Okay. I love my dog. I will do nearly anything for him. But when he eats a $200 cellphone, all of the television remotes and rips newspapers to shreds, I get to my wits end. Smokey is in his crate when I am not home (he *loves* his crate and the stinky bone he gets when he is in it). But when I am upstairs doing something he can wander freely--or at least he could until the above instances. The thing is I have tried to puppyproof. But he is so tall now that anything he wants he jumps up and gets. He has even figured out how to open the cabinet that has his treats in it, so I had to move the treats to a random drawer (the drawer changes periodically so he won't find them--I hope). What can I do? how can I stop this? he has lots of toys and a bone. I try giving him a kong, which when he has he is fine. But any spare time alone and he shreds or destroys something.
For background--he is 8 1/2 months old, neutered and has gone through basic obedience. He is just starting clicker training. He does not rip things up when I am there in the same room, but will if I am out of sight. Please help me. I can't afford to replace literally everything in my house! Thanks, Radha and Smokey (whoa mom, I think this cord to your computer would be great to chew on too!) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus – Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
