Lola is a great dog, from day one not a single bathroom accident in the house, she’s sweet and affectionate (she loves EVERYONE), can sit on the couch and chew on a bone or play with a toy, and with one exception has never destroyed anything inside the house. (She does like to randomly bring me full rolls of toilet paper, which I find pretty funny. )
The one exception is she could not handle being left alone. For the first few days I couldn’t go to the bathroom without ear splitting levels on whining. We’ve been working on this together. I felt the major turning point for her was when she CHOSE to stay inside and chew on a bone rather than go outside with me. As of this morning I was able to shower, brush my teeth and do my hair alone. She whined a tiny bit towards the end, but it was quiet, and she stopped pretty quickly. I think we still have a way to go before she’ll be able to be comfortable alone while I’m at work, but I now feel confident that we’ll get there and that I can go down the street to the store to pick up something without her being too stressed out about it.
What I’ve done so far is just work on desensitizing her to me coming and going. The fact that I am up and down and in and out of various rooms, along with never coming into or going out of the house from the same door probably helps with this.
Lola the Chorkie - A rescue dog adventure 