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I really need some puppy help, right now I feel like I hate her

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D0G · 22/08/2015 18:50

She's just chewed the whole toilet floor up, literally ripped it up and shredded it, she wasn't even left in there we have been home all afternoon. she chews everything, except her fucking toys. She is played with constantly and never left alone for more than a couple of hours. She's still really crap at toileting, I walk her and let her out often yet she seems to go out and then come in and pee and pooh, I am constantly mopping. Im really at my wits end, I just don't know what to do in so fed up of piss shit and demolished chewed up stuff.

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pinkje · 22/08/2015 23:10

PS she looks totally guilty in that photo.

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D0G · 22/08/2015 23:12

I guess not, he may have not been with her

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Maurice169 · 23/08/2015 19:11

I got my Border terrier a piece of stag horn (pets at home). After he chewed through 2 pairs of school shoes. He loves the stag horn and hasn't chewed any thing else. It doesn't leave a mess either.
He's 1 1/2 now and has finally learnt to differentiate between his things and everybody else's. Good luck

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D0G · 23/08/2015 20:58

I went to the pet shop today and bought some treats a disgustingly smelly pigs ear and some new kongs. Fingers crossed that may help!

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SunshineAndShadows · 23/08/2015 21:03

Small breeds are difficult to housetrain but have you considered that she may have separation anxiety? It would explain the frantic destruction and toileting

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D0G · 23/08/2015 21:06

We were in the house when she ripped the floor up all doors open etc so I don't think it's that. She happily gets shut in the kitchen at bedtime too

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SunshineAndShadows · 23/08/2015 21:17

Separation anxiety can happen in the house if she's shut in a different room from you and it's not part of her set routine. Many dogs will be fine overnight because they're used to it since puppyhood, but struggle to cope with unpredictable separation.

Does she usually follow you about the house?

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D0G · 23/08/2015 21:20

She wasn't shut out there she chose to go and do it, all doors were open I was in the kitchen literally opposite the toilet. No shit doors etc. she follows me a bit but certainly not obsessively iyswim

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SunshineAndShadows · 23/08/2015 21:24

Ok probably not then

Maurice169 · 23/08/2015 21:28

My dog loves it when I hide treats around the house, gives his brain some exercise. He also has a favourite bouncy ball that he chases around all day.
Remember what the dog whisperer says....calm assertive energy. You don't want them reacting badly to your stress and anxiety, they pick up on it. Good luck

TheoriginalLEM · 23/08/2015 21:35

I wonder if she is over stimulated? it sounds like she has a lot going on in her little life.

with the toilet training, you can reward with food - she performs, food miraculously drops from the sky (your hands). It doesn't need a massive excited fuss - would you want someone going whoooopie, you've piddled just as you are pulling up your pants?

There will be lots of conflicting advice, some will work for some dogs, not for others - it will be a case of trying to find what works for her. Is your older dog clean? does she go out with him/her? Can she follow his example?

Chewing is usually stress related, is she unwell.

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D0G · 23/08/2015 21:40

She's not unwell no but I was under the impression most puppies chew?

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Loafliner · 24/08/2015 07:07

It's like parenting a newborn all over again. Whatever is up with your dog it will be all down to your inadequate care.
Puppies are little buggers....they get the better of most people whether it's chewing up the floor, glasses - dh's very expensive gadget....but they do settle - mine is vindictive - i know they're not supposed to be but i am fully convinced. There has been many a post on here that is as if not more dispairing than yours. Try to hold onto your sense of humour, it's another bloody stage. Can't help with toilet training, as my pup trained himself Cute dog though!

SickInBedOnTwoChairs · 24/08/2015 07:41

You have to think like a dog! What has caused her to do this? Anxiety. Why is she anxious? Because she has been left on her own (even if momentarily - she does not know it is momentary). So this is what you do. Get her a massive crate and when you leave her on her own even for two minutes, put her in the crate. The crate must be very comfortable, have lots of bedding and a sheet over the top. It needs to be a place of sanctuary where she feels relaxed and happy, not where she has been put when naughty. This is vital. She must associte it with happiness. The most vital thing of all is this though. When she does something 'wrong' do NOT tell her off. You must fight this urge. Just reassure her and the anxiety will drop. I suspect you are locked in a cycle of, she does something wrong, anxiety makes her destroy stuff, you tell her off, anxiety heightened by the telling off.

Start putting her in the crate and leaving her for a minute, then longer and longer and longer. Do not tell her off - ever. This will calm her and allow her to think more rationally and the toilet training will go in. It will take a while for the cycle to cease. I took on a destructive dog. He destroyed a sofa in 20 minutes once and exploded the passenger seat of my car. I wanted to kill him but behaved as if he has made an artwork rivaling Tracy Emin and we were going to make a mint off the back of it! Within two weeks of my owning him he stopped this behaviour completely and I had him from age 2 to 11 years. He had been in two homes before me.
The first step is to not leave her without her being in the crate though. The crate alone will reduce the anxiety. If she's not chewing her toys it's because she is too anxious to do so, (toy chewing is a relaxed and happy thing to do). She probably never will chew them though, some breeds just don't. I would try rawhide chews as they have some flavour - litter her crate with them.

In the wild, dogs are never alone. They suffer terribly if the leader of the pack disappears. They live in the moment and go loop. The crate will help with this dramatically. Good luck. You do need to go back to basics but not with the toilet training. Get a crate, cover it, take her for a walk and put her in it on your return. Once she has had a sleep in it, she will love it.

WeAllHaveWings · 26/08/2015 21:33

Don't leave your pup alone with rawhide chews!!!. Aside from being crap and containing toxic chemicals, they are a real choking hazard.

Wotsitsareafterme · 05/09/2015 19:11

I second a crate. Wotsitpup goes in every time I can't watch him or he goes in the kitchen behind the stair gate. If I want him really occupied I have saved up kitchen roll tubes which he will happily destroy.
Op I would say all you need to do is be much much stricter

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