Advice Please

[Mouse007]

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Hi All,

I've long been reading the forums on this site and now I'm in need of some advice myself. My little Whippet (called Mouse) is 20 months old. Recently we've moved house so I can be with my new partner, this has resulted in Mouse being in new surroundings and the only dog in the house (used to be two dogs and a cat, just a cat now). This upheaval understandably unsettled him a great deal, but on the whole he is ok now. However, there are two areas he is still struggling with which he didn't used to:

1. he won't sleep all through the night and whines until we attend to him two or three times a night (cuddles, let him out, admire his toys etc!). We've tried ignoring him but he gets worse and worse and we worry about the neighbours (living in a semi) and also because he eventually starts chewing the wooden stairs (rented house!)

2. he's fine being left during the week when we are at work and doesn't seem phased at all. However, if we go out during the evening or weekend (even for very short periods) he gets really stressed and drools and whines

If anyone can offer any practical ideas on what we can do to help Mouse adjust and settle at these two times I would be very grateful as I hate to see him unhappy. Thanks

 

[wild whippies]

I suspect what's going on is relative to what he's been used to, some dogs are pretty mellow during the day adapting to sleeping whilst your at work. I suspect on the evenings when you used to get home, the house would liven up with the other dogs and there would be play and interaction not only with yourself but with the other dogs too. This excitement would probably tire him out too so when it came to bed time he'd sleep well. The fact he's bringing you toys on a night seems to reiterate this.

It's a hard one really because he's gone through a big change where he's never been alone and now he's lost some of his pack (all of them at some points) and the only way I can see of resolving this is through you increasing his social activities because he's not got his pals to keep him occupied now. I won't say another playmate is the answer because I suspect it's probably a no-no with you living in rented accomodation but maybe getting him some play time with maybe meeting a neighbours dog in the park would help and you could try finding some activities to keep him occupied that you and your partner may enjoy doing together eg. training / ringcraft classes, agility, racing etc.

Good luck, I'm sure lots of people will offer some useful suggestions on here :luck:

Jac

Oh WELCOME TO K9! :thumbsup:

 

[wild whippies]

Bloomin'eck I used a lot of 'too's in that post! :blink:

 

[JAX]

Good advice Jac , Think youve hit the nail on the head there .

Can he not sleep in your room at night :- " , perhaps hes worried he might lose YOU too

As for crying when youre out , havnt much clue about that , sorry

Welcome ot K9

Jackie and the [SIZE=14pt]MULCAIR WHIPPETS [/SIZE]