[Sister Havana]

AGDee,
My dog had terrible, terrible separation anxiety. I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that he had three homes in two weeks. (his original owner brought him to the shelter at age six and a half, because he and the other dog they had were too rough around the new baby, then he was adopted out for less than a week but brought back because the other family also had a baby and he was too nippy around their baby. He's the only baby here though...actually, he's wonderful when we see babies on the street or at the park, he sits there and lets them pet him. I think it's just a matter of him living with and competing for attention with one - he is a major attention hog! but I digress.) He'd pee and poop in the house whenever he was left alone, no matter if we were gone for 5 minutes or 5 hours, no matter how long a walk he was on before we left. My vet recommended I put him on Clomicalm and I finally did that just after Thanksgiving. It's a drug specifically to treat separation anxiety in dogs. Costs around $30/month. Barney will be on it for six months and then he'll be weaned off it, if everything goes well. It took about three weeks to kick in but it's worked WONDERS since it has. I give him a pill once a day in the morning and I no longer come home to surprises in the house! You might want to look into it for your dog.