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Anonymous
Halp /an/.

My dog is the sweetest thing, but he freaks out and won't shut up if he's left alone-- whether it's somewhere in the house, or outside.

It's getting to the point where I seriously want to kill him to get him to shut up.
>> Anonymous
Good job training him.
>> Anonymous
>>343105
Fuck off, sagefag.

The vet down the road found him wandering around without a collar on. He was covered in fleas and half-starved.

We picked him up at the last minute (after he'd been cleaned up some) so he wouldn't end up at a pound where he'd probably just get killed-- also, because our old dog had died and he's as gentle as can be.

This is the only problem with him: He can't stand being by himself, so he pitches a fit sometimes when we're not right there in the same room he is.

And no, we didn't train him beyond our fairly limited abilities-- we can get him to sit down and I can get him to stay (he won't listen to anybody else) but he won't sit down and shut up when we're off doing something else. He was an adult when we got him.
>> Anonymous
Have you tried crate training him?
>> Anonymous
>>343115
Not thus far, no. I honestly have no idea what to do about him.

We had our first two dogs for... nearly twenty years, really. Dealing with a new (more or less fully grown) dog wasn't really a part of our plans, but he was a nice dog and he seemed like he'd be manageable.

This is mostly just an ANNOYING problem. He usually eventually shuts up anyway, but it's the "eventually" part that pisses me off.
>> Anonymous
>>343114

Do some googling on ways to help a dog cope with separation anxiety.
>> Anonymous
>>343123
>>343115
These.

Crate training will help him get used to the initial idea of being separate from you without you having to be out of the room, so you can react quickly whenever he starts up an inappropriate behavior.