I have a 9 month old mixed breed dog. She is a perfect angel when we are home, but as soon as we leave she gets into EVERYTHING! She has chewed furniture, carpet and many, many other things. She knows she is doing wrong because as soon as we get home she hides and ducks, even though we dont hit her, we just point out what she did and tell her its bad very sternly. I dont know what to do, I've seen people suggest the sprays, but we cannot spray everything in the house. What can I do?
2007-03-03 08:21:11 · 14 answers · asked by Steve Musser 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Your dog is bored! First, give her more exercise. Do some obedience work with her to exercise her mind as well. Then you also need to invest in a crate and keep her in it when you're not home until she's past this destructive stage. It's not good for your dog to have you mad at her every time you come home. It'll be much better for everyone when you're as happy to see her as she will be to see you.
2007-03-03 08:30:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dogs under a year of age are usaully teething when they start to chew on everything and this will pass. Buy a bitter apple spray from your local pet shop and spray it on things she usually chews on if you'd like her to roam free in the house when you're gone. Consider another puppy if you have the room, or a doggy door to outside; make sure you have LOTS of toys that are ok to chew on and reward her when she does chew on them. Play with her a lot before you go places so she's got her quota of attention.
It's no use just yelling at her for gnawing on things without providing things that are alright to chew on or locking her up without trying to fix the problem first. Larger dogs are usually high in the energy department and chewing could be a way to expend that energy.
2007-03-03 16:30:36 · answer #2 · answered by Heather 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One thing you can do is before you leave get a small dog crate and put her in thier with some chew toys or put her in a place with no funiture like a bathroom but always give them chew toys because she is just teething and normaly it will go away. Also if you are going to be gone long leave on a radio just loud enough for her to here it and the noise should calm her down this is what we did to our German Shepherd puppy and it worked pretty well.
2007-03-03 16:26:19 · answer #3 · answered by Josie77 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your dog has no clue why you are mad her. She's not going to associate the rug she chewed up 10 minutes ago with you being mad. She associates you coming home with getting yelled at and that's why she hides.
The simple fact is your dog isn't trained enough to be left alone. You need to get her a crate, and put her in her crate when you aren't there to supervise.
It will keep your dog and your stuff safe.
2007-03-03 18:07:55 · answer #4 · answered by Bindi *dogtrainingbyjess.com* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to either confine this dog to a kennel with her toys while you are gone or a dog proof room in your house. The best option would be to buy or build an outside dog run to put her in with her toys when you are not home to supervise her. It is much better than her ending up in a dog pound unwanted because you got tired of replacing your household furnishings
2007-03-03 21:12:54 · answer #5 · answered by avalon_bz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
invest in a good dog crate.
when you leave the house put the dog in the crate with a toy and a blanket.
she wont be able to chew on anything in a crate.
and she has less of a chance of choking to death on something she shouldnt have because she wont be able to get to it.
depending on the size of your dog a crate runs between 24 and 60 bucks.
so it is an inexpensive fix.
2007-03-03 16:25:51 · answer #6 · answered by incinerated_ember 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A good crate will do wonder's ... a muzzel when your not home might help if you don't want to crate your puppy.
Also get your puppy some good chew toy's to help with the urge to chew .
2007-03-03 16:39:04 · answer #7 · answered by Erinyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots and lots of training... I had a similar problem with one of my dogs (he was just out of control to begin with) but it is seperation anxiety. See the below link for some helpful tips. It is going to take a long time and a lot of work. Sorry but there is no quick fix to this.
2007-03-03 16:26:21 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best place to put him when your out is the kitchen because there isn't much furniture to chew on you should also make sure he has plenty of toys to keep him happy! good luck xx
2007-03-03 16:28:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crate train her... since she only does it when you arent there to watch her then protect her and get a crate =) this way your puppy doesnt ingest something that will hurt her... it will keep your vet bills down and you wont have to replace anything that she doesnt chew up =) Good luck!!
2007-03-03 16:31:06 · answer #10 · answered by csmutz2001 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