Dog shed for separation anxiety

[dog fan 36]

Hey there! I have a dog with severe separation anxiety. I believe I discovered a solution. I welcome your comments. My dog cannot be left unsupervised in the house. He has damaged venetian blinds, bitten through standard plastic crates, dug out under a metal wire kennel, bit through metal wire when the hole in the ground was fixed. A dog trainer recommended to me to get a heavy duty metal crate, basically 100% aluminum with air holes. (He is not aggressive but is very protective of me) These military style canine crates are rather expensive and small, kind of like putting your dog in a solitary confinement jail cell for the 8 to 10 hours that I am away at work. Suddenly I had a brainstorm. I have a large garage. I could bring in an all metal shed into the garage, take off the top for air. The dog would have roughly 30 to 80 square feet but there is nothing to bite or claw at. I would open a door to let him in and out. A regular garden shed but all metal. Comments? Thank you!

 

[dogmatize]

I am seriously wondering if you are taking the p**s. You do not seem to have an appropriate set up or attitude to be a dog owner.

 

[JoanneF]

I hope dogmatize is right. Instead of dealing with the SA you are thinking of locking your dog in a metal cell with no stimulation? SA is a serious issue. If you don't have the skills, knowledge or experience to deal with it please get some professional help from a behaviourist accredited by COAPE, APBC or APDT.

 

[Raven oaktree]

That's just cruel. Please get some proper help for your dog . It must be awful for him to spend that long every day terrified

 

[gypsysmum2]

You need to address the basic issue and not just treat the symptoms.

Separation anxiety is a very, very distressing condition for the dog. He is not damaging things to "get his own back" for being left. He is damaging things because he is so distressed he does not know what to do with himself.

Can I suggest that you set up a camera to record your dog when you go out? I think, if you look, you will see a very, very distressed dog. If you lock him away in a metal shed he may well start self mutilating and you will end up with explaining the injuries to a vet.

Could you not leave him at a dog crèche? Would a relative or neighbour like to have him for the daytimes? Should you consider whether it is fair to keep him at all.

If you really want to keep him and care for him then please do engage the services of a Professionally Qualified Behaviourist fro either COAPE or APBC. They will come to the house, take a detailed history, and devise a plan that fits in with your dogs needs and your lifestyle.

 

[excuseme]

A PRISON !!

HOW CRUEL.