New dog

[mummatee]

I can't actually believe I'm writing this as I bloody love dogs had them the whole way through my childhood...but I hate our new dog 😭 I'm a very house proud person and since I've moved into my new house it was always clean tidy and smelling nice, we got a new dog a few months ago now and he does nothing but wee and poo in the house, I mean if he's outside then he'll come in the house to go to the bathroom, every morning I come down stairs into the dinning room the whole floor (and his bed) is covered in wee and poo he literally trails it around the room, he's constantly getting in to the bins and ripping them apart so all the rubbish is everywhere, he's chewed all my daughters clothes and made holes in them that he's got from the washing pile, not one item of her clothing hasn't for a Hole in, how do I tell my partner I hate the dog 😒 we are both dog lovers but it's really starting to get to me coming home everyday and waking up everyday to mess everywhere and rubbish all over the place 😭 he's such a cute dog too 😭

How have you been training him? How long is he left alone? Have you been to puppy classes?

How old is he?? You have to treat him for going in the garden, stay out until he goes.

Obviously he's too young or untrained to be left unattended.

If he can't make it through the night without going to the toilet, then someone needs to get up and take him. The fact that he messes his bed makes me think that he's really stressed or upset about being left on his own as most dogs won't mess their sleeping space unless they really can't help It or are sick.

Get child locks for the bins and cupboards, and baby gates for the rooms he's not allowed into unsupervised.

You say you come home everyday to mess - please tell me you're not leaving him on his own all day? If you are, it's no wonder he's destructive and messing everywhere - he must be stressed and/or bored beyond belief being stuck at home alone all day.

I would suggest puppy/beginner training classes and not leaving him alone anymore. If that means putting his crate/bed in your room at first so you can get to him in the night, then you need to do that. Then go back to basics with toilet training - take him out every half an hour, after every drink, meal, playtime or nap. Lots and lots of praise when he does it right, ignore and just clean up quietly if he has an accident (which he will - he's learning).

And if you can't be home with him during the day, you need to find someone to look after him until you get him used to being alone. Either get a sitter/walker to come in, or arrange doggy daycare.

First how old is the dog. Secondly you can't expect a dog to exhibit good behaviour unless it's been trained.

You said you got the dog a few months ago. Have you toilet trained it consistently to go outside? Do you clean up the pee/poo inside with special enzyme cleaner? Are you taking him outside at every opportunity to get him to pee/poo and praising when he goes? Sounds like you need to toilet train from scratch as you would with a puppy.

You need to remove all chewable items out of the dogs reach. Mine is nearly 21 months and he still likes to steal shoes so they are put away. Move the bin so he can't get in it.

So what are doing about it?

How old is he? Is he a puppy or an adult rescue?

Why are your daughter's clothes lying around so that he can get to them? Why are you not getting up to take him out if you know he needs to go out at night? Why is he still having access to the kitchen if he's going through the bin, which could result in him harming himself.

Have you actually done any training with him?

You say you come home to this mess, has it occurred to you that he's making this mess because he's suffering from separation anxiety?