Crate = Slobber...?

She got herself all slippery with slobber so she could slide through?  []
 
That's very very odd!  I have no idea how that could have happened.

Amy it's SA, Trixie did that when we first got  her, not the ripping up stuff but the drool is from excessive panting. I don't crate my dogs when I go out anymore, I am never gone long  though.
go here and do this it is exhausting but  it works. if you google separation anxiety in dogs you will come up w/ it, I will go and see if I can find the exact one that I did

This one is pretty good, it really works
 
[linkhttp://www.wagntrain.com/SeparationAnx.htm]http://www.wagntrain.com/SeparationAnx.htm[/link]

OMG I know thats what Kayla had!  When we first got her (for about the first 6 months) when we would leave her in the house (not in the crate) she would DESTROY it!  She did many many things but Ill just mention the worst. 
 
We left for like 2 hours and when we came back the ENTIRE living room carpet was ripped up and shreded, literally, the floors were cement and the pad under the carpet and the carpet were in pieces, the whole room!  The blinds were ripped off the back door and in pieces, and the door casing was ripped off all the way up each side (have no clue how on earth she did that) and there were holes in the wall next to the door. 
 
She looked scared when we got home but we just showed her everything and said "no" and gave her a little spanking (we knew she was going through a lot), and just decided to crate her after that.  But she was covered in drool when we got back.  She did finally grow out of it and we left her free in the house for the rest of her life with no problems.
 
So, now Bailey is doing the exact same thing!  I dont want to crate her, but I felt like I should until shes completely potty trained and not chewing on wires and stuff.  I will continue to work with her like that web site said, but I hate to think of her so stressed while in that crate.  And yes, when I go to the bathroom to shower she sits by the door and cries.  And when I come out shes usually laying right by the door with a pair of my underwear [&o].
 
Mic, if you read this I would be really interested in any other advice you have for me!

I could not crate my female either because of anxiety.
She has always been an independant dog, but not in a closed crate.
I once left her in her crate for a couple of hours only to come back
with a 80 lb soping wet dog.  How she manufactured all that saliva
amazes me.  She loved her crate but the door has to stay open.

Amy it's a heartbreaker I know, and they are so unhappy.
How I knew the desensitzing would work is that I smoke on my back porch and when I would go out there no problem w/ Trixie, she knew I would go out be there say for 2 min then in but when I went out the front door no matter how long I was gone, the panting and whimpering, so I knew it would work.
The hardest part of this was that for 2 weeks no holding completely ignore them for minimum of 5 min when coming home. Do not say hello until she is quiet, I do leave a tv on when I am gone. But they are both fine and it only took once to do it, I still keep up the not greeting and I just grab my stuff and leave in the morning.
I also made sure that I closed all doors when I went into another room, ie; bathroom, bedroom to get something, that helped also

So your not leaving her in a crate anymore though?  I want to try this and leave her free in the house, there is another dog loose, so that may help.  But before I do that I want to make sure shes potty trained and stops chewing shoes and wires and furniture.  I am working on those things, potty training seems to be done although I know an accident may still happen, and she chews on things much less, but in the meantime I would have to leave her in the crate.  Or I could just not leave her at all until then.
 
So Im guessing crate training is moot when they have SA....?

Tara was doing that for a couple of weeks... surprisingly, moving her crate out of the bedroom and into the living room near the patio doors seems to have put an end to it. I moved the crate yesterday morning - no drool yesterday, none today! I don't know if this would help in your situation, but I've been there and anything is worth a shot Good luck!

Today I had a doctor appointment (which I was late for b/c I was reading this stuff and completely forgot) and decided to try leaving her out in the house.  I was very nervous, but she has not had an accident in a long time and doesnt usually chew things up... and I knew I would not be too long.  She was laying on the couch and I just grabbed my stuff and left like nothing was going on.  When I got back about 2 hours later she was laying on the couch.  I dont even know if she got up.  I didnt get all excited I just walked out into the backyard with her.   Im soooooooooooo happy!  I know I may be jumping the gun here and things may still happen, but I am going to continue to leave for short periods and see how we can do.  []