Can't Keep Teddy Anymore
 

I seriously can't. not only are my husband and I having issues finding apartments that accept dogs but his behavior has became too much for me to handle. I got home today and met my breaking point. After over a year of sleeping on an AIR MATRESS I was finally able to afford a real mattress set but could not afford the mattress protector and I think i accidentally threw away the white slips that are used for the warranty.. anyway I come home and teddy has climbed up on some things.. he is an amazing jumper when I'm not around aparantly and I walk into the bedorom to let him in his crate since he's just told on himself that he's done something bad.. when I look up and see he had PEED on our brand new mattresses and now I'm just crying my eyes out because of all the hardwork I had to do to beable to afford those and he may have ruined them ina two second snap and he had his pee pad in the hallway and everything I wasn't even gone an hour.

i don't have the time or patience OR money to afford his behavior anymore. I hate the idea of giving him up because he's avery very lovable guy but I just do not think he is for me

I'm sorry, upindust. You sound really stressed out. Unless I misunderstand what type of mattress you have, I think it should be fine - just soak the area thoroughly with Nature's Miracle or something similar, and let it completely dry out. All kinds of things can get spilled on mattresses - coffee, soda, barf, etc.

I am sorry you are upset. Yorkies are like children and they do things we don't like. If this is upsetting you then be prepared to be really upset if you ever have kids. If I got rid of every yorkie I own because of accidents like that then I would have misses out on all the love, joy and pleasure that all my babies give me. I pray you find him a good loving home.

i haven't even had the mattresses a week and managed to get them on sale for 700 dollars.. I have vinegar on them right now with alittle bit of oxiclean. i don't eat or drink or have anything but water EVER near my bed because I wanted to keep them nice since before the air mattress I slept on these horrible uncomfortable mattresses that were over 40 years old

i was going to go buy a mattress protector tonight actually and come home to him doing this.. I also planned on buying the zone things since he gets on the furniture when i'm not home. he knwos he's not allowed on the furniture I usually close my bedroom door whenever I leave and I must not have closed it all the way for him to get into the bedroom. I have to make sure all chairs are pushed in or else he'll get on the desk or kitchen table. And of course the zone things aren't like 35-45 dollars they're closer to 100.

It wouldn't be so awful if my husband wasn't deployed and the fact that we're going to end up being relocated because his eye makes him unable to do his job and then not being able to find decent affordable housing that takes small dogs.

I use to put teddy in his crate but I swear his anxiety got WORSE and he would always potty in it and I was told his crate was the perfect size for him. I'm close to just putting his leash on him and giving him a designated area he can move around in the house we did that when he has the cone on his head(at night since he couldn't fit in his crate).

My dog is not stupid he's one of the smartest animals I've came across but when he does stupid things it's borderline braindead decisions.

I took a quick look at some of the other topics you started - when you talk about his behavior, are you referring to the potty problems and eating stuff out of the trash?

The peeing indoors is pretty recent, right? Have you been able to get him checked for a UTI yet? You have a lot of options with the pee - as you know, you can make sure to take him out more frequently, or use belly bands if you are really desperate, which it sounds like you are. Do you crate him? It sounds like he needs to be restricted to a supervised area, at least for the time being. Have you considered getting a baby gate?

If you want to keep him, maybe you would consider getting an ex-pen and putting his crate with the door off in there. Dogs will be dogs :)

we've done the restricted areas and we did it for weeks and he only became worse and worse and he hasn't had ANY peeing inside incident for days now. The doctors told me it's highly unlikely for a male to get UTI so they asked if I wanted to wait two weeks to see if it's all behavorial and it's been getting a lot better he was acting like his old self again just for him to walk PAST the pee pad and onto my bed the pee pads are grass scented and he has used them before

Upindust - I am sure your mattress will be fine, I understand it can be frustrating but maybe you should think about crating your Teddy while you are not home, it only takes a couple of seconds for something to happen and 1 hour is a good amount of time.. I would EXPECT something to have gone wrong when I got home lol... They are like kids and need lots of supervision and care

I don't know your situation or how many problems Teddy has caused you, but I am sure he loves you .. you are his only mommy ... I hope you figure this all out.

i also found ways to prevent him from trash diving so thats not an issue anymore. No one else I know has an issue like this with their dogs

Get him some belly bands, or if you need it fast and now go buy some diapers around the 12-17 lb range and put wrap them around him like a bellyband, thats what I use on my boys, the middle might stand up but you can tape or just leave it up, I use them on mine all the time, they cost about 10 bucks for 40. Hope this helps some:(

So, he is improving then? Are you sure you want to give up on him quite yet?

