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I have not had a behaviouralist have a look at the JRT. I have looked at a few websites though, including - http://www.dogtech.com.au/les-treuer.html can anybody recommend this company? Or another in Sydney? The JRT (her name is Joey) was given to my boyfriend and his brother as a puppy 9 years ago and grew up with his family. When she was 9 months old she was involved in a car accident that has left her with 3 legs. From what he has told me, the behaviour started shortly after this. I have assumed that it was this event has triggered something in her - and therefore I thought it was S.A. as it was not a learned behaviour. I think that my boyfriends family have made this worse by fussing over her when leaving and when returning. And this has been going on for the last 8 years! I have grown up always with only 1 dog at a time, so I wasn't sure how easily influenced puppies were by older dogs. I don't want to bring a puppy into an environment where its going to learn negative behaviours.

Hi, My boyfriend and I are finally in a position to be able to own / keep a dog with us on our property. My boyfriend has already brought with him his families Jack Russell who he has had since he was a teenager. The problem is that she has Seperation Anxiety and will go mental - running around in circles and barking - whenever someone tries to leave or comes home. Although, she is not destructive once we have left. We are trying to get her more used to the idea of people coming and going by mixing up our routines and regularly stepping outside for a few seconds / minutes at a time. We have also tried giving her lots of activities to entertain herself whilst we are out (which is difficult as she is not food motivated). And we are giving her plenty of excercise before and after we leave for extended periods of time. Any other suggestions you may have will be welcomed, but the main reason I have posted today is to find out whether anybody has had any experience with introducing a new puppy to a dog with seperation anxiety and whether the new puppy has picked up any of the behaviours associated with Seperation anxiety. Obviously, I would now like to have a puppy of my own, but I don't want to do this if there is any chance of transferring the seperation anxiety on to the new addition. Actually, I was hoping that the introduction of another dog could infact help our Jack Russell with her S.A. ... Any experiences or oppinions are very much welcomed! Thank you.