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Originally Posted by Luvdogs2  booper,
I appreciate your input, but you are basing your opinions on brief posts and I don't believe you are reading 100%.
The dog has human interaction with such toys.
I agree 100% though, a dog that age should not be acting this way - and I credit it to my fiance and her training and such. I would love for her to read your post because her immediate response would be to give you a laundry list of excuses rather than think about why the situation persists.
I have offered 100 different solutions for taking care of this, and I'm being met with resistance from my fiance. I have even used the problem solving in engineering to back up my claims. If it doesn't work or you don't get the proper solution, step back into the problem solving and make adjustments....I get the "I don't have time for that" or "it's fine"
Well, no - actually, it isn't fine.
I'll ask everyone to look past the hitting part. It's done, it happened, lets move on and focus on the real problem at hand...otherwise I'll be tempted to come to your place and hit your dog. (bad joke)
In all seriousness though, I want this problem fixed and I want a dog I can trust 100%. Yes, my fiance comes with a dog - but the dog is broken and needs to be fixed. I need help, that's what I'm here for. |
Seems to be a more simple solution... take the dog out more often until she is housebroken. Every hour on the hour if you have to. My boys are 5.5 years old and still have accidents in the house. It's worse when I don't take them out at least every 2 hours at the most. Also having the exercise, short run/walk every 2 hours will help keep her energy levels more stable INSIDE the house while you study so she will not need to be crated. Exercise can cut back on the destructive behavior she is displaying.
As for the aggressive behavior towards you, well I can look past the swatting the dog by you, but the dog can't. She does not trust you, she probably does not like you all that much. You've come in and are trying to enforce and change her behavior. Not that you are wrong, just different. Training classes for the dog and your finance would be VERY beneficial. I don't think you are wrong for wanting to improve the situation for yourself, your fiance and the dog. You do however sound like you dislike this dog very much and maybe the dog senses that, which in turn is not helping your cause, making her nervous around the house which can lead to anxiety, (chewing, tearing things up) and bowel issues.
When I moved in with my 2 yorkies to my boyfriends house, my almost 5 year old boy started peeing whenever anyone went to say hi to him. This lasted a good 4 months even though he knew all the people who came into the house. He did it worst with my boyfriend who adores them and treats them sooo well. But it was a new home for them, different... the world is a BIG scary place when you are only 6lbs! Try to EMPATHIZE with this pup a little bit. Take her out more often, be kind to her a bit more, take her for training, get her some exercise and stimulation aside from her inside the house and her crate. You should see improvement in her in time. My boy finally after 4 months stopped peeing uncontrollably when someone came home. Now he only does it with those who intimidate him, like my brothers (who both live FAR away and rarely ever see them, but who are loud and vibrate with energy and are TALL, they intimidate him a lot).