From what you've described, I can assure you, plenty of people have issues like this with their dogs, and more!

It just makes me a little sad because I see you posted a thread recently about Teddy having his one year birthday and how happy you were. I would hate for you to make a rash decision that you regretted later. It sounds like you are having a hard time right now with your husband's work situation. Do you think this may be exacerbating your frustration with Teddy?

I think limiting him to a certain part of the house on a leash is fine. That's the compromise I'm currently using at work with my boy. I have him on a 26-foot retractable leash so he has some freedom of movement.

he's improved with me, yes, but these past few weeks have been unbearable almost.

yesturday he attacked these packaged bottles of water broke 8 of them all over the carpet, so I put them all up. I'm sick of having to hide everything from him. he even started chewing on the kitchen crown moldig!! By the time we move out of here we'll have to replace everything if he doens't knock it off.

he has TONS of chew tons.. tons and I always leave him a rawhide or half of one when i leave so he can have a snack he always has plenty of water. i always give him everything he needs.

he's gone from not eating when i leave to eating, from hardly throwing a fit when i leave(noise wise) to destroying thigns in the house.

Yes, I agree, belly bands are a life saver for males...Your stress level will lower alot as soon as you get one.


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I can hear the frustration. I'm sure that many of us can identify with you at one point or another in our lives.

Is he neutered? Everyone is offering great suggestions. Keeping him in a confined area when he can't be supervised...belly band/diaper...

I have a girl who has been challenging in the housebreaking area too. I thought it was only me. I invested in a great carpet cleaner and continue to work with her...and I focus on how much she gives back to us in other ways.

We're sending some positive thoughts your way for things to get easier.

Exactly... just keep remembering that.

I understand you're frustrated but my Bailey has peed/pooped on my clothes, carpet, and my bed NUMEROUS times yet someone couldn't pay me a million dollars to get rid of her.

How old is he? You just need to keep him confined when you're not there. Whether it be in a crate, expen or locking him in the bathroom.

Also, please keep in mind that as frustrating as Teddy may be right now, he does not INTEND to frustrate you. In his little doggy brain, it made sense to pee on the bed, not the pad. I can't explain why -- just sometimes it helps to keep in mind that he doesn't have the comprehension of a person. You and he can learn to communicate better though, human to dog.

I'm afraid of him clawing at the bathroom door and ruining it. Thats the only reason i haven't put him in the bathroom.. he loves the bathroom he always goes in there, jumps in the tub and licks the faucet. Even when he has water in his dish he does this.

nov 16th he turned 1

I used to leave Carson in the bathroom with a baby gate... maybe that's an option so he doesn't scratch at the door??

Oh the stories I could tell you...!! I love my little Tinkerbelle to pieces but she can be sooo naughty that I call her Tinkerbrat!:eek:

She was very difficult to potty train. Everytime I thought we had it under control, she'd suprise me with a lovely present in the middle of the carpet or on my comforter and even on the mattress twice. Thank goodness for enzyme cleaners or I would be in the poor house.

She has such a sweet personality that I have to keep trying with her. And now she has some physical issues with potty training that are not her fault - the result of a seizure disorder - so when she is having "issues" on go the pretty little diapers and all is well.

You can get through this - I know you can. Bring out the belly bands, the crate, the X-pen, whatever it takes to get your little fella and you through this. Please don't give up on him, He needs you - you're his mommy.:)

upindust, so it sounds like he's acting out when you leave the house? That's really too bad for both of you - he's stressed because he wants to be with you, and risking being be re-homed!

If it is overbonding stress, that is fixable. You can leave him for one minute, then three minutes, then five minutes, etc., so he gets used to the idea that you will always come back.

