iono if my dog is having the worst case scenario for seperation anxiety. but its bad enough for my house. he is jumping on things, tearing now curtains (used to be blinds) off the wall, breaking screen doors. running off. whinning wimpering... the works. he is a black and white sibe husky. when im around him he is very calm super kind just likes to chew on his bones and play with his toy teddy bear. but when i have to leave even for 10 minutes he goes insane. ive tried everything from leaving him in a room alone for short periods and extending that. to slow and steady with touching the highest anxious point and making him relaxed. nothing seems to work.

i am very much so considering crate training, but what if he just decides to break the crate or knock it over...

lastly i would like to know would obedience classes help him with this? or is that a waste of time?

please help me!

p.s i am on the verge of finding him a new home if this continues and its not only my decision but the decision of the family... he just seems to not like homes.

p.s.s i give him plenty of exercise. we run together for atleast 1 hour a day if not more. i'm very consistent with our exercise time and meal times.

so anyways please help. i'll gladly add more information at request

I say start crate training asap. If you get a sturdy, properly sized crate there's no way he'll be able to get out or knock it over.

My dog has seperation problems, if we left her alone she'd destroy the house. But when we go we put her in her crate and she instantly calms down and relaxes. It's not cruel and it could mean you can keep your dog and be happy with him

I totally agree with Sunny Bee. Start crate training; it will help him feel more secure, and give him a "safe place" to go whenever he feels stressed. When I got my dog, she came with a lot of fear issues. That crate became her refuge whenever she felt stressed: whenever people came to visit, whenever it got too noisy, after a rowdy play session, etc., she would automatically go into it all by herself. Even when we left to go somewhere, we could just say, "Annie, we're leaving now," and she would automatically go to her crate and lay down. Same with bedtime. Eventually she got too big for her crate and didn't fit comfortably into it, but by then she had calmed down immensely, and has since found a couple of new "safe places" to refuge in/on. We never bothered to replace her crate, but depending upon the dog, some folks might want to. The crate equates to a "doghouse in the people house."

hi well thank you guys for the reply.

i bought a plastic cage. and i started with the door open and put his bed in it. and put his favorite bone. i gave him a whole lot of affection and treats as he sat in the crate. i did this for about an hour. after that i closed the door to see if that would cause him to panic. but when i did so he just laid there. while he laid there i gave him treats and said good boy and gave more affection. i opened the door and he didnt want to get out. he just stayed there again. so i gave him more affection and more love. so i decided ok im gonna try and leave him in there alone. so i closed the door. and walked out of the room. when i got up he didnt move or do anything. but when i left the room for about 5 minutes he started whimpering. and he got up in the cage. so i came back in the room. open the door and said NO. after about 2 minutes he quickly settled down and became relaxed. as soon as he relaxed i rewarded him and gave him affection.

this is the extent. and its the same thing day in a day out i can only leave him alone in the cage for about 5 - 10 minutes.

everything about him is absolutely perfect for me
i live in a small town house and hes pretty large but because of his mellow and boring nature he is able to cope with this small house. also he is very energetic on walks and plays with people children and other dogs super well. he is beautiful and absolutely wonderful. of course as all sibe's he is stubborn and only does things if there is rewards but its quickly getting to a obedient stage.... but not there yet.

please help!!

I don't know if you have children or not... A lot of human infants are much the same way-- "trained night cryers," is what the pediatricians call them. The advice I have to give is the same for helping your human infant sleep through the night, once he's old enough to not need night feedings... So you can leave your dog for 5-10 minutes, and then he starts whimpering. Try to ignore the whimpering for five more minutes, then come back and tell him to "settle." When he can go 15, increase to 20, etc. If you keep coming back every time he whimpers, he will learn that whimpering brings you home-- which is not necessarily true. But this behavior is quite typical-- my dog did it at first too, but in just a few days (that's right, just a few days!) was able to stay in her crate quietly for several hours. This was important, because I worked during the day, and my husband slept during the day, working nights, and our kids were in school. (Of course, ear plugs for my husband helped a lot too.)

It sounds like you're off to a fantastic start to me! I think it would be fine to leave him in the crate for a longer peroid of time while you leave the house. Start with a half hour or an hour. Then when you come back let him out but don't make a big deal out of it, just be friendly and positive. I think he's going to do well, from what you've said.

When we started my dog in a crate she'd fuss after 1 minute :P