I was thinking about things and I think this behavior started around the time we started putting her in her crate while we are gone. Prior to this we would leave her out with the dane in the living room/kitchen. I decided to crate her so that 1: she would get used to the crate for longer periods and 2: she wouldn't eat her poop or the kids things.
Maybe I should try leaving her out again and just clean the area from all chew type things before we go?
On a side note, she clawed her way out of her pen (there goes $50 down the drain) and was running free when my husband got home. Incidentally, while out, she peed and pooped on the pad (and didn't eat the poop).
__________________  Rikki ~ Mommy to two amazing (human) children ~Lucy the great Dane ~  Piper the Maltese/Yorkie mix 3/19/10-6/28/11 gone too soon  |