Dog has severe separation anxiety
I recently rescued a 1 year old australian shepherd/corgi mix from a local shelter. When he is around people, his behavior is great. He does not mess in the house, gets along with everyone, including two other aussies, and is calm and quiet. The first day he was left alone, he was gated in the computer room. He scaled the fence and proceeded to tear down all of the curtains, pee on every piece of furniture, and defecate on my female dog's bed (I think out of passive aggressiveness b/c she bosses him around). I began crating him in a metal crate and video taped him to watch his behavior. He demolished the cage. He was then placed in a shepherd plastic crate and has since moved down to a sheltie-size crate. Every day he defecates in the crate and take his towel or newspaper and uses it to push the feces to the corners. He scratches trying to get out, such that he shifts the crate across the room and usually in a 180. He also had a elizabethan collar on from when he was nurtured, and he actually flipped the collar inside out so it was overtop of his body and he proceeded to chew all the plastic that connected to his collar, but has never touched his sutures. We have tried "pro-quiet" from the vets, music, tv, putting another dog in the same room, separating him from all the other dogs, chew toys (all of which he has destroyed), etc. The weird thing is that he can be left in a car while shopping or eating and he is fine. He does not terrorize the vehicle, only the house. He is an awesome dog, but I am just trying to figure out a way to get him to stop defecating in his crate. Any advice would be much appreciated.
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