Curing doggy separation anxiety...

Shelby

Not pregnancy related I know... but we recently got a 9 month old pitbull who is a totally lovey. Super protective and always making sure everything is okay. Hercules shows signs of separation anxiety though. He cries when me and my fiancé aren't in the same room, he makes us walk through the house checking every room every few hours, and crying when we get ready to leave. Today was the first day since getting Hercules that we had to leave the house as a couple so Hercules was going to be home alone. We put him in his crate with a toy, promised our return and left to go see our baby in the NICU. When we got home we had a note saying the Dog Warden had Hercules. He apparently broke out the front of the crate, pushed open the side panel on our air conditioner window unit and got out. He stayed in our yard but someone called and reported a stray. Anyone have any advice on helping our fur baby through this anxiety?