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Location: Fife, Scotland
Joined: Feb 2010
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Lana's been in her crate today but only because I've shut the bedroom door although she is at this moment standing by the bedroom door hopefully waiting for me to open it.
Just checked, she's on the couch so got her off and told her to go in her crate which is where she is now. It's a shame as she more or less had her own couch at the last house as I am usually on the pc chair and then she had a couch here until I put it in the spare room and gave her the crate.
I took some rubbish down to the bin today and left Lana in the house. I wasn't long 2-3 minutes maybe. I went out wearing my slippers and didn't put a coat on so I think that's why I got away with it. I remember in the old house going out the front door and walking round the side of the house to put the rubbish out and not a sound out of her so one day I needed to go to the shops, I was already wearing shoes but didn't put a coat on. Ran up the road in the freezing cold
and back and she was fine.
I'm really wondering if it's not so much seperation anxiety with Lana as that she thinks she should go with me when I go out. I went to the shop today, took Lana with me and tied her up outside. I was only about 2 minutes and could see her, she barked constantly until I came out and then looked at me and started barking at me. She did the same again later.
It was almost as though she was shouting at me and being defiant, if you can put childrens feelings onto a dog
I felt like slapping her face, you know the way you maybe wanted to slap your childs face when they were answering back with that cheeky look on their face
She used to do the same when she first started grabbing the lead in her mouth and I wouldn't let her play. When I said no she started barking. The first time she did it, a few days after I got her I thought maybe she was barking as she wanted to play but when she did it a couple of other times I realised it wasn't that but that she was 'arguing' with me, if you know what I mean. Very stubborn girl my Lana. If she was a child I think I would skelp her bum for her.
I wish you the best of luck with Jimmi in his crate tomorrow while you nip out for a moment. Sounds a good idea putting the crate in the car when you are taking him out. Like you I am thinking that even getting used to the crate won't solve the seperation anxiety.
I'm thinking buying the crate for Lana was a bad idea. I know it's early days but I don't think even if she got used to it that I would/could ever leave her locked in it when I had to go out. I get the impression she doesn't like being locked away. The only time she trashed anything was the livingroom door when I shut it when I went out and she still barked even while clawing at the door. Other times she has been fine, except tearing up letters if the postman came when I was out or chewing or tearing bits of paper of plastic bags