I'm pretty sure I have two good cases of separation anxiety on my hands, but not sure what to do about it. My youngest (1 yr) has RARELY been alone. When he was younger we kept him in an xpen while at work, and he cried the whole time (our other dog was out free but in the same area)
At about 7 mos he got left in the tiled potion of our house out with the other dog and is fine and doesn't cry during the day. I have recently been taking them on walks seperately to work on their leash manners and that's when my husband informed me of the issue. If both myself and the other dog leave, the one at home cries, or howls. I thought that with my husband being here they would be fine, but not so much. He's tried distracting one and getting him to sit and stay in the other room while I whisk the other one away.....that worked once.....
The older one isn't as bad, he will howl periodically while we're gone, but he was an only dog for about 3 years. The younger one just cries continuously. I have started crating him during the day and just walking outside for a like 30 seconds (the older dog will follow me out the doggy door, it's not the usual door we leave through but I don't want to leash up the older one for thirty seconds, just to bring him back in and confuse him
) and coming back in, and while he seems somewhat concerned at that point hasn't started crying, I was wondering if maybe there was something my husband could do so that they wouldn't freak out if he's there though, should he start feeding them or training them so he'll bond with them more? Any suggestions? Thanks.