what I do. I've tried ignoring them, leaving them out, letting them in, doing sit/stay, giving treats, not giving treats. Guess they're just really happy to see me. So I wont complain too much. |
| Is this a normal thing?
Presently Archie is very calm when we leave the house, totally bonkers on our return, particularly my return and I mean BONKERS, I really do hope he doesn't get this way on leaving!  |
| I've never had a problem with Rosie on leaving but the return was a complete nightmare, then when I got Eby my miniature poodle who was beside herself when we returned I knew I had to do something about it.
When leaving or returning nothing should be said, no contact or touch with the dogs and no treats. When you talk or feed them they feel that your not the pack leader, in the wild the pack leader wouldn't give them anything they just leave. Over a couple of weeks this works really well, we can walk in without being overrun by dogs. If the dogs is suffering form anxiety them try this for a few minute's then lengthen the dog will no your coming back. |
| Chauncey doesn't have a problem at 3 yo. My son ( 30 ) that I left for a short trip said Chauncey howled like a basset when I left for 15 mins. When we leave him alone he lays by the french doors until we return. He seems to do really well unless someone else is left with him. |
| Nigel pitches a fit every time I go out the door. Bella has learned to join in, but she isn't as bad. I was working on it...but life got in my way. I just moved my couch away from the window because the last few weeks he has been attacking the window and curtains when I walk out so he can look out.
I would worry about giving them anything that Bella could fight over...so I guess I have to learn to be more consistant. |
| I also do what Helen does. I communicate with my puppy by saying that "I will be right back," in a really happy voice and give her a treat. She runs off and hides with her treat while I leave. If I don't give her a treat she will run me over trying to get to the door first. If she is going with me I say, "let's go for a ride" so, mine does understand the difference between me leaving alone or with her. When I come back inside the worst she does is try to herd me. Mostly she just waits patiently. |
| One thing that I forgot is not looking at how these dogs would be in the wild. The pack leader wouldn't give the rest of the pact a treat, food or say I won't be long he would just go......................................................
If you behave in the way they would in the wild they'll be so much easier to live with, I've changed the way I treat my dogs and after 2 weeks the results are amazing. |
| When the mayhem starts I tell them "No, you are waiting." They know this means no so they all adopt sulk modes but they get less anxious knowing if they are not going as soon as possible. Sometimes I have to repeat it several times if one of them starts to campaign for change.
The puppy still isn't on the program, but she goes into her crate eagerly, and starts to play with the frozen bone/kong. As I drive away, she barks for a bit, but then settles down. The puppy's barking has caused some atypical barking with the 8,7 and 6 year old but they soon settle down. In their case, it is a brief phase. In the puppy's case, it is a matter of training (*crossing my fingers*). Good luck! |
Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've been on here but I thought I'd chime in, too 
When we leave we always crate Tucker. This way we know he isn't getting into mischief or terrorizing the cats while we're gone. We just say, " Tucker, crate!" and he goes running in. The only time he whines is if we start getting ready to go first and then he gets the idea he's coming with us. Otherwise this has worked really well for us. We don't say anything else to him except "Good boy!" when he goes inside. Maybe with some work, this could benefit you, too? |
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