you need to work on the separation anxiety bit by bit.So this greyhound has serious, serious separation anxiety. He's torn two crate cushions to shreds already and blows diarrhea in his crate every day while I'm at work. NPR has done nothing over the past two days. He may be more liberal now, but I can't tell.
He whines and whimpers when I walk out the door and I can hear him howling and barking as I back out of the garage. Every day I go home at lunch to walk him and every day he's covered in shit. It takes at least an hour to scrub out his crate and bathe him, making my lunch breaks about two-two 1/2 hours long. Obviously that can't last.
When I'm home it's 180 degrees. Mellow and sleeps all the time. Never makes a sound.
I thought chicks were high maintenance.
So this greyhound has serious, serious separation anxiety. He's torn two crate cushions to shreds already and blows diarrhea in his crate every day while I'm at work. NPR has done nothing over the past two days. He may be more liberal now, but I can't tell.
He whines and whimpers when I walk out the door and I can hear him howling and barking as I back out of the garage. Every day I go home at lunch to walk him and every day he's covered in shit. It takes at least an hour to scrub out his crate and bathe him, making my lunch breaks about two-two 1/2 hours long. Obviously that can't last.
When I'm home it's 180 degrees. Mellow and sleeps all the time. Never makes a sound.
I thought chicks were high maintenance.
I thought you were rich why do you have to work?
Anyway, so here's a cute thing you could do. You could sleep with a blanket or something and throw it in his crate so it has your scent. You can put a radio on so he thinks someone's home. You can try putting him in the crate for a little bits of time while you're home so he knows its ok to be there.
Yeah, that is cute. I love coming home to my clothes and blankets and towels saturated with shit. Everything that goes into his crate comes out brown.
April does the same thingEverything that goes into his crate comes out brown.
You may have to SERIOUSLY tire his ass out in the morning, that could be tough with a greyhound...
Blankets - no thanks. covered in shit.
Radio - NPR stream on my computer
Crate time - He goes in there on his own and sleeps sometimes while I'm there
This is why Lu is in daycare and why we got the 2nd dog for when we're in the house.So this greyhound has serious, serious separation anxiety. He's torn two crate cushions to shreds already and blows diarrhea in his crate every day while I'm at work. NPR has done nothing over the past two days. He may be more liberal now, but I can't tell.
He whines and whimpers when I walk out the door and I can hear him howling and barking as I back out of the garage. Every day I go home at lunch to walk him and every day he's covered in shit. It takes at least an hour to scrub out his crate and bathe him, making my lunch breaks about two-two 1/2 hours long. Obviously that can't last.
When I'm home it's 180 degrees. Mellow and sleeps all the time. Never makes a sound.
I thought chicks were high maintenance.
I think it's physical for him and emotional for me.
I already get up at 5:45 and walk his ass for 20 minutes after feeding him, during which time he evacuates his bowels. I'm not going to get up at 4:30 in order to engage in a daily doggie Olympiad for fuck's sake.
When we take Lu to daycare, she's sleepy the entire next day, so rather than waking up earlier to do doggie olympics, is there anyway you can run his ass to the ground in the evenings?
You could run him for 20 minutes
Or, do you have a hitch on your car?
I guess if he has to sit in his crate and whine every day for a year he'll eventually get used to it, right?