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My parents dog has been with them since he was a puppy, very well socialised always taken to different places with them and met loads of people, but since he turned one he started barking at a random person every now and then, and seeming very scared and nervous when meeting new people (but not...

Sorry for another update but as I said this has been very useful and I have a theory about her SA so wanted to know your opinions? After yesterday’s crying all day/pooing in crate situ, I left Frankie loose today while out for just under 2 hours. I bought a great app for my laptop/phone which...

Ah ok, yeah she sometimes takes herself into her crate and in the past has been happy in there but now she seems more distressed in the crate than she is when she’s left to roam. Maybe she associates the crate with being left for longer periods and so stresses out then, whereas when I left her...

Not sure what you mean as she was fine for the hour when I left her in downstairs out of the crate... I filmed her and there was whining for max 5 minutes, she was looking out the window for a bit then she lay down and chilled. Whereas today she was in her crate and the neighbour said she...

Had a bit of a nightmare today. Still using the crate for longer periods (anything more than an hour). Planned dog walker who was meant to come in at 12 (I was working 8-4) had to cancel last minute and I had no way to sort anything else. So Frankie was in her crate from 7.45 when I left until...

hi everyone.. hope you get this as a notification as needing more advice and you've all been super helpful so far. So I have moved to my new place, been here a week, she seems to be settling well. I've recorded her while I've been out and in her crate she was absolutely fine, slept the whole...

My housemates dog goes to work with him and mine is either at home or with dog walker/sitter when I’m at work so they’ve not yet been unsupervised for longer than 30 minutes, but she’d given up trying to get him to play by this time. I thought it was gonna be worse than it’s turned out to be. It...

Think this was exactly it, all is fine now!

Hi, thanks everyone. Been in the house since Friday and the dogs have settled into it really well now! My girl has started to leave my housemates spaniel alone more, think she’s realised he doesn’t want to play but also realised he’s there all the time so doesn’t need to play constantly They...

I've just moved into a new house and my new housemate (who was here before I moved in) has a 4 yr old male springer spaniel. Mine is an almost 2 year old female labrador. When they first met (before we decided if it would work with me moving in) they got on fine and played together. Since moving...

Yeah, I read some reviews about some of them and are so mixed I don’t think I could trust them with the amount of money they charge! I think I’ll just work slowly with her and take everyone’s advice from here! I’m sure she’ll be ok!

Yes I was thinking it may be safer to leave her if there’s another dog there, this would only be an option at night though as the other dog goes to work with my new housemate. What I really need is a job where she can come with me This was one of my biggest worries when I got her as a puppy...

I only know that a couple of nights ago she was doing it so loudly that one of them got her out and into their room for the night (I didn’t even know it had started happening again until yesterday when I asked why she slept in there and they told me it had been happening for the last couple of...

Thank you! I always take her for a walk before she’s left, I also have dog walkers come in often if it’s a longer time she’ll be alone for. But again this is all in the crate. I also don’t work 5 days a week, often it’s only 1 or 2 days and 1 or 2 nights. As you said the night is normal for...

I understand that it may be too long but as she was chewing everything/anything when left to roam, but was totally relaxed when in her crate (I did film her when I started to use it again) it was the only option to keep her and the house from harm! I would much prefer to leave her to roam the...

Maximum 6/7 hours in the day. And then in the night my housemates are in with her in the evening and will put her in her crate when they go to bed around 10pm-midnight, then I get home at 8am. So longer then, but I know most dogs sleep downstairs/away from their owners so it’s quite typical for...

She actually sleeps on my bed when I’m home (I know a lot of people think this is crazy but I feel that if she’s on her own when I’m at work then shouldn’t she have company as much as possible when I’m home?) so it’s s not that, it’s the worry that if she’s left alone she might not be as relaxed...

Thank you, I have thought about leaving her out but I’m terrified of her chewing things as before the crate (last year when I moved) she chewed an armchair (my housemates) and bits of carpet.. I can imagine she would be happier to curl up on my bed but I don’t know if she’d sleep the whole time...

My Labrador is almost 2. I’ve used a crate as she chews things when left alone for longer than an hour. She didn’t like it when she a pup, then I stopped using it as she was ok alone, then I moved house and she chewed lots when alone, so I got a big crate and she took to it really well, went in...

Hi, this is my almost 2 yr old fox red lab Frankie