W Sibs Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 (edited) I come home, after being gone for a week, and Charlie just lays in the middle of the living room floor, looks up to see me, wags his tails and then continue eating his pig ear happily and Emmy, runs towards me, sniffs me and then bolts outside again where she was having fun chasing bubbles (neighbours were blowing bubbles and it was coming over the fence). It was only when I started unpacking when they started to come over to me only because Charlie wants to sit/lay/sleep in the luggage (one of his favorite things to do) and Emmy was curious to see what was in the bag. Edited October 18, 2010 by CW EW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 EXCELLENT responses!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Sibs Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 it is a little excitement won't kill them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie10 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 it is a little excitement won't kill them You need wheatens! They are happy to see you if you've just gone to the letter box lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Sibs Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 it is a little excitement won't kill them You need wheatens! They are happy to see you if you've just gone to the letter box lol! it's an on going joke at home... that my dogs are never excited to see me, but if it's anyone else, the dogs are all over them like a rash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 it is a little excitement won't kill them You need wheatens! They are happy to see you if you've just gone to the letter box lol! Or a little band of Moochers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskedaway Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Akira's not excited to see me either. Seeing OH is a completely different matter, though. Even if he's at home, if she hears "his car" (the neighbour owns the same car, and it's a really distinctive noise) she'll race outside to be the first one to greet him. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claireybell Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Wish my two were like that! If I walk to the bench that is 5 steps from my front door and then come back in they go bonkers!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly_Louise Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 It was probably a really yummy pigs ear LOL!!! If Sash has a bone, I don't compete either. I do however, earn a wag of her tail. Although, when it's a work day - Sash is always more excited to see OH. If I get to her first, she is craning her neck to see past me, to see if I've brought OH home with me too. On the weekends/days off though, returning from the loo/shops/laundry is a significant enough event to have her all over me like it's been years. And she follows me around like a shadow... just in case I escape. If I use the toilet at the back of the house, she will follow me around the outside and stand jammed against the sliding door... waiting. If I take too long, I get a knock on the window as a reminder that she IS there, you know. LOL. But she doesn't have seperation anxiety - just loves non work days so she can stick to me like glue and make up for the working days. What did I do with myself before I gained my shadow??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussielover Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 My dog doesn't have separation anxiety, but she even gets excited to see me coming out of the loo!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mita Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 We had a little dog that had separation anxiety. She would jump all over me, screaming at top note when I arrived home. The behaviorist vet told us (among many things) to ignore her completely for 15 minutes when we arrived home. Turn our backs on her jumping & screaming. We did that for a week or so. Then a funny thing happened. When we'd arrive home, she'd ignore us for 15 minutes. She'd just take a glance & then go back to doing whatever she was doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiesha09 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 We had a little dog that had separation anxiety. She would jump all over me, screaming at top note when I arrived home. The behaviorist vet told us (among many things) to ignore her completely for 15 minutes when we arrived home. Turn our backs on her jumping & screaming. We did that for a week or so. Then a funny thing happened. When we'd arrive home, she'd ignore us for 15 minutes. She'd just take a glance & then go back to doing whatever she was doing. You are lucky! I've been doing that for 4 years and STILL hasn't made a difference. Plus I upped the time to 30 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Mine don't even get off their beds when I go outside ... unless I have food in my hands or I look like I am heading into the garage where the food is kept!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Sibs Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 Charlie and Emmy follows me around the house and sometimes wants me to follow them around too... but i can leave the house and comes back and to them, it's nothing. You should see how they carry on when the boyfriend comes and goes.. pathetic, I tell you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDR Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 (edited) In winter ... I get home from work, make my way through the garage, slip work shoes off at deck, inside sliding door. Open post, put down handbag ... flick on a light, the heater, no sign of doggo-d. "Timmy? You around?" says I. Hmmm. I literally have to track him down to either his crate, our bed which he has managed to wriggle under the covers of creating an interesting "lump" in the bed. Or on really lucky days, buried in a pile of freshly clothes dried sheets or towels, all warm and cosy. In the warmer months, repeat above process replacing bed for window bay and laundry pile for my giant parsley bush. Now, open the fridge door and you can barely count to ten before he's popping his little face around the corner. Here is linen lump ... And bed lump ... Edited October 18, 2010 by LDR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Sibs Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 In winter ... I get home from work, make my way through the garage, slip work shoes off at deck, inside sliding door. Open post, put down handbag ... flick on a light, the heater, no sign of doggo-d."Timmy? You around?" says I. Hmmm. I literally have to track him down to either his crate, our bed which he has managed to wriggle under the covers of creating an interesting "lump" in the bed. Or on really lucky days, buried in a pile of freshly clothes dried sheets or towels, all warm and cosy. In the warmer months, repeat above process replacing bed for window bay and laundry pile for my giant parsley bush. Now, open the fridge door and you can barely count to ten before he's popping his little face around the corner. Here is linen lump ... And bed lump ... Timmy sounds like quite the character!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDR Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 And garden lump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly_Louise Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 We had a little dog that had separation anxiety. She would jump all over me, screaming at top note when I arrived home. The behaviorist vet told us (among many things) to ignore her completely for 15 minutes when we arrived home. Turn our backs on her jumping & screaming. We did that for a week or so. Then a funny thing happened. When we'd arrive home, she'd ignore us for 15 minutes. She'd just take a glance & then go back to doing whatever she was doing. BAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAA - reverse psychology - I love it!!! Makes you wonder how far up the evolutionary chain dogs really are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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