Cookiebaker
07-14-2007, 03:15 AM
I know I haven't been around much lately, but I have lurked when I have time. I can't sleep tonight :rolleyes: so here I am.
Anyway, Malone is doing great!! Ever since Emerson passed, he has been such a great dog. Really, he has mellowed out, so much more affectionate and playful, and trustworthy (no more counter surfing or trashcans). So, I took steps to uncrating him when we were gone. And he was doing soooo Well!! (or so I thought) We hadn't crated him for over a month, and in fact I put the crate in the attic on June 1 (the day after our anniversary)
Last week sometime, I noticed that he was barking like crazy when I got home on two separate occasions. Thought it was weird but didn't think a lot about it. Well, last Sunday night, I came home to this:
http://www.pt.plainolpup.com/mess1.JPG
http://www.pt.plainolpup.com/mess2.JPG
YEA! :eek: :eek: :eek: is right! He had jumped and snagged 2 HUGE bags of gift bags that were hanging in the closet. There were at LEAST 100 gift bags, 50-60 of them were from my baby shower. And he was FRANTIC. I don't know whatever got into him, but I figure it is separation anxiety. There were about 20 bags that weren't chewed to smithereens.
So, he is now back in the crate while I am gone :( and doing a bit better. Sometimes he is still barking like crazy when I come home. This is really stressing me out because I want him to be happy while I am gone. I have gone back to like when he was a puppy and leaving him a frozen kong with peanut butter or gravy in it, or a stuffed marrow bone. And that definitely helps. I put him in his crate 15 minutes before I leave and don't make a big deal about it. Nor do I recognize him for at least 15 minutes after I get home.
Any other suggestions are welcomed!
And to show you what a NAW-TEE boy he is, here is one last picture:
http://www.pt.plainolpup.com/mess3.JPG
Who me, Ma? I would make a mess? I don't think so!! I'm a Veggie-table!!!
Anyway, Malone is doing great!! Ever since Emerson passed, he has been such a great dog. Really, he has mellowed out, so much more affectionate and playful, and trustworthy (no more counter surfing or trashcans). So, I took steps to uncrating him when we were gone. And he was doing soooo Well!! (or so I thought) We hadn't crated him for over a month, and in fact I put the crate in the attic on June 1 (the day after our anniversary)
Last week sometime, I noticed that he was barking like crazy when I got home on two separate occasions. Thought it was weird but didn't think a lot about it. Well, last Sunday night, I came home to this:
http://www.pt.plainolpup.com/mess1.JPG
http://www.pt.plainolpup.com/mess2.JPG
YEA! :eek: :eek: :eek: is right! He had jumped and snagged 2 HUGE bags of gift bags that were hanging in the closet. There were at LEAST 100 gift bags, 50-60 of them were from my baby shower. And he was FRANTIC. I don't know whatever got into him, but I figure it is separation anxiety. There were about 20 bags that weren't chewed to smithereens.
So, he is now back in the crate while I am gone :( and doing a bit better. Sometimes he is still barking like crazy when I come home. This is really stressing me out because I want him to be happy while I am gone. I have gone back to like when he was a puppy and leaving him a frozen kong with peanut butter or gravy in it, or a stuffed marrow bone. And that definitely helps. I put him in his crate 15 minutes before I leave and don't make a big deal about it. Nor do I recognize him for at least 15 minutes after I get home.
Any other suggestions are welcomed!
And to show you what a NAW-TEE boy he is, here is one last picture:
http://www.pt.plainolpup.com/mess3.JPG
Who me, Ma? I would make a mess? I don't think so!! I'm a Veggie-table!!!