puppy seperation anxiety

Luigi has started to wail in the night again and we think he has puppy seperation anxiety. He gets very upset when we put him to bed - crying and panting and wimpering. He is also howling all through the night.

We have done lots of reading and it seems that some things we can do are ;

1. Put in some clothing we have worn for him to snuggle up to.


2. Leave a radio on.


3. Leave a light on.


4. Use an intercom to talk to your dog!


5. Get him used to being left in his cage during the day. A good way to do this is 2 or 3 times a day we play with him for ten minutes. Next put the puppy in the cage for ten minutes, putting the time up 2 or 3 minutes every time. We are up to 25 minutes. Let the dog out but do not look at it or play or pat it for 5 minutes - this tells the dog that being in the cage is nothing to make a fuss about. Then play with and pat the puppy for ten minutes as a reward.

Luigi doesn't mind being in his cage during the day. It is just at night he is unhappy. We are trying lots of things and I will tell you what worked best to fix his puppy seperation anxiety when he is better.

coton de tulear travels

Luigi has gone on his first holiday. It was in the lake district.


On the first day we left at 9am. We were in the car till 3pm but we did stop 3 times so Luigi could have a rest and a drink.

W stayed in a cottage. When we went in the Luigi was still in the car. We heard a dog bark. It was Tia. She is a lovely setter- she was very bouncy but good. We let Luigi out. The two dogs ran off to play chase. Then we went for a walk because Luigi had been in the car all day - we put our coats on and we saw lots of sheep and a sheep fold (which is like a house for sheep).

Luigi had never slept in his cage all night so we hoped he would not wet his bed. In the morning I got up at 6.30 to let him out for a wee. Luigi did not wet his bed - Yay!

We had a lovely holiday and we saw our grandparents too. Luigi likes holidays.