My husband and I got a basset puppy last week when he was 8 weeks old.
We are both on holiday now and I'm returning to work on the 2nd. My husband works from home but sometimes requires to go into the office.
My concern is, we sometimes leave him outside a bit to play and sleep on our patio. He can see us through the glass sliding door at all times. But when he is outside, he whines and moans the whole time.
We had a few family members visiting over the Christmas period and he got so much attention from everybody. Now today I was alone with him the whole day, and normally when he wanted to sleep, he would just go into his bed and sleep. But today, he would whine until I sit down with him, and let him fall asleep on my lap. He never used to do that.
He sleeps in bed with me because I think he is still too young to be sleeping alone. But it seems that whenever we are out of his sight, or have some barrier (like the sliding door) between us and the puppy he won't stop crying. Breaks my heart to hear him like that.
I'm just so worried that when we go back to work, and my husband needs to go into the office, he will be crying and whining the whole time, making his anxiety worse. What else can we try? We bought him so many soft toys to play with, some chew toys, a clock wrapped in my husbands old T-shirt, a warm water bottle wrapped in a light blanket, and a radio next to him. Only other thing I can think off is to get another small dog, but I don't want to sit with 2 puppies howling and crying the whole time.
Any advice?
We are both on holiday now and I'm returning to work on the 2nd. My husband works from home but sometimes requires to go into the office.
My concern is, we sometimes leave him outside a bit to play and sleep on our patio. He can see us through the glass sliding door at all times. But when he is outside, he whines and moans the whole time.
We had a few family members visiting over the Christmas period and he got so much attention from everybody. Now today I was alone with him the whole day, and normally when he wanted to sleep, he would just go into his bed and sleep. But today, he would whine until I sit down with him, and let him fall asleep on my lap. He never used to do that.
He sleeps in bed with me because I think he is still too young to be sleeping alone. But it seems that whenever we are out of his sight, or have some barrier (like the sliding door) between us and the puppy he won't stop crying. Breaks my heart to hear him like that.
I'm just so worried that when we go back to work, and my husband needs to go into the office, he will be crying and whining the whole time, making his anxiety worse. What else can we try? We bought him so many soft toys to play with, some chew toys, a clock wrapped in my husbands old T-shirt, a warm water bottle wrapped in a light blanket, and a radio next to him. Only other thing I can think off is to get another small dog, but I don't want to sit with 2 puppies howling and crying the whole time.
Any advice?