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After reading about other's experiences and getting some advice I have decided how I am going to train Daisy to get used to being left. 
I am going to only use positive training methods as I would like to train her to not be upset, rather than train her not to bark when she feels upset. At the reccomendation of a behaviourist I am starting to give Daisy calmatives and I am also using rewards to train her to get used to me leaving her.
As she has not been driven by any treats so far I am using her NI yuck
! So now I am basically walking round the house with little bowsl of mince!
I have to keep leaving rooms, shutting the doors, counting to 10 (all she can manage at the moment before whining, sometimes 15 if she hasn't realised I have actually left!
) and then giving her a small amount of NI. This is replacing her meal times so that all her food has to be earnt.
Obviously this is easier if you feed kibble! 
It is going to take a long time but I am going to do this every day increasing the times I leave her and hopefully this will mean that she will stop scratching the doors when I am not in the room and help her be more relaxed in the crate. Whilst I have been doing this she has already stopped scratching the lounge door whilst I am counting which is a small start!
Anyway I will keep you updated on her progress and please could you all keep keep your fingers crossed for me!
I am going to only use positive training methods as I would like to train her to not be upset, rather than train her not to bark when she feels upset. At the reccomendation of a behaviourist I am starting to give Daisy calmatives and I am also using rewards to train her to get used to me leaving her.
As she has not been driven by any treats so far I am using her NI yuck
It is going to take a long time but I am going to do this every day increasing the times I leave her and hopefully this will mean that she will stop scratching the doors when I am not in the room and help her be more relaxed in the crate. Whilst I have been doing this she has already stopped scratching the lounge door whilst I am counting which is a small start!
Anyway I will keep you updated on her progress and please could you all keep keep your fingers crossed for me!