Separation Anxiety Solutions

separation anxiety solutions for dogs

Anyway, about the separation anxiety. I was gone into Raleigh for five or six hours one day and left Mason with my Mother. When I got back she told me that he ran from his favorite window where he can see everything to the door I would come through when I returned, over and over, back and forth. He would not eat anything she offered him, including special treats I had left that he usually loved. When I got back home, he would not leave my side, even went with me to the bathroom, waited for me outside the shower, watched me as I walked from my desk to the kitchen and back, and got into my lap as often as possible.

(If you missed last week, this is part two in a two part article series. Read part one here.)

I knew that I needed to take Mason to see our favorite vet, Dr. Potosky, to see if she had some separation anxiety solutions for us to try out.

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Mastiffs, Yorkies, Cats

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Yorkies live a long time compared to bigger dogs

My sister had a Mastiff once, the biggest and yet gentlest dog she has ever owned, and poor Hazy died at the age of only seven years.  The cat mourned for days (which I understand is a long time for a cat}, because Hazy was the gentlest playmate that cat had! I know I am generalizing about things I could be more specific about if I got the facts, but I know in my experience the biggest dogs have often been the easiest to get along with.  Big ol’ labs and retrievers let the house’s toddlers pull their manes and crawl all over them, using them as horses or trucks or tractors or punching bags!

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Why You Might Not Want to Choose a Yorkie as a Dog for You: Disadvantages Because of Size

Other than your Yorkie being hurt because of something dropped on her or because she jumps from too high a place.  I don’t know about problems with this if you truly like very small dogs.  I have an advantage here because my Yorkie loves to run and take long walks, so I guess that’s one reason he’s so strong.

And he’s not on the itsy bitsy side, like some adult Yorkies I’ve seen that are four pounds tops.  You have to really protect a dog that is small and fragile.  If you’re in the kitchen just opening a can of soup, it probably weighs about a pound, and if your dog is three pounds, remember that’s a third of her size.  It’s like if you weigh 150 pounds, having a 50 pound object slam down on your head or back!!!