Maybe you could approach it as a concern for the dog. If he has such bad separation anxiety, he must be miserable all day long. Her vet might be able to help. Dogs and cats can be given anti-anxiety medication just like people. I know, from experience with Demon, that it really does help.

Kim makes a good point--or perhaps suggest perhaps he would howl less if he were out running in the yard with yours?  Not that you want to babysit someone else’s, but maybe it would be a gentle hint that all is not well when she is away and her dog is left alone??

Yes, he is miserable all day long. Sometimes I go out on the porch and talk to him through the window. He likes that, but the minute I walk back in the house he falls apart again. Occasionally he’ll quiet down if I turn the television on full blast. The noise seems to comfort him even though he has his own radio.

M is aware that he has separation anxiety. A couple of other neighbors *have* complained.  He’s been on various medications and they even went to doggy therapy. For whatever reasons, the meds didn’t work out (he’s very old and the side affects were pretty hard on him) and, I guess, neither did the therapy. He needs to go to doggy day care.

M and I do need to talk about it though. Not sure what she can do that she hasn’t already tried, but he’s miserable and I am about to go crazy today. He’s having a particularly bad day.