Hello! We just brought home our rescue dog a couple weeks ago (she is likely around a year old, or a little less) and I am absolutely paranoid that we will make training mistakes that foster separation anxiety.
So far, she is relatively OK. Notably, she is really clingy when we are home and whines when we leave rooms (sometimes demand barks for attention, which we try to mitigate by doing reverse time outs)
We have to leave her crated during the workday, and she seems to bark sporadically for around thirty minutes to an hour before settling down (I have a camera set up). She does display anxious signs- licking, whining, etc. Is having her “cry it out” the right move to decrease that period of barking and stress? Or will it facilitate separation anxiety and panic later on? I mostly worry because of how much of a velcro dog she seems to be!
Any and all tips welcome!