Hey, this will be my second post, all I seem to do on here is moan so apologies..
I've got a lovely one year old male cross breed, he's a Lakeland terrier/ cocker spaniel mix. He's got a lovely temperament and isn't aggressive to other dogs/people, but he does get very over excited and jumpy, which we're working on with training.
He's been to puppy training school but I find he behaves much better with my DP than with me, I think it's my partners deep voice and more authoritative manner, which I try to copy and doesn't seem to work with me..
He's also become extremely destructive when it's comes to the house, he was recently neutered, and almost since having to wear the cone of shame for a week, he's managed to eat our sofa, rip up the newly laid carpet on the stairs and the rug in the lounge. ( he's only allowed downstairs) he's also learnt how to get into our kitchen bin and tries to eat all the contents.
I'm really struggling with him as I'm 39 weeks pregnant and it seems to be when he's left downstairs for any short amount of time he starts behaving like this.
I'm panicking as I won't be able to constantly be with him when my baby is tiny.
I'm giving him an hours walk off the lead and he has tons of interactive toys to play with not sure what else I can do and I just feel like it's all left up to me as my DP goes off to work everyday and then comes home not understanding why I finding it so difficult.
Has anyone got any recommendations or tips to help entertain my dog? Or just some reassurance that this is a phase
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januarybabyboy · 06/01/2020 13:07
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