Howling?

[Tomhill131 25]

Basically my dog howls and cries every time I go to work even though my wife is home ,he follows me everywhere to the shower for a fag and if I leave him outside the bathroom he cries and howls is this a massive problem or is it just seperation issues?

Atb Tom

[Alimac2 321]

If you'd said no from the start, and not let it get everywhere it wanted, by howling/crying, you almost certainly wouldn't have this problem now, IMO separation worrys are instilled by most owners in there dogs, sad but true. Good luck

[Casso 1,261]

Do you give the pup much attention in the house?

 

Some dogs develop this issue where if you are not with them or paying them attention they feel as if something isn't right ,

 

which in its worse cases lead to what normally called jealously problems , where they see another dog or person as the cause of you not paying them attention,

 

There's a lot to be said for keeping a dog outside, basically your always the good guy, no correction for biting hands/legs tearing chewing or any of the other actions what are natural for pups but not acceptable in the home ,

 

Fussing , petting , and fawning over pups is not how you built bonds , bonds are built through motion , motion as in hunting walking outdoor activities, motion is emotion for a dog , building emotional bonds is how a dog tunes into us

 

How I would deal with that issue is zero attention in the house , no sofa sitting , identify a spot in the house and situate the pup there, crate if you can , it gives the pup a break from been constantly stimulated in the house ,

Give the pup a word for when your taking it out , same word every time , so the pup is not constantly getting up when you get up, it will listen out for the word in time , like my father in laws dog who sits on its ass all day but knows the whine of the Eastenders theme tune means walkies and jumps up to get the lead, mind you it is a Lab

Best of luck