Higgins never had separation anxiety until he learned it from Pogo, our 13 year old Doodle. Neighbors tell us that Pogo HOWLS when we are gone. And since we have been here in our camping trailer and have left them to go shopping, we have returned to hear Elvis (Pogo) singing away with plenty of backup singing by The Higgins. Not good.
However, we don't make a fuss about leaving and we don't make a fuss about coming home either (read that somewhere), and they seem to survive. When we are getting ready to go out, they know, and they dance around all excited until we say "STAY." They then slink back like they've been shot, but we cheerfully tell them "we'll be back" and out the door we go. The few times that Higgins has shot out the door, he has had a VERY STERN talking to, which he did not like and apparently took to heart. |