molmin 0 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Hi to everyone!!! I have sweet little Shih tzu named Molly, who gets very upsest when I leave the house. She trembles and hyperventilates and then she gets so upset that she poops, even if she has gone out and pooped before. When she thinks I am leaving, she will not come in the house and just freezes and shakes and I have to pick her up to bring her in. I have used trainers, behaviorists and tried all kinds of things. I even adopted another dog to help. She only does this here, and when she is at someone else's home and I leave, she is fine. Even if they go out she is fine. It is only here and with me that she is so anxious. Someone said I should rehome her and give her a new start..........but I do not know. Anyone else have this problem? thanks!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xr4man 7 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 i can only share my experience with my rottweiler. she would get super scared when i'd leave the house, even for just 5 minutes, and would poo in the corner. if i left her in her crate she'd be just fine, even for up to 9 hours. once i she ended up in the crate for 14 hours, but that was only once and i felt so bad but she was still fine when i got home and hadn't made a mess or anything. anyway, long story short, i couldn't leave her out but she had no problems at all being alone in her crate. my shih-tzu is the exact opposite though. if i crate him, he flips out and poos in his cage and then gets it all over himself. but he is just fine when i leave him out. so, have you tried getting her used to a crate and leaving her in there when you leave the house? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
molmin 0 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 thanks . Yes I have tried the crate and she flips out and has pooped in it. I tried the kitchen and she got so scared that she had a hard time after going through it to go outside. It is funny, because except when I go out, she is the calmest and sweetest little thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ParadiseTzu 11,275 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) I'm sorry you are having this problem. I have the same one. When I first got Sassy Mae, she was nice and crate trained and that helped tremendously with housebreaking. It nagged at me tho that crating a dog when I was home was the same as leaving a baby in a bed for hours to entertain itself and I never did my babies that way. Plus we rarely leave Sassy Mae at home anyway, we go alot of places that accept dogs. Soooooooooo, I created my own monster. She does however, seem happy to stay in the back yard so we at least have that option. Then I have to pick the grass out of her for 20 minutes. but hey, that's my fault. Edited March 22, 2011 by ParadiseTzu Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xr4man 7 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 a suggestion that was made to me a while back when i was having issues putting hunter in the crate when i left home was to play opera at a low level all the time so he could get used to it and then play it when i left the house. i didn't get real far with it because i discovered he was ok as long as he wasn't in the crate, but that might be something to try as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mom2Gizmo 24 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Have you thought of using a DAP diffuser? Look them up online. I hear a lot of great things about them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FairyTail Josette 14 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 (edited) Our Maltese, Cody is a nervous little guy. A good friend of mine just recommended this to me this morning. She and another gal swear by it. http://www.happytailsspa.com/Sleepytime-Tonic Since the anxious behavior only occurs when you leave, a friend would have to stay behind to see if this sleepy tonic actually works. It is said to be safe. There's another thread on here about a pup having separation anxiety when they leave home. Read through that, there are a lot of great suggestions to do when you are leaving. http://shihtzuchattertwo.sunlitesplace.com...showtopic=17321 Edited March 23, 2011 by FairyTail Josette Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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