We have two young dogs both just over a year old.
Had them both since 8 weeks old. Spent over £4000 taking them both to training classes, they have a dog walker that comes everyday and takes them on a 2 hour walk between 13:00 and 15:00.
They have kings filled with treats, chew bones and have been crate trained.
Every thing was perfect for the first 6 months. They picked up toilet training quickly and learnt to go in the garden. They loved their crates and would choose to go in to sleep when we were home.
The last two months have been a different story.
It's like somebody switched the dogs for someone else's.
They chew and destroy everything in the house even when we are home. If we see them we make a loud noise to distract them as advised call them away then give them one of their own toys to play with. Chew door frames, toys, walls remote controllers, their beds literally anything they can get hold of.
They have started using the house as a toilet, their bed, our bed, DC bed, carpet, upstairs downstairs again anywhere they can get to.
Nothing has changed at home, routine is the same, people here are the same. We rotate which toys they have to try and keep them more interested, i am completely out of ideas. I've tried taking them both with me to work so they aren't alone at home if I go out, tried rewarding good behaving and 'ignoring' bad but distracting with loud noises, re enforced the crate as a nice safe place, never put them in as a punishment, only to give treats and praise etc before we go to bed. Nothing seems to be working if anything they are behaving worse and worse each day🤨 they are both male and have both been castrated. Have lived together for over a year, they play fight constantly again we try distraction techniques as recommended they then howl if separated even for a second, if DC closes back door mistake for example. They do not follow any instruction anymore, down, sit, leave, all of which have been heavily charged with treats etc regularly.
I really need some help with them it's exhausting constantly replacing repairing and cleaning things they destroy!
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gigglesandshits · 13/10/2019 12:37
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