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[enamoured]

I feel unbearably itchy right now. I took Pepper for a quick walk and since it wasn't hideously cool, I didn't wear a jacket. So now, my arms and neck are itching like crazy, and I don't know why.

Speaking of Pepper: sometimes, when I need to do something (homework, clean my room), I close my room door and leave her out, and she then sits outside the door, scratching at the wall, and whimpering. She can't have separation anxiety that bad, can she? I have no idea what to do with her about that. Ideas, fellow dog owners? I need to do my own thing but the "OMG I AM ALL ALONE IN THE WORLD" thing needs to stop. Or, at least, be remedied.

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[side-streets.livejournal.com]

You're doing the right thing by making sure you guys are separated sometimes when you go to your room. I would go in your room randomly a few times a day for, say, 5 minutes, to start and gradually lengthen the amount of time you're in there.

Also, try not to make a big deal of your comings & goings, i.e. when you leave, don't talk to her like "OKAY, PEPPER, I'M GOING BYE-BYE NOW, DON'T WORRY, EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY!" Switch up your routine if you do things in a certain order before you leave the house because dogs associate certain cues (getting keys, turning off the TV, putting on shoes, etc.) with "OMG MY HUMANS ARE LEAVING!" Conversely, when you come back, don't smother her in kisses & say "OH I MISSED YOU!" when you come back home. Come in, go about your business for about five minute & then acknowlede her.

Or if you need to leave her aloe for a while, give her a Kong, fill it peanut butter & let her go to town while you chill in puppy-less bliss. :)

[confused11390.livejournal.com]

Haha, it sounds like it's a kindergarten-er you're dealing with, not a dog.

[waderapspoorly.livejournal.com]

My puppy has one of those Kongs and she goes crazy for it. I'm pretty sure someone could rob our house and she wouldn't notice if they gave her a Kong.

So my vote is for Kong.

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

since it wasn't hideously cool, I didn't wear a jacket. So now, my arms and neck are itching like crazy, and I don't know why.
maybe the dry air?