Kitsune and her separation anxiety.

Meet Kitsune. She is me and David's 19 month old Shiba Inu. Let me rephrase this: She is our 19 month old Shiba Inu with severe separation anxiety.

She cries and lets out her best "Shiba scream" whenever I leave her side. If I"m on the third floor, so is she. If I'm downstairs, she's by my side. Cute? Not when she's crated. It has gotten to the point where she bites her crate, hoping to free herself. Yup, metal crate... bars bent and everything! Poor girl. Sometimes I come home and her gums are bleeding.

So, Shiba/dog owners, please let me know if this is AT ALL possible: Kitsune was from a pet store. People would play with her, then "give her back." Do you think that this separation anxiety is because she thinks I'm going to leave her, forever? I wonder if dogs can remember that far back.

Well, I'm not going anywhere. I just wish she knew that.