Separation Anxiety for dogs????

I am not going through this, but I feel so bad for your dog. Isn't possible that she could spend a few weeks with him...or one week you take her and the next he take her? She is really having a hard time.

Yes we had a dog who had that very problem and he was so hard to deal with. He was a stray that we took in but he became too much to handle by myself for hubby had to go away for a year so I had no choice but to give him away to someone who knew how to handle his situation. In your case, what about letting your dog go with your husband for a few days and have him return her to you maybe after a few tries she'll learn that he'll never leave her for any length of time. Instead he'll be back and she'll settle down knowing that? Bless her sweet heart. That is such a sad thing for the poor thing doesn't understand.

Sweetie you and I both know that the Dogs have feeling like we do When I was rushed into hospital 5 months after I got Gissi the Kids said he would not eat and just lie by the Door as he could not understand why I had not come back When we moved here I know that Gissi missed the Children and I had even said to my Daughter if he does not snap out of it as hard as it would have been for me I would have taken him to the Kids, my Daughter said no way as he would be pinning more for me I did not want him to suffer though but he settled down after a couple of Days but he does love it when the Children come here or when we go to see them he is a bit quiet for a Day when we come back here but then he is ok again So yes no matter what anyone says our Pets have feelings just like we do I really hope the poor Baby will get used to it

That is so sad!! That poor doggie! I have heard about animals acting like this before. Especially when their owners die. This is so sweet and really says a lot about their relationship. I hope you all pull through this difficult time quickly :)

When my ex and I divorced, we had 3 cats at the time. I know that the older one did not like the change--as most cats love routine and hate change. My cats did eventually adjust to my new husband, however, when the ex would come over for the kids, meow, the older cat, would always go over to him for his pets.

My mom has a boxer that quit eating almost entirely when she and my dad went on vacation for a week. This time my dad stayed home because she went to visit a sick family member. The boxer is fine, but her Jack Russell Terrier sits at their bedroom door and cries for her. We let her in there to look around but she stil goes right to that door and cries everytime, waiting for my mom to come out. Thankfully she will be back tomorrow!

Animals are so much like people. Yes I had a pug that got attached to my ex husband. When we divorced he came to collect his belonging after being gone for a month. Our pug peed from the doorstep to him she was so excited to see him. Then for the next two days, I could not get her to eat or play. She scared me and I took her to the vet. But there was nothing wrong with her. The vet felt she was depressed. Finally she came out of it and I refused to let him around her again. I couldn't stand to see her like that. Heck I wasn't even that attached to him, LOL.

Lizzie sounds so cute. She reminds me of my beagle, Ladybug. She's a daddy's girl. He cooks for her, she sleeps in the bed next to him, which can be a pain. When my husband was deployed, my poor dog was so sad. She would sit by the front door until around 8 pm and just give up. Everytime the repair guy came around to look at our leaky ceiling that he never fix just give excuses, she would be so happy. Now that she's older she knows the difference and would bark at any man. When my husband left again just for 2 wks, got all excited one day when I was talking to a neighbor and her husband came home and he was wearing the same uniform. It was funny and sad at the same time. She would run up to him all happy and as a balloon being popped got all upset when she realised it wasn't daddy. She wouldn't sleep on the bed, after 8 pm rolled around she would work her way under the bed and stayed there until morning. She was such a sad sight, we even got a puppy a week before he left to give her a buddy to play with. As I write this, she's laying on my pillow next to daddy. The puppy is laying at the foot of the bed, 6 months old and is huge, lol. She's becoming a daddy's little girl as well. Best thing to do is just show her more attention, love on her. Show her that you love her, and when your ex to be has his apartment ready. Maybe he can take her for a weekend, maybe she will relax once she see's the new place. Poor thing, with the 2:30 am crying. Just breaks my heart. I really think pets gets stressed out when things change. My brother's dog was in his house at the time my brother was murdered. My mom tried her best to get her to eat, she must of seen my brother when it happened because she would run behind the couch and shake if anyone raised there voice around her. The vet said that she was in shock and to do there best to get her to eat. When they were able to get food down her, she would get sick and it would come back up. I think pets gets attached to someone just as humans do and it truly messes with them when something happens. Good Luck with this situation. I hope it ends well and Lizzie gets though this hard time.

Probably a silly question but if you've separated and he's left, why does he keep coming back? Why doesn't he take his dog with him?

My son and I went home for my sister's wedding for about three weeks in June and July this year. My husband couldn't come with us, so we left the pets all home with him. My small dog laid outside my son's bedroom door and cried every single day. She would also lay on my pillow at night and cry and look for me. My big dog also looked around for us a lot, but not as much as the small one. When we came home they were both sooo happy. Our bigger dog absolutely hates it when my husband switches shifts at work. He switched back to days this week, after working nights for 3 or 4 months. She cried ALL day on Tuesday. She was so happy when he got home, that she wouldn't let him out of her sight. She was his baby long before we got married, so she is definitely more attached to him than the other dog is.

My dog, Petey, passed away last year and when my ex and I split up years ago although they weren't close it still upset him that things changed. Anytime I'd go anywhere out of the house he'd lay by the door moaning and crying till I came back. At one point I had surgery and had to stay at my Mom's for 3 weeks recuperating (she lived 30 miles away) and Petey had to be brought up with me b/c he quit eating and was distraught. My I realized last year that this isn't resticted to just dogs. We had Morgana, our cat, for about 4 months before Petey passed away and when he did she would wander around the house for days looking for him. It was so sad that she couldn't figure out where he went. Now Morgana can't stand to have me out of her sight. I go to bed, she goes to bed. I go to the bathroom, she will follow me in or lay in the hall shoving her paws under the door. I take a shower, she lays on the floor right outside the shower. I leave the house and she will lay by the door and wait for me to come back. Even now she is laying under my desk with her head on my foot. LOL They really are alot like kids. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

My dog developed seperation anxiety after my ex left -- not that they were particularly close, but she hated the change. That coupled with several roommates in the 2 years following that, and she's pretty well impossible to deal with now. Does she ever get any alone time with you? Maybe a long walk, just you and her? Or playing with the kids in the yard? Sounds like she really needs you right now, and it's best to nip it in the bud before she gets harder to handle and destructive.

That's so sad about pets, there's no way you can make them understand about the people they love who are absent. I feel bad whenever I go on a vacation where I can't take my dog with me, even though she's taken care of while I'm gone. I don't think she cries, but my mom had a dog who would cry pitifully for hours whenever I would leave after a visit. My mom told me the dog also wouldn't eat for a while.