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How do I help my husky get over separation anxiety? He is usually very good except when we leave. He then chews baseboards or rips apart toilet paper. I am starting to get very frustrated and also really sad thinking that he is sad when we leave! I don't know how to help him feel more secure.
So is it inappropriate to begin crate training now (at one year old)? Would that even help?
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Crate training will help keep him and your belongings safe.
Patricia McConnell wrote a short book called "I'll Be Home Soon" about separation anxiety and how to help ease it.
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My husky doesn't have separation anxiety, but my GSD does. Now that we have more than one dog, we don't see it really.
We adopted him at 14months and crate trained him then. In the beginning, we would cover his cage with a blanket to make him feel more secure. That really seemed to help. Now he loves his crate and sleeps in it occ even when we are at home.
I think crate training would really help your dog's anxiety.
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We felt concerned about our husky, too. So, we got another one. Then they chewed up twice as much of our stuff- like multiple couches, chairs, some of the carpet, baseboards, a tire to our riding lawn mower, etc.
Yes, I think you should crate train.
We adopted our Kelpie at ~2 years old. We crate trained him no problem. He adores his crate now. It can be done, and it will keep everyone happier!
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My Husky mix had pretty severe SA when we got her. She was mid crate training when we brought her home. We continued, two years later were crate free as she's gotten well over her SA.
Things that we found helped us...
Frozen kongs and frozen marrow bones.
Leaving worn clothes with her (ones we didn't care about as in the beginning she was ripping them up)
We did lots of crate training when we were home. We'd put her in her crate, close the bedroom door and close the front door and jangle some keys like we had left. We sit really quietly, if she started to whimper, howl or bark we'd open the door, clap our hands loudly and then repeat. It took some time but eventually she learned to be quiet in the crate.
Exercise was huge. Like massive amounts of exercise. FI and I use to run together, we started having him do his first, take her. They'd get home, we'd let her rest for maybe 30 minutes then I'd take her. She'd be beat by the time we left for work.
We also got her a kitten. Sounds insane but those two are now crazy attached to one another and her SA went way down once the cat entered the picture.
She slowly started getting better with the crate. Once she was confident with that we slowly worked on giving her more free reign while we were gone. Crates been in the attic now for at least a year.
You can do it! Read the books and as many sites online. You're bound to find a technique that works for you.
October 13, 2012
In addition to the physical exercise, make sure he's getting mental stimulation/exercise every day, too. Huskies are SMART dogs, and they can still be destructive after some physical activity if they're mentally bored. Either working through commands for several minutes or working on a puzzle toy might help give him another outlet, too.
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This! Mental and physical stimulation is the key! I leave my husky with a Nina Ottosson toy when we are separated, and I don't think he even misses us anymore.