I'm begging for help!! My puppy's turned into a MONSTER!

[YorkieLove77]

OMG. I am so glad I found this thread. JoJo turned 7 months old on the 4th of this month, and I swear...the past few days he's been a terror!! He is soooooooo testing my patience and I'm starting to lose my mind!

First, he chewed and destroyed my phone charger. Then he chewed through and destroyed my lamp cord. Both were in pieces. He pooped cord pieces for 2 days. Then he completely annihilated a pair of my shoes.

Then last night, I opened my front door to check out where a noise I was hearing was coming from. Well, this normally "stuck to me like glue" little monster ran out and refused to come in. As I ran out to grab him, I noticed he had picked up a piece of RAW chicken (yes, a whole peice of raw chicken breast that a gross neighbor carelessly threw out in front of a bush) and started running away with it. OMG, I was chasing him for over 20 minutes in my socks in snow!!! I'm sure I looked like a darn fool running all over my complex chasing a tiny dog.

[ferraritiffie]

OMG is this a common thing? I'm wondering if it's psychological? Genghis peed on our bed the night we brought him home from his surgery. He had never done that before so we definitely were not prepared.

The other possibility I came up with is since the surgery the vet said to limit is physical activity, so I'm guessing he has a TON of pent up energy stored. It's been almost two weeks and every time I think it's getting better he pees on the bed again. This is becoming frustrating.

[tamaralandau]

Thank god we are not alone. Rico was neutered last week, he is 7 months old and we have been beside ourselves wondering what the heck was going on. We are almost back to square one with his peeing. This started a few weeks ago, he will just pee wherever he wants.
This morning was right in front of us on the carpet. His favorite place to pee and poop now are on the stairs!! Before he was 99% trained on his pee pads. It's like if they have been peed or pooped on once, then he won't go on them again, or he will just have his front paws on the pads and his weenkie is off. I know at least he tried, but it's still so frustrating.
We have made up our minds that we are going to have one on one training with a professional and see if we can come up with a solution to this and all his other "terrible two" issues.

[lovelii]

my 7 month old yorkie roxi actually just peed where she wasnt supposed to while i was reading this thread.. she actually pooped on the pad but peed on the pillow mats that are on the seats for more comfort.. i really dont know what to do with her anymore.. it only causes fights in the house and her bad habits have rubbed off on our 6 month old jack russell. as if work doesnt stress me enough, i gotta come home to urine on sofa, under the table, on her bed, and anywhere else she can think of. any ideas ???? help !!

[willow1]

I agree with those that said it may have something to do with his surgery. That experience can be very traumatic. Remember the first few days can be uncomfortable after surgery so he can be acting out do to that.

[daniellealberta]

Spike went through a little rebellious phase at about the eight month mark. Here's what helped for us:

1) You are the pack leader. You are in charge. This means that sometimes you have to act like a boss, not as a friend.
2) To prevent accidents, I took Spike outside every hour, whether he needed to or not. I would set the timer on the microwave to remind me. Most times he would pee, and it also helped him to learn that "outside" doesn't necessarily mean "walk". "Outside" sometimes just means "go pee"!
3) When he misbehaved, I would pick him up. Not to give him a cuddle, but to make sure I had his complete attention. Then I would give him a tiny shake (certainly not enough to hurt him in any way), and say "no"! Then I would immediately put him back down. NOTE: This would only work if I caught him "in the act", so to speak. If you find an accident, some kind of destruction, after the fact, it is pointless to punish them. They have no idea what you're punishing them for.
4) When Spike was at home alone, he did NOT have the run of the house. He was confined to my bathroom. When he started getting the hang of the pee pads, I gave him more room - now he has the run of my bedroom and the bathroom when I am not there. He's two now, and does really well. If your pup has regressed a little, and is now having accidents when or where he did not have accidents before, make the area he stays in smaller until he gets the hang of the pee pads again. Then slowly increase the space he has.
5) Lots of exercise helped. We went for a long walk every day. When he was a bit tired, he would misbehave a lot less!
6) Reward good behavior. Treats and lots of praise.
7) If you haven't already, take him to obedience class. If you already took him to puppy class, maybe try the next level up. Not only do they learn good behaviour, it tires them out and reinforces the fact that you are boss and should be obeyed.

Good luck! It is a common problem, and it will pass. Remember - you are the boss!

[QuickSilver]

Originally Posted by lovelii

my 7 month old yorkie roxi actually just peed where she wasnt supposed to while i was reading this thread.. she actually pooped on the pad but peed on the pillow mats that are on the seats for more comfort.. i really dont know what to do with her anymore.. it only causes fights in the house and her bad habits have rubbed off on our 6 month old jack russell. as if work doesnt stress me enough, i gotta come home to urine on sofa, under the table, on her bed, and anywhere else she can think of. any ideas ???? help !!

Sounds like you need an xpen. I wonder if she is rubbing off on your jack russell, or if he is going through his own terrible twos stage - it sounds like he's about the same age. Just a thought.