This pup obviously is not getting enough exercise - before being left to 'occupy himself' for a while -- The ol' adage " a tired pup is a good pup" comes to mind - I would definitely put him somewhere he could not get out of and/or where he couldn't harm anything - I would run him / play with him / make sure he was good & well exercised - and then put him in the crate / pen - with a buster cube and/or kong to occupy him - I might start with leaving him for only a short time - and then give him lots of praise & reward for behaving well -- Then build up to leaving, coming in to check on him, leave again - Gradually you'll be able to leave him for longer & longer -- but do be sure to keep him confined - until you are SURE he is going to behave -- it may be a LONG time before he is dependable loose in the home --
Best of luck! Joan Larry and Karen Emerson wrote: > Well, I suppose I will go out tonight and purchase a Varikennel in the hopes > that it will keep the FinnMonster in his cage. > > We had cut him some slack, as he had been being good as gold in the house > while we were at work. We gave him free run of it while we were out on > short jaunts, and then worked him up to longer periods of time out. Finally > he got the whole house, all day to himself [and his cat buddies]. > > Well, the stinker truly abused that priviledge. He was good for a solid > week. Friday when I came in he had eaten a big hole in my winter hat > [shredded it everywhere] and had destroyed a throw rug. > > I thought, perhaps he had a bad day, let him run the house on Monday... > > Came home to a 2 inch novel shredded, another rug shredded, teddies from my > teddy bear collection all over the house [he had to climb/jump to get > those], the edge of a plastic ice scraper chewed off, and my couch pillows > everywhere. > > SO... > > needless to say, back into the cage he went. Few of you may remember that > he can break out of his cage, quite easily. It is no fluke, he knows > perfectly well how to do it with paws and nose. To keep this from > happening, I closed the latch and took wire garbage bag ties to hold the > latch down. Well, here we go...the Finnmonster chewed through the wire > ties, and was free in the house to ruin the new rug I bought to replace the > shredded one, and my teddies again. > > Bad to the bone right now. Is it seperation anxiety, [he is 11 months old, > is it an age - maturity - thing?],the love of destruction, or paybacks for > leaving him??? > > Tonight he gets a new cage, or a system to latch the exsisting one that is > inpenetrable! > > Good thing he is cute, cuddly and 90% of the time adorable. So, I am off to > clean the confetti [from the book] off the carpet and hope someone can clue > me in on this behaviour! > > By the way, this dog has tons of chews, toys and playthings available at all > times... > > Karen and Finn 'the destructor' > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
