Nicoleeee
My new dog is a little over a year old and we've had him for a week now. He is a VERY large, energized, and fluffy Akita and means no harm.
As soon as we got him inside the house, he started ripping and shredding things like the decorative pillows, throwing papers around, and just making the house look like a tornado had just hit. We tried enforcing that acting in such a manner isn't preferred but he never seems to comprehend.
He never seems to calm down, either. He's always jumping around, running people over, which makes matters worse. It also doesn't help that we have a 5 year old living in the house whom he can just crush in a matter of 5 seconds.
I really want to avoid giving him away at all cost. I can't even fathom the idea.
What would you suggest?
Thanks!
Answer
You should buy a crate large enough for him to just stand up and turn around in and keep him in there when you can't keep a constant watch on him. Make it his safe place. Don't use it as a punishment.
Also, how much exercise are you allowing him? You should be taking him for at least 2-3 walks per day and an at least an hour of playtime, outdoors, each day as well. During this time you can play fetch, and work on training techniques. You should be working on the basics such as sit, stay, lay down, etc.
A bored dog is a destructive dog.
You should buy a crate large enough for him to just stand up and turn around in and keep him in there when you can't keep a constant watch on him. Make it his safe place. Don't use it as a punishment.
Also, how much exercise are you allowing him? You should be taking him for at least 2-3 walks per day and an at least an hour of playtime, outdoors, each day as well. During this time you can play fetch, and work on training techniques. You should be working on the basics such as sit, stay, lay down, etc.
A bored dog is a destructive dog.
I'm having some inside dog problems.?
Foxworthy
My dog is an outside dog and i recently trained him to be i an inside dog (via not peeing or crapping anywhere, completely calm, obeys commands), but there is one more things to scratch off the list.
1: my room mate just has to have her little square pillows on the couch. PROBLEM: My dog thinks her pillows are chew toys.
if anyone can help me with this, respond. please.
-Jeff "Foxworthy" Koen
PS: BLAM >:( (from newgrounds.com)
Answer
You could try getting some of that "bitter" spray that makes the object taste nasty. However, I had a lab (and I tired every single kind of spray out there) and he just thought it was sort of like icing on a cake. Yum!
Some dogs are just chewers. You are not going to be able to avoid that. So instead you need to adjust your way of doing things to protect the dogs and your home (a pillow is full of fluffy stuff that can cause obstruction when eaten - very dangerous for a dog)
Give him a bed of his own, on the floor in the main living area - then tell him the couch is off limits. If he's not on the couch, he won't be able to get at the pillow.
Don't get him any cloth chew-toys. To a dog that regularly gets fabric chew-toys, that pillow is nothing but a great big chew toy that, for some reason you are not sharing. They don't get it.
Offer him other toys. If you catch him chewing on the pillow, say "no" in a very stern voice. Then hand him something that he *can* chew on. Take him over to his bed and praise him when he chews on the correct object.
Lastly, consider crating him when you are not home to make sure that he is not chewing things. While some owners find this cruel, dogs actually like their crate, considering it their own special little den.
Good luck to you! On both counts - the dog who is still learning and the roommate who won't budge on decorative pillows. :)
You could try getting some of that "bitter" spray that makes the object taste nasty. However, I had a lab (and I tired every single kind of spray out there) and he just thought it was sort of like icing on a cake. Yum!
Some dogs are just chewers. You are not going to be able to avoid that. So instead you need to adjust your way of doing things to protect the dogs and your home (a pillow is full of fluffy stuff that can cause obstruction when eaten - very dangerous for a dog)
Give him a bed of his own, on the floor in the main living area - then tell him the couch is off limits. If he's not on the couch, he won't be able to get at the pillow.
Don't get him any cloth chew-toys. To a dog that regularly gets fabric chew-toys, that pillow is nothing but a great big chew toy that, for some reason you are not sharing. They don't get it.
Offer him other toys. If you catch him chewing on the pillow, say "no" in a very stern voice. Then hand him something that he *can* chew on. Take him over to his bed and praise him when he chews on the correct object.
Lastly, consider crating him when you are not home to make sure that he is not chewing things. While some owners find this cruel, dogs actually like their crate, considering it their own special little den.
Good luck to you! On both counts - the dog who is still learning and the roommate who won't budge on decorative pillows. :)
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