I have a 1 year old yellow Labrador retriever and I am not sure if he has separation anxiety or if he is still just being a puppy.
When we leave the house sometimes we don’t put him in his crate and we will gate him in our kitchen/basement area. However, every time we do this he messes multiple times. He probably makes like 5 different piles of poop. We make sure he goes on a long walk and gets play time in before we leave but he still does it. He never messes when we are at home or when he is in his crate, only when he is outside of it and alone. We always leave his toys out as well so he has stuff to play with. I feel like it doesn’t even matter how long we’re gone, even with a quick run to the store he still does it. I would like to be able to eventually let him free roam, but at this time that is not even close to happening.
Has anyone had experience with this? I was assuming it is due to separation anxiety. Would calming supplements help? Or how can we fix this?
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