seperation anxiety

[bellawalsh]

can anyone help, i am asking on the behalf of a friend she has a 4 month daschound, she is being very vocal whenever my friend leaves a room, it has been ok when her husband leaves the room. occasional my friend leaves her in the kitchen say for about an hour, while she is in another room the noise she is making is quite upsetting for my friend ,she doesant feel that she can be left even for a little while, even when her husband is there with her she still creates. also her toilet training , my friend is leaving back door open , taking her into garden praising when she goes, but she is still running into bungelow and pooing in every room and weeing, any suggestions will be appreciated thankyou.

[cloggs]

There was a channel4 TV series by dog behaviourist Victoria Stillwell. Use the following website link to find out about daschound Rufus and how he was tamed!
www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/I/itsmeorthedog/s2ep3.html
You can click the links on the left of that site for other examples - one example has a dog specifically with separation anxiety, but i forget which.
Being Channel 4 prepare for ads too.

[can'tdo]

With regard to the toilet training, I would suggest that the dog is taken out to 'do the necessary' and then comes back into the house, and into an indoor kennel. She should not soil her own space. After an hour or so, your friend can take her outside again to see if she will go, outside. Always use the same place outside so that the dog gets to know it's hers. If she won't go outdoors, try getting your dog to use the designated space, and your friend's dog will then scent mark over it, to claim that space for herself. It is possible that the soiling indoors is a dominance thing; a showing who's boss.

[spitfire1958]

I have two mini-teckels (dachshund's) and they both bark incessantly whenever someone comes to the door. It is the breed's way. I am probably going to have to get a collar to eliminate my dogs' barking because it angers my husband so much. He hates my dogs anyway and the barking just infuriates him more.

[bellawalsh]

spitfire, she does not bark at all, only when my freind leaves her in the kitchen for a while say no longer than ten minutes, when she becomes very vocal, the neighhbours i expect next door will eventually complain the noise she is making.she isnt like this when my freinds husband leaves any room.she is ok out in the garden my freind goes in for something not a peep out of her, and when she is put in the kitchen for the night she is fine.