19/12/2025
This is Tango. He’s a big, sweet, social boy with pretty solid obedience that just needs some fine tuning.
Tango is here for separation anxiety. When his people leave, his stress turns into destruction. Crate time and free time were both hard for him, and daycare helped burn energy but it was only a temporary Band Aid, not a solution.
For Tango, the crate is not the problem. The trigger is separation from people. When he cannot be near us, he struggles to self regulate those big emotions and looks for relief through destructive behaviors.
We are resetting his mindset by adding structure, clarity, and independence. Place work, calm crate routines, intentional separation, and teaching him that it is okay to be alone. If Tango cannot see or hear me, he fully settles. When he can, the anxiety spikes. That tells us exactly what needs to be addressed.
There is some stress during this process because we are creating new associations and asking him to learn resilience instead of relying on constant reassurance. That discomfort is temporary and necessary. The anxiety he came in with is not healthy, and this work is how we fix it.
Tango is a really cool dog and once he learns how to self regulate, he is going to thrive both in the crate and at home.
