Had a foster puppy (almost 4 months old) come back due to mismatch. New house thought they could manage a suspected working breed in an apartment (spoiler alert they could not).
However when he initially left my care he was still part of his litter. He has gone from his litter to an apartment when he was never ever left alone. Because of that we’ve got a lot of barking and vocalisation any time he is left out on his own.
I know all the usual stuff-don’t give attention when he is barking, praise quiet time etc.
However the neighbourhood already has a very hated barking dog, that unfortunately lives across from us. So little puppy it triggering the barking dog so it’s not necessarily feasible to wait it out when we’re keeping the neighbourhood awake.
Ideas to fast track this? Little guy is an angel inside and in human company but we need to kick the developing separation anxiety pretty quick to keep the neighbours sane.
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