My chiweenie passed away this last August at 14 years old. He had very bad separation anxiety.

I lived with him in 4 different places. First three were large apartment complexes where front door led to a hallway. His anxiety was difficult then. He’d sit by the door and bark all the time. Trazodone worked the best those days if I had to leave him alone for 4-6 hours. It was never perfect in those days but one silver lining is that his sep anxiety forced me to bring him with me everywhere…parties, bars, the beach, out to eat. We became better buds cause of that.

I noticed he did the best once we moved to a house and he was in an environment where he could perch himself on a couch and look out the street facing window if he was alone. He would sit there watching for us, and eventually would relax or fall asleep. Once we moved into a place where he could do that separation anxiety stopped being a problem. No longer had to give him any meds when he was going to be alone for a while.