My husband and I work all day. We are probably out of the house at least 8 -9 hours. When we get home, Millie has a bunch of pent up energy from being in her x-pen all day, so the minute we get home, I take her outside for a walk/run. She will run in burst for about the 1st few minutes of the walk, after awhile, she settles down and gets to sniffing and enjoying her self in the walk. The walk helps tremendously in releasing the initial onset of energy, plus she goes potty several times while on the walk. (of course this time of year I am walking her on the good days). On the bad weather days, I will get down on the floor and play with her. Mostly chase and retrieve the ball. Anything to get the energy to a manageable state.
After the walk or play, I feed her and then we go about our nightly routine. She will have to play again and again thru out the evening, but it's manageable and my husband and I share that job.
As for tearing up her pee pad, she could be bored or experience separation anxiety. If it's separation anxiety that's a whole new topic. In any case, you could tape the pee pad down on all sides so that she cannot get to the edges.
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This afternoon my husband had her for about 10 minutes in the kitchen. Would you believe that she pee'd right there by him!
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Perhaps, since she did her business regularly in the kitchen before you started to tether her, she may still smell the pee smell on the floor and this stimulates her. You may need to get a neutralizer to clean your floor with. This may help in controlling her need to potty on the kitchen floor. However, if your husband had her tethered, he should have been able to catch her in the act and stop the behavior and show her the proper place to potty. (sometimes husbands can be dense about these things, I know mine is!)