wow, yeah i know the feeling. 4 out of 5 of our dogs do it (i guess because i'm usually home with them 99.999% of the week). whenever i go somewhere they can't go axle, caine and peanut get a whiney little thing going. and diesel, he "screams" at the top of his lungs while jumping on the door /shredding the blinds or if there isn't one he alternates screaming with destroying things. our oldest that does it is 4 now, and has done it his entire life. diesel and caine will be one the end of next month and still do it and i think peanut does it just to fit in
the only one who is good with not being able to get to us is sheeba, but she actually likes being left alone to sleep.