Tessie has to go live with my parents for a few weeks while she learns how to not bark when left alone.
We got the rudest letter last night from our neighbors. They are cowards. The things they insinuated were incredibly hurtful and insulting. I feel terrible because my Tessie has been miserable when FI and I are gone, and we didn't even know about it. They waited a month before letting us know. We've known that she barks when we leave, but every dog in our building does that. We did NOT know that she continually barks. Thanks neighbors for waiting a MONTH to say something - we would have gone a different route with the behavior modification we've been doing had we known. We've been to PetCo more in the past month than I have ever been in entire time I've owned Tessie. I really don't know how I'm supposed to live without my Tessie for a few weeks
Seriously the only comfort I have right now is knowing she'll be with my parents (thankfully we have this option) and this: "More often than not, the problem barker has never learned to be alone. He is accustomed to lavish attention without having to earn it. He thinks he is the center of the world and upon finding himself abandoned he is distraught and he barks, what did you expect?"