My 8 week aussie puppy is still very young, obviously. But the second I am out of sight, he loses his mind, tries to destroy his crate, barks, howls, etc., even after playing with him for 1-2 hours and putting him down for his nap. I completely understand, as he's only been home for 5 days. I had worked on him to let me go into the bathroom for 10 seconds without him freaking out. However, I left to go get my flu shot for 1 hour today, after 8 hours of sleep, 1.5 hours of playtime, pottying both #1 and #2, and breakfast, and any work we did has regressed haha.
I gave him a frozen kong, and teething ring, and he ignores them – he's not very food motivated. He's more "me" motivated.
Since he's young, do I just kind of throw him into it? Or keep gradually working on being out of his sight for one second longer each training session? :') At the moment, now I cannot turn the corner without him screaming, so I'm working on 1 second out of sight this training session. I have to leave him for 1-2 hours next week for an oil change and now am dreading it lol. I want him to feel comfortable and independent with time!
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