I have a 6 month old shepherd, and I raised her mostly alone for the first couple months. I was worried at first about moving in with my family because she might have trouble adjusting to all these new people. It turns out, I had no reason to worry, and the problem is actually that she loves her new family so much she can't handle being locked out of any room for any reason. When I'm alone, she's happy just being with me, but now that the rest of the family is here she wants to be with everyone. She's not experiencing separation anxiety, as such, she actually deals with everyone leaving a lot better than she deals with people being in the home but in a room she can't access. It's the fact that she knows people are there but can't see them, that's what drives her crazy. It's minor stuff, just whining and pawing at the door for a few minutes, but it's really annoying for everyone.
Has anyone experienced this? What do I do about it? Is there any training to make her less nervous about closed doors?
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