Help.i have a 4month bassett who wont be left?

Question

it is getting impossible for me to go out.smeone has to stay in with her.she has 3 other dogs to keep her company.she is very vocal when we are in with her but when we go out she howls and cries very loudly.we all absolutely adore her but it is ow impossible for the full family to go out together.I NEVER USED TO LEAVE HER FOR LONG 2 HOURS MAXIMUM the neighbour on one side has complained.HELP.

Answer 1

You have to get her used to being left very gradually. Leave the room/house for a few seconds and go straight back to her - but only if she isn't making a noise. Praise her to the skies. Repeat - very gradually increasing the time. Do NOT go back to her when she is yelling - that's rewarding her for making a noise. Wait until she's quiet, even if she's only stopped to draw breath!

Answer 2

Ignore her when you enter the room & on returning home.

Buy your neighbour a box of choccies & explain that you will be ingnoring her.

Do not spoil her.

Praise her when its due.

Answer 3

my dog used to cry at first when i left him at home alone when he was a puppy but they get used to it just leave her with something that smells of you like sleep on a towel in ur bed one night then give it to her when you leave its comforting and leave something that she loves with her...some kind of chewy toy like rawhide bones or pigs ears from the pet shop it will keep her busy and distracted

Answer 4

We practiced one day with our dogs.  We pretended to leave, and opened the garage door, and when the dogs started barking we popped back in the  house and said "settle down"  then we would pretend to leave again.  We did this several times opening and closing the garage door, and then coming back to let the dogs know they had to settle down.  I don't remember how many times we did this before they understood.  We also found that if we gave them dog bones they had something to occupy their time until we came home.

Answer 5

Oooh this little one is testing you big time!  And I thought it was the boy Bassets who did this sort of bratty behaviour.  This is all down to the 'they own you' thing.  Are your other dogs Bassets?  Not that it matters, but it might show whether you are new to the ways of the Basset.  Actually I'm slightly surprised this is going on because normally the answer, for the breed, is company which she apparently has.  I think you are going to have, first off, to bring your neighbours on board and explain to them that you know what's going on, and are working on it.  Do you play with her, so she's tired, before you leave her?  Could you perhaps feed her before you go out so she settles down for a sleep?  This is a difficult age for her because normally I'd say exercise her and tire her out before you go, but at her age this isn't on.

Do you leave a radio on (low)?   Is she actually with your other dogs, or is she shut away in another room?  

It might be worth considering getting a crate so she gets used to the idea that going in there is her quiet time, and that you will be coming back.  I think too you need to do the leaving home for a short time and waiting to see what happens thing.  I'd lay odds the crying doesn't last for long - mine have often had a sing-song when we are out (I know, my neighbours have told me, but they think it's hugely amusing, thank God and we weren't out at unsocial hours) but I know it doesn't last for long and they settle down again.  If she's quiet, go back in and give her loads of praise and treats.   If she makes a noise, go in quickly and say Bad girl, that's quite enough etc.  And then ignore her.   I think she will get the message but it may take time.

Unfortunately giving in and having somebody with her all the time isn't going to sort this out - much as it might mean your relationship with your neighbour remainds good.

On the other hand - like I did when, having stayed with my first B until he was 6 months, I went back to work part time (2 hours, mid-day) and he reverted to peeing all round the house.....  I ended up taking him with me and leaving him in the car where he stayed quite happily.  This was way back in the days when it was safe to leave a dog in a car, and the summers were cool, and I had a shady carpark to leave the car in too!!!  Like I say, they own/train you!

And finally, you could move to a really remote house where her howling isn't going to disturb ANYBODY!!!

Answer 6

Give her someone she trust like a nanny.

Answer 7

poor thing has a separation problem.which is not good for 4 month old basset.i have a girl basset who is gonna be 4 months i 4 days.and im usually alone at home in the morning till noon, and she is almost alone that whole time, coz i have soo much do in my house,and i just check her a llitle every half our, but she is usually sleeping.i was feeling bad, but i had no choice.but, i found out that it actually did me good, coz she learned to be alone.so when we are away she is not that sad, and just llies down in front her little house.i dont know whats gonna hapend when i actually fnd a job again, but,we shall see.she is very vocal too.

check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI1M_Azyw...

Answer 8

dogs and children, they are similar!  i think you have a spolit puppy, leave her and she'll get used to it

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