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Another couple of tips for seperation anxiety besides the good ones mentioned already are to make sure your dog gets pleanty of vigorous exercise daily. Around half an hour to an hour of running-not a walk around the block. There are a few fenced in ball fields near my house that I take my dobe to when they are empty. After a while of playing fetch she's pooped and easier to live with. A dog who is well exercised is generally a calmer dog with fewer behaviour problems. Generally not paying any attention to the dog when you arrive home until you are in the house for at least 10 minutes aswell as crate training can be a big help. Make sure that when you crate train that you take it slow-start by feeding your dog its meals in the crate and putting her in it for short periods. Just make sure that you don't open the door while the dog is whining or it will learn that whining opens the door and it will whine continuously while crated. A minute or two of no whining and you can open the door. Make sure you never use the crate as an area for punishment. Also, when speaking about seperation anxiety, you may want to give your dog a nice big chew toy (ie. kong) filled with bits of kibble and some peanut butter in the crate to keep busy while your gone. One more thing you may want to try is the Bach Flower Remedy for seperation anxiety. Bach Flowers are flower essences in solution that help with different emotional problems. You can check out the website for more info. Oh yeah-one more thing I just thought of that I learned at a recent dog seminar-never get mad at your dog if you come home and it destroyed your sneakers for example-its too late for that-instead you get mad at the sneakers! Since you do not want to relay and negative emotions to your dog or else it may not come next time you call- out of fear-you associate your negative emotions to the object. I know it sounds funny, but the dog does not want to be part of anything that you think negative of and apparently will not touch the "sneakers" again. Good Luck.
Jennifer W