Comments on: Help my dog keeps doing the same thing everytime i leave the house?

By: Love my baby girl TTC #2

*Love my baby girl TTC #2* — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:42:59 +0000

Shouting will get you no where! She doesn’t know what she did was wrong because you simply come home and yell, for all she knows she’s associating the shouting to you coming home. If you know she’s destructive whenever you are out it’s time to invest in a crate. A lot of owners feel it’s mean to "cage" them up while they are out, but in reality spend $100 or so on a crate or $1000 worth of damage done?! Both my dogs get free range of the house when we are out, but if I know we’ll be out any longer than 2 hours they are put in their crate.
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By: Butterflychick

Butterflychick — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:56:59 +0000

for a while I would put her in a cage, dog create is a much better word, make her comfortable but so the dog is contained when your not home, sounds like closing her into a room will not work either because she will scratch up the dogs the stuff, I believe she is having anxiety when you are not home, and her attention is to play or get your attention, but does not realize it is the wrong way, i thought Cesar said that they learn by routine not really scolding,…really look up Cesar Mullen, Dog Whisperer I love his show he has a website cd’s and books, I have a few….I need to work hard with a pit …and I am still nowhere near were I need to be …..but have patience’s for yourself and your dogs health
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dog whisperer is a great show to watch, cds, books, website

By: cthelightnh

cthelightnh — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:41:59 +0000

First, you should crate train her, she the article.

http://www.aspcabehavior.org/articles/92/Weekend-Crate-Training-.aspx

You should make sure that she has had a good amount of exercise before you leave her. You should research the breed and decide how much.

http://animal.discovery.com/breedselector/dogselectorindex.do

http://www.iams.com/iams/breed-information.jsp

Once you crate her, give her kongs or other challenging toys to give something to do.

Sounds like she could use a good training class. With some positive training for you and your dog, this can easily be brought under control. You should look into an positive training class with a dog trainer or take a dog training class at an local shelter, kennel or pet store.
You can find private trainers here: Association of Pet Dog Trainers at: http://www.apdt.com/

There are many good books and DVDs on positive training for your dog, if you can not go to a class you should get one of these to show you the proper methods for training you pup.

“Puppy Primer” by Brenda Scidmore and Patricia McConnell
“How to Raise A Puppy You Can Live With” by Clarice Rutherford & David Neil

“Train Your Dog” DVD by Nicole Wilde & Laura Bourhenne
“Perfect Paws in 5 Days” DVD by Jean Donaldson

Good luck
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By: Maxi

Maxi — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:06:59 +0000

Well first of all you are treating her like she understands as an other human would……however she is a dog and doesn’t know why you shouted at her, or why she is shut outside…….all she knows is you are angry and excluding her, she will NOT put the two things together …………you have to catch her actually doing it and correct her, then she understands why you are angry………..sorry however "she desn’t know she is wrong as she will curl into a corner and shake" she knows you are angry that is all she knows http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090611065839.htm

It is now a vicious cycle which you need to break…she has what is called ’separation anxiety’ when you go because she is anxious, she runs around and to stop her feeling anxious she chews her bed, as chewing relieves anxiety in dogs…she then may go to sleep and wait for you coming back…you come in and shout and put her out ( she doesn’t know why her pack leader is angry as she may have done this hours before and has ‘forgotten’) all she knows is when you come home she gets shouted at and put out so that makes her more anxious………and it will get worse, as she hears the car arrive or the gate opening she will expect you to shout and be put out so she will possibly start to pee on the floor or do other bad behaviours humans don’t understand or like………

So you need to either crate train her, or remove the bed she destroys and give her something she can chew, like a kong filled with her meal, she will spend the time chewing relieving her anxiety, working to earn her food, it will keep her occupied and tire her…when you come home, don’t look, touch or talk to her(that is very important, that you show her no emotion), just open the door and let her out to the toilet…clear up and distruction she has caused…wait until you are calm then let her in and greet her happily ( whatever she has done) and forget it….you may need to work on this for a few days maybe a couple of weeks, however she will then learn that you come home calm and happy to see her and it should stop………you never correct a dog unless you actually catch them in the act of doing something bad.
This may also help you with both dogs http://k9deb.com/nilif.htm
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By: Fakie M

Fakie M — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:55:59 +0000

HA! My dog does similar things. He’ll go after shoes, tea towels, flyers left on the coffee table, etc. The solution is to just put anything of interest to the dog out of reach before you go out. Not sure why he only does it when we leave him, but oh well……
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By: moose

moose — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:08:59 +0000

The best thing to do is put it up high where she can't get it. One of my dog ALWAYS chews stuff she isn't supposed to and then runs away whenever she sees me because she knows it is wrong. My other dog crates himself, with the door open, when he does something wrong. They absolutely know what they did was wrong. Maybe when she does it, tell her no, point to the mess and then put her in her crate for 15 mins. Good luck!
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By: My Dogs are Obligate Carnivores

My Dogs are Obligate Carnivores — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:50:59 +0000

She has lost the priveledge to have a bed.

Lock her in a kennel, or a small room where she cannot destroy anything /or you don’t care what gets destroyed in there (I seriously reccomend a kennel) while you are gone.

Or get her a nice outdoor run to spend time in when you are gone (if weather is extreme, make sure it has a nice insulated/heated dog house for her to shelter in.

Seriously, take away the bed. You cannot stop a behavior like this by yelling about it after the fact……. it’s too self rewarding, and usually the dog won’t understand what you are angry about.
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By: Chelly

Chelly — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:34:59 +0000

remove the bed and if she wants to lay down the floor isnt bad for them..
my dog used to hump the bed and i removed it and now he sleeps anywhere.
he’s still the same happy dog..
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By: Snickers

Snickers — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:29:59 +0000

How much more stupid can it get, to shout at a dog waaaay after it has done something you don’t approve of!!!! This is like you being yelled at for something you did last week IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE!!!
Now there is a thought! How about taking the thing away that the dog rips up?
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By: Bill L

Bill L — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:56:59 +0000

Don't SHOUT at her!! Put the bed or anything else she might rip apart up where she can't get at it. bl
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