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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First: no, putting him down is NOT an option for us.

We’re moving from a condo to a house in about a month. When we moved into the condo from a studio apartment 10 years ago, our dog had extreme anxiety for a few months trying to adjust. We think not being able to see the whole place all at once made him uneasy.

Now we’re about to move into a house and he is 14. I’ve brought him to the house for hours at a time and he seems okay, but I know he’ll lose it the first time he’s left alone. We never crate trained (don’t @ me - we couldn’t leave him howling in an apartment complex without getting kicked out!). We have a retractable gate on the kitchen wall but I’m worried he’ll rip it out of the wall and possibly hurt himself (he’s 70 lbs).

Anybody have any tips or tricks? I’m already stressed about coming home to pee on the new rugs or the hardwood and we’ll be doomed to smell it every time it’s humid out 😭😭[/quote]

We have two rescues with lots of separation anxiety who we never create trained due to getting them when they were two and living in an apartment at the time. We put them in our bedroom or one of our kids’ bedrooms when we’re away, but you can try putting your dog in any room. Ideally the room would have a comfy bed and/or chairs for them to lay on and be a place they spend time during the day. Our dogs are 10 and they love one of our kid’s rooms. It has our old queen bed, the one we had when we got them, and it’s pretty large and looks out onto the street so they can monitor everything. Definitely spend time in whatever room you put your dog in and maybe put a tshirt or something that smells like you in there. I would also recommend trazadone or Prozac during the first few months of transition. [/quote]

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