Dog Health Questions: Dog training question?

Hey. I have 2 year old dog, she's a mutt with German shepherd and a type of mastiff in her. We got her from the SPCA and I think she has separation issues because whenever we leave the house she panics. She has destroyed different things in the house, so we kept her in the garage while we were gone but she smashed through the window and escaped. We've had to take her with us and keep her in the car, but obviously this isn't the best way. What can we do to convince her that we are not leaving her forever whenever we leave the house? any tips would be much appreciated

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• Kennel train her.


• Through out the Day, Randomly step outside for oh 5 minuets to start, then come back in. do this a few times a day and extend the times longer as she gets better. Leave a shirt with your scent on it with her, so she can smell you. Maybe even try giving her mellow mutt dog treats and play with her before you leave, and again when you come back. As for confining her, i wouldn't no as i have a smaller dog.


• I agree. kennel train her.
  Look here:
  http://www.ehow.com/how_2050732_kennel-t…


• Its a process. First of all the dog has lots of energy which in your dogs case is manifested as nervous energy. The first solution is exercise. A 40 minute walk everyday would be ideal. Then the other key is to make sure the dog is in a calm state as you leave the house. Something that should be practiced after the dog has been exercised. Practice this by going through the motions of leaving the house. Any time along the way the dog get nervous or excited you need to stop and correct the dog. A calm but assertive noise is often enough (a snap of your fingers or an assertive shhh). The idea is to let the dog know that the nervous state is not acceptable. If you try to baby talk the dog and soothe her essentially what you are doing is rewarding the nervous behavior not soothing the dog. It would only make the situation worse. Once the dog relaxes continue with making your way out the door. Stopping as often as needed. Once you make it out the door you can come back in and let the dog relax again. Then start the whole process over from the beginning. If the dog gets regular proper exercise and you practice the calm assertive behavior leaving the house it will get easier and easier until eventually you won't have to correct at all.


• Do you have a crate? i would envest in one. Make sure she has a Kong or something to do. We always give the dogs a treat before we leave too. Being in a crate will contain her and then she can't get out. You may look into a wire crate because she might chew through a verri kennell. Good luck.


• Slowly get your dog used to being okay when you're gone. You can use cues to help them realize you are going, such as jingling your keys.Here's a great article with tips you can try:
  
  http://dogtime.com/separation-anxiety.ht…


• I take it you are out for most of the day if so then you would be better off in the long term to build or buy a outside dog kennel with a good run attached to it.Before you go out take your dog for a good walk then put him in the kennel make sure he has plenty of water, buy him a big Kong the black ones as they are stronger, fill with some food so he has to work to get the food out and a good roasted knuckle bone to chew on.
  As soon as you come home let him out make a good fuss of him and take him for a walk and play use the kennel as a fun place for him to be feed him there so he will get use to going into the kennel.If you leave him home in the house for hours then he will get bored and start to look for trouble and he does not know any different it is not easy to leave a dog for long periods of time.