I knew I shouldn't of been so excited, we had the worst morning I think for level of noise and duration. And I was only gone 20 minutes! 1step forward, 10 back

It's frequently the way unfortunately, have you tried leaving a radio on to make her think she's not alone?

I do normally but actually come to think of it, I didn't this morning. I wonder if this had an impact on her behaviour! I'm so concerned about the Christmas period, this is going to be 2 weeks of no set routine. We will be having to visit family so will have to be leaving her. We cannot take her everywhere unfortunately and although we won't be out too long, I fear my neighbours will not take kindly to it

I have just come across one of the articles on SA that I had in mind. It is in PDF format.

Google Deesdogs.com>documents>separationanxiety
Hope it helps.

Thank you so much

So we have reached an hour with not even a whimper! She's doing so well, super proud. Now we have Christmas, we only have one day where we will be out for a few hours, I just hope she'll be ok! Fingers and toes crossed... Again! Thank you all again for the support