We rescued our pup about 7 months ago. He is a cattle dog mix who is about 1.5 years old. I work from home and my partner is home full time every two weeks, so the little one is use to having someone around.
From the start we practiced leaving him for small increments and slowly increasing to a couple hours of alone time in the house. I found he was less anxious when left out of a crate (with limited access throughout the house) and has not had any accidents or shown destructive behavior when left out alone.
My concern is-we have puppy cams for when we leave- that he goes throughout the house every 10-20 minutes to check and see if anyone is home yet. He only starts to pant a little bit once we hit the couple hours mark of being home alone. Is this separation anxiety or am I overreacting?
I also try to leave a puzzle toy for him and the tv on for background noise.
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