If hes 1 you are just about through the destructive phase. They calm down so much about 1 1/2. I can understand your frustration mine did all kinds of destruction but the last thing they did was at 1 1/2 and that was a dog bed. Dont give up on him. I agree with everyone else confine him and use belly bands

I am the type of person who would rather wait than have something "less than standard"... so I spent many years sleeping on the floor until I could afford my $1200 matress. And Chachi peed on it (I don't know when)...and well---it was not fun.But he's a dog and I knew that when I got him and I love him. He's family
Just calm down and start from scratch. Things happen.

well if he wanted to eat his doggie bed I wouldn't be nearly as mad or stressed i got it on sale for 20 bucks and have been wanting to get him a new one anyway! it's just that the bed is a really really big accomplishment for me. I'm 21 and my bed is the most expensive thing in my apartment and we've worked hard to be able to afford a really nice set and now I'm worried that it's ruined or I won't be able to get the stains out.. it's just out of ALL the items in the apartment he could pee on.. he could of peed on the couch and that would of been better because it's scotch guarded. he could of climbed onthe kitchen table and ate my brand new underware(he destroyed my favorite pair yesturday but climbing) I wouldn't be as stressed if he had done that.

I deffinitly hate the idea and can't stand the idea of giving him up but at the sametime it's.. will he ever get any better or will this behavior just continue my parents min palmerian was a NIGHTMARE that dog hated me so much and would guard door ways from me and attack me at any chance he got(i had to wear shoes all the time out of protection)..and I feel like teddy is slowly, very slowly going in the direction of that palm.. only instead of attacking me physically he's going after anything nice we buy.

Also since I'm 21, i DID raise my little sisters from age 6-13 I know what work kids have and I babysit a friends son on days her husband gets a 24 hour watch(military wife too). Also since I'monly 21 I don't want any kids until my late 20's because I don't want the stress they will bring right now and I want to enjoy my young adulthood.

Oh hun, of course we all go trough the same things you are going trough,they are just like little children, and it gets to be frustrating at times, but it wont last forever, they are highly intelligent animals, are hard to train, but you and your husband will be able to get him to behave. Hope this stage will be over soon and you both get to enjoy your baby.

I can understand that you are young (as am I---in college) and that it takes a while to save up---and you want to enjoy your young adulthood.
However, YOU made the commitment to get Teddy. For life. YOU made the commitment to train him. Whatever problems he has is YOU not being as consistent or strict as you should be. I'm not saying this to be mean. It's a fact. Just like with me, If Suzie or Izze have a mistake---it's MY fault. Nobody else's.
He's only a year old---they eat everything---the carpet , the walls. They pee everywhere--- on beds, on pillows. It's up to you to keep your eye on him and when you can't confine him to the crate.
I hope that you try with him. He needs you and loves you. You are his everything. Please be there for him.

I understand why your frustrated. I really think if you give him some time he will come out of it. Mine are 4 now and they never destroy anything. Youve just got to get completely out of that puppy stage

I hear you, upindust. I can understand that this bed is a big deal for you, and it might almost seem like Teddy is deliberately molesting the things you care about most. Your mattress is going to be fine, though. Even if it has a stain, the mattress is going to be flipped over half the time anyway, and covered with sheets. You will have many years to enjoy sleeping on it. By the way, congratulations on getting a real bed! I think you're going to be getting much better sleep.

If you grew up with a badly trained dog, you might unconciously believe you're doomed to always have bad dogs. That's not the case. Your parents should have trained their dog better, it's not right that a dog attack family members. This is not a judgment of your parents, they may have been great in all other respects, but they made a mistake there. You can definitely have a good dog of your own. He just needs the proper guidance.

right now the stain is a light yellow. now. I am going to be treating it for a few days and hopefully it'll go out.

I feel for you, I really do! With having 4 babies of my own, I've seen them destroy just about everything at one point or another. Honestly -- no matter how good they've been being at any moment they can seem to be possessed, lol.

They've chewed all the baseboard molding of my new house, tore up this pillow, ect ect. So I can really relate to how you are feeling. It's hard when you feel you are trying your best and sometimes the behavior doesn't change.

If after you have thought about this some more and you still really feel you can't do this, I think it would be understandable to find Teddy a new home. Sometimes certain times in our lives just aren't right for a pet and if it is stressing you so much, I believe Teddy might feel it and act out more.

Just search deep in your heart and do the best you can.