Separation Anxiety
Hi there! I’m new to the community, and new to my lil’ English Setter Mylo. He’s 4mo. He’s a little happy go lucky guy who loves to play and loves being around people. He is slightly hard of hearing but can hear certain tones and we’re learning how to communicate with him on his level. He’ll follow us from room to room and is just excited to see everything we’re doing. And eating. Especially eating. 😅
I’ve had 3 dogs prior, all mixes from the animal shelter in the past. We still have a black lab who is 7. He tolerated Mylo but isn’t exactly enthused that we brought a baby into the house.
My question - Mylo has pretty bad separation anxiety. If we put him in his crate, even for 5 mins, he just absolutely freaks out. He can’t be alone for even a few minutes. Is this common in setters? Our other dogs were never excited to see us go, but when we did they’d kinda just shrug and go lay down until we came back.
Mylo won’t have it. He just cries and cries and howls until we come back. I know he’s still a puppy so that probably plays into this, but even our other puppies didn’t seem to struggle with this.
I’d love to know if there are any tips or best practices out there for any other setters that might be similar? Thanks in advance!