I have a 6mo beagle, and the training has been going decently well, except for the severe separation anxiety. It has always been bad, but after the first few weeks it got a bit better. I tried crate training for months but no luck, so I just let him be outside when I was gone. It was going well, and he would just whine for a bit and then go to sleep.
However, I recently moved apartments and it has gotten way worse again. If I leave him outside, he'll just keep scratching and biting at the door, leaving lots of damage. If I put him in the crate, he'll go absolutely insane, literally moving the crate to whatever the nearest thing he can find is and destroying it. I've tried gradually increasing the time I leave but it doesn't work. I don't know how much longer I can do this, I need to be able to comfortably leave my apartment without worrying about it being destroyed when I get back.
Have any of y'all been through something similar? How did you deal with it?
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