It followed me home!

[flamingfingers]

Great Pyrenees/Lab cross neutered male 5 years old, very quiet but has +++separation anxiety. Hmmmm..... should I?

[gardengirl]

Awww sweet. Didn't you lose your buddy about a year ago?

[flamingfingers]

6 months really. But there is still room in my heart for another... if he will accept other family members so it will be ok if I don't outlive him.

[oneh2obabe]

No contact info on the tags? If you can't find the owners, keep the sweetie.

[flamingfingers]

No contact info on the tags? If you can't find the owners, keep the sweetie.

Actually he was brought home from the SPCA here in town, had been in care for a month but he fretted the kennel wire and has a small lesion under his lower jaw from wanting to get out. He has just been so calm and quiet since he got here that I am kinda hopeful he will retain his laid back demeanor. He does get anxious when any one of us leaves the house so I am sure he will need to have someone here with him all the time or get some behavioral training that reduces his separation anxiety. Can't have a dog scratching holes in the doors.

[Triple 6]

Oh goody!!! If he followed you home, it was mean to be! I say YES! YES to the Dog! xo

[dogspoiler]

I think I could spoil him. But, no more room.

[WeatherWoman]

Great Pyrenees/Lab cross neutered male 5 years old, very quiet but has +++separation anxiety. Hmmmm..... should I?

YES!

[flamingfingers]

He is a sweetie. He stole a while and when we weren't watching, and took advantage of my bed for a nap. Those golden eyes just do something.... agree?

[gardengirl]

I believe Flaming could be smitten.

[zookeeper]

Thanks for that pic, his eyes looked so sad in the first one!

A while back I made a comment in another thread, that I did not think it fair that older people get new pets, like you said because of life span and all. I have since changed my mind. I have seen so many of those sad eyes lately, whatever it takes to make them glisten again.

I hope you are going to keep him, and when it comes to it, please post a pic of him happy, glistening eyes, and loved. : )

[Fancy]

I think he's found a good home :)

[Bsuds]

That's kind of a "are you ever gonna feed me look"

[flamingfingers]

Sigh... He just cannot be left alone!! When any of the 3 of us leaves the house he fusses, and when all 3 of us even goes out onto the deck without him he is at the door, scratching and trying to leave him alone in the car is inviting devastation. I don't mind being at home with him through the day but sometimes I do have to grocery shop and if I can't leave him at home for an hour and can't leave him in my car for any length of time... what am I going to do? I can't be totally kept prisoner in my own home because of a dog that can't be left alone...

[gardengirl]

Do we have anyone here who can help with dog separation anxiety?
There must be a way to deal with it.