When Dolly was tiny, I had an ex-pen (still do) and I would put her in there, tell her to watch our house while I was gone, and then give her a little treat. It was only a couple of days when I didn't even here her crying before I left. Now...if Desi sees me putting on my make up he does the happy dance and runs to his area, Dolly runs to hers, and they are happy that I am leaving. They get their cookie and then I imagine they get some rest. Can you put Merit as far away from your housemate's bedroom? Practice the leaving while your housemate is not sleeping. Do it and leave for two minutes. The next time be gone for five minutes, then 10...I think that he will learn really fast that Mom is just gone and she will be coming back. For a while, Dolly would hide her treat and then when I got home she would pull it out and eat it. Maybe she thought it was her reward for watching the house??? LOL
--- In [email protected], "michaela_and_merit" <michaela.margida@...> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > First, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your advice so far. Merit is doing well in > his new home and we are having lots of fun together!! I am happy to report > still no accidents in the house!! > > Second, we have a problem-- Merit cannot, absolutely cannot, deal with being > more than a few feet away from me without crying and whining. If he is > occupied with a bone and I sneak away, he will be ok until he realizes that I > am gone, then I will hear him whining in my room. > > This morning I took him into the bathroom while I showered (because my > housemate was asleep and I didn't want him to whine and wake her) and he > JUMPED INTO THE SHOWER WITH ME. So, I washed him :) Now he's really clean!! > And he loved the bath :) > > But he cries and yelps mournfully for the first 2 minutes or so of being > crated when I leave the house. This isn't really a big deal when it's the > daytime, but I like to leave the house for an hour each morning to go to mass > while my housemate is still asleep. I don't want him to wake her up!! > > Any advice for teaching him to be quiet when crated? He likes his crate and > will voluntarily go in it to sleep when I am there, but once I leave he > starts crying LOUDLY. I do give him lots and lots of exercise and social > time. I have yet to be away for more than 3 hours at a time. So it's not an > issue of boredom-- he also has plenty of toys which he will happily chew on > if I am there. > > ADVICE, please!!!! This is wreaking havoc on my schedule. He does seem to be > improving each day, and I am being patient, but I want to know if there is > anything more I can do. > > Thanks for reading my super long email-- hope everyone is having a wonderful > day with your adorable pooches :) > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
