Hi all looking for a little bit of advice In Regards of my pug pup. She absolutely loves attention and I hate to leave her in the house all alone, but unfortunately I have to ie: drop kids off do a food shop etc , but she howls the house down as soon as I leave, because she is my little baby this is heart breaking , just looking to see really if I should consider rehoming another loveable pug so she has a playmate or should I just leave her be,

Thanks any advice is much appreciated

It is best to have a 2 year age gap between dogs. there are lots of reasons why this is advised. One of which is by the time the dog is 2, it has grown out of any puppy/teenager stage & is more easy to live with. Also at the other end of a dogs life you are less likely to be loosing dogs together.
There are other reasons which I'm sure others will list(my reply is a little rushed)

Think you should maybe work at the separation anxiety before contemplating another dog otherwise you could be dealing with 2 howling dogs instead of 1.  I leave my dogs with kongs if I am nipping out on the school run or shops.  They are just about finished when I arrive back and the dog has been so involved with the kong, they don't realise I've been out!lol    You need to teach your pup to settle while you are home and then expand it to time you are out.  Then just make the time longer.  You'll feel better about leaving her if she is settling and she'll be calmer too.

Having a playmate doesn't necessarily cure the problem.

Did you watch the programme about dogs left on their own recently? It made interesting viewing. There was an example of two dogs;whilst one laid happily whilst owners were out the other displayed signs of separation anxiety so two dogs together doesn't mean they will both relax or that an existing holwler will settle down.

If separation anxiety is the only issue you have with the pup then it would be a shame to think about getting rid of her purely because of that.
Did you do anything to prepare her for being left alone? IE leaving her for 5 minutes at a time then 10 then build up etc.
Again, the programme shown recently showed a great example of this.

I don't think the OP was considering rehoming her pup because of the SA. I read it that she was considering getting a second through a rehoming process.

Yes, youre right. I misread it. Apologies.

Using a baby gate so that pup can't follow you 24/7 will probably help - she can still see and hear you but you're starting to put that bit of distance between you. I also use a crate as the dog then has their own 'cave' to chill in (with a stuffed kong and/or tire pup out mentally by doing a little bit of play/training before she is put in).

The way that marisa has described has always been the way that I get my pups used to being without me. Some take a little longer than others but in the end they all are perfectly happy to be left on their own for reasonable periods of time ;-)

Strangely I have been to visit 2 lots of owners this week who can't leave their adult dog alone at all (a Maltese Terrier and then a Cocker).

Lord how can you lead your life with such an over dependent pet.

It gets worse. I was contacted by a couple who are at the end of their tether. Long story short - two out of control large Lurcher girls and a Male Springer. The Lurchers are very badly behaved with other dogs and tear the house to bits even when the owners are there. They bounced all over me when I visited and were so physically out of control that I had to ask for them to be put the other side of the glass pane kitchen door (so they could see and hear us) where they proceeded to rip the door frame apart out of sheer frustration that they had been put out of the room. I have never asked for a dog to be removed during a consult but they were beyond the pale! I was amazed that the owners didn't even recognise the scale of their behaviour but when you live with it I suppose you get used to it.

None of the dogs can be left (I suspect the Springer could, as he is by far the most sensible, but doubt they would try it as they would think they were being unfair to him) and the owners are not allowed to share a bed either. Horrendous! I have done some work with them and the Springer comes to club (as did one of the Lurchers until they got a right telling off by another dog owner on a walk when they jumped on his dog, despite my stressing that they need to be exercised separately and on the lead, even if they thought the coast was clear). The wife apparently got very depressed and gave up coming to club - maybe it's as well. It was getting a little repetitive to keep asking her to hold the dog by the collar whenever I came across to speak to her as she would let her lunge at me and rake all down my body with her long nails.