My dog has a problem

[n2mark]

whenever I am ready to go someplace, she needs to go outside (although I've taken her outside before), she doesn't potty but just sits outdoors, when I arrive home she is sitting at the door, than she barks and barks at me, I send her outdoors, she barks and barks. She either is yelping at me, "how dare you leave me" or yelping to tattle on my other dog who is so lazy, don't know what he could have done wrong. She just reminds me of a neighborhood busybody and ticked that I went someplace. Go figure! Do I dare get up during the night?, no way, when I return she left me about 6 inches on the bed too sleep. No way am I going to fight her at 3am. Yet she is not the alpha, she knows when to move from her spot on the couch when I'm ready to watch TV, when we first go to bed she tries to sleep on my side of the bed, yet will move to her side when she sees me coming. She is just too funny.

The worse thing, her bark is high pitch and loud especially feeding time. Guess she is just a bossy type fur person.

I love my four legged furballs.

[candy]

1. Your dog sounds great to me. Doesn't have a problem at all!

[Wcross]

2. Dogs...

The dog on the bed thing happens to me too. I just move them back where they came from, if they give me a problem I shove them off.

Sometimes it is more challenging than others.

How about a picture n2mark?

[welshTerrier2]

3. "how dare you leave me"

sounds like separation anxiety to me ...

here's how we solved this problem with my pup ... most dogs are affected right at the point of separation ... if you can get them past the first few minutes, they are often OK ...

when we have to leave our pup at home by herself, we use the following routine ... we make her get into her bed in the downstairs hallway ... then, we get two or three dog biscuits from a bag in the kitchen (making lots of noise so she knows what we're doing) ... if she leaves her bed (and she no longer ever does knowing treats are coming), we make her return to her bed and tell her to stay there ...

we then break the biscuits into 6 to 8 pieces and hide them (usually in the same places) all over the downstairs ... finally, just before we walk out the door, we give her a brief pat on the head and a "good dog" and put a whole biscuit in the bed with her ... now, she can't wait for us to leave ... as we're walking out the door, she's busy chomping on biscuit number one ... if we delay at all, she's frantically checking out all the usual spots looking for treats ...

this really helped solve the problem ... now when we grab our coats or our car keys, she heads right for her bed ... she loves to come with us but she doesn't mind getting a bunch of treats and staying home either ... hope this helps ...

[skygazer]

4. Dogs are very similar to kids

By asking to go out when she knows you're leaving, she's delaying you. She doesn't want you to leave. Same with her behavior when you get home - she wants your attention and knows that asking to go out will give it to her. She's just different from your other dog just as two siblings are different.

Do you greet her specifically when you come home? I used to have five dogs and I always spent my first ten or twenty minutes upon arriving home in greeting the dogs and letting them know I loved them and missed them and wouldn't think of not coming back. Because when you leave, your dog really doesn't know for sure if you'll be back. They're like kids that way, too.

[n2mark]

5. Yes, I greet her and make a fuss over her

but she is not happy when I leave the house, she is not happy when I leave a room, it's like we are glued together. She was never like this until I retired, now, no way will she leave my side for one minute. Just lays at my side on her pillow while I'm on the computer. My other dog! Well, he is also at my side, if I leave the room, he is right behind me. They are just too funny, maybe they were like this when I was working but never noticed this behavior. If I am cleaning a room they both sit in the doorway or in the way and watch me. These are my cuties.