As Rhodesian Ridgebacks are such loyal and affectionate dogs, they can be prone to separation anxiety. If you haven’t trained your dog long enough to understand that you will return once you leave them alone in the house, you might return to some chaos.
It’s only because they are so loyal and love their companions so much. They want to protect you at all times, so when you aren’t around, they don’t know if you are safe or not. This can result in separation anxiety.
The best way to tackle separation anxiety is to bite the bullet and leave them alone in a room for an hour every day. This time should increase after a couple of days.
Even if you’re in the room next to them, they need to get used to being alone and knowing that you will return.
When you do return, make sure not to excite them with praise. You should walk into the room and ignore their excitement, as this will help them to normalize you wandering in and out of the house.
Eventually, they will learn that you will return and there is no point worrying.