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Originally Posted by Northwoods
Actually our dog got comfortable with his new environment and is barking less. But we were more mindful of "how" we left our house (our dog finally understood that when we left through the garage, he knew we would be gone for a while). We didn't go to our neighbors from the Lanai... because then he knew we were close and he would bark. (I know... crazy.. but we tried to create some consistency so he knew what to expect).
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No, not crazy. I agree with what you did. Smart dog owners. We used to go out our condo a certain way up north because our dog could watch us walk all the way across the marina to the restaurant through the deck sliders and would bark till he couldn't see us. If we went out through the garage instead, and took a more roundabout route, he couldn't see us.
We also didn't give him a big, long, sloppy good-bye, which would have made him nervous with separation ansxiety. We just said See you later, guy, and walked out. We started with small separations and worked up to longer ones. This was after he was done being crated while we were gone. He was through the chewing stage. All that stopped any barking.
Sounds good what you did.