Hendrix is absolutely not a bad dog. A sweet-faced black cockapoo, he is a beloved family pet and devoted to his owners. But in a sense, that’s the problem. He gets so anxious if left alone that he once chewed a door frame right through to the plaster, and has gouged floorboards. Left in the car once for a few minutes while his owner nipped to the shop, he shredded a seatbelt.
His owner, Naz Karim, a 45-year-old software developer from Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, now works from home full-time, which has helped. But the minute he or his wife and two teenage children pick up their keys to leave the house, Hendrix starts getting nervous.
