We Have a 4 your old Jack Russel. He's been a good dog up until recently. Now for some reason when we're at work, he's peeing in the house and shredding furniture. He goes out for a walk in the morning before we leave (where he does his business), and then again when we get home. He won't do pee or scratch when we are home, and I don't want to disipline him after the fact cause he wouldn't understand. So How do I get him to stop?!!
Thanks for any help!
Answers:
Hi, Your JR is maturing, and is getting bored at home while you are away. In addition to the morning walk, if you've taught him some tricks, ask for performance. If he likes to play ball, have him chase and retreive a few times. When you leave for work give him a kong filled with treats.
When you return, don't just let him out, don't just go for another walk...he needs mental activity as well...play games...come games..you hide he finds you. Hide a couple of small biscuits, tell him to find them..He'll love it. Take him to an agility class, set up indoor things to jump over, things to wobble. He needs stimulation and disipline...meaning learning some new games.
Try it...I guarantee it will work.
Additional: If you are gone a shorter amount of time on the weekends, you're not gone long enough for him to get really bored. The balls and chew bones have become boring. What fun things have you taught him?
In addition to walks 3 times a day, all three of my dogs do at least a daily half hour agility session with me, and every couple of days just silly play sessions. They live in the house with me and never destroy things
And THAT's why I don't have a dog.
Or a cat.
Or anything that could destroy the house.
Wait, I do have kids...
And they're doing the same thing...
I'll have to rethink that.
Someone made it mad- Id kennel him while you are gone- Let him know you are serious and what he is doing is naughty
good luck
It sounds like your dog is showing he/she is mad when you leave. You may have to kennel your dog while you are not home. It will keep your dog from destroying your home. Our Chihuahuas did that too, and we started keeping they in a carry kennel(large one) for while we were not home. When we get home the first thing we do is let them out side. They are happy to see us, because now instead of us being upset as soon as we see them they are happy because we are happy. Our recliners are no longer taking the blunt of their anger when we leave them home alone. Our funiture cost more than the dogs, and we love them (our dogs)too much to get rid of them so it was a easy compromise.
Best Wishes
Your dog must feel threatened that youwill not be coming back and he is deserted.Try going out for short periods of ten minutes to at most a half our at a time to let him know you will be returning.His peeing is certainly an insecurity problem one that he is probably as frightening to him as discouraging to you.Try getting him interested in some chew toys or things to distract him your being away.He must have a strong love relation with you to be so scared of being alone.
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