I come home today to find the place trashed … again. Our dear sweet, little, darling LeeLoo turned into a horrible nightmare (at least when we leave). I come home from class to find shredded paper everywhere, trash scattered over the living room and under the couch, underwear on the bed chewed up, and mr. bear eaten again . She knows that she isnt supposed to poddy in the house but when we are gone it seems like she’s hasnt been taken out EVER. My SO takes her out before he goes to work and class … I wake up take her out before I go to work and class … and take her out when I get home … I dont understand how can one doggie do so much damage in so little time. The thing is she has a habbit of eating her own poo … sometimes she plays with it (I am dead serious). She gets it all over the blankets on the bed and its gross. Just a couple of days ago she got into my SO’s computer parts and ate his $90 computer chip… a couple of months ago she jumped up on the computer desk and ate my glasses. She steals food right out of our hands as we are eating (even after being given a little spankin) We cant keep anything from her because she can jump on anything and get a hold of it.
We displine her but since we dont catch her in the act I dont think it does any good. She only does this when we leave … we know she is very co-dependant so we dont leave her alone for very long. I think 2 hours is the max we leave her alone … even then we try not to. She literally runs our life, but we really dont mind … she is our little baby. We used to put her in her cage, but she would bark the entire time till we came home. I cant wait to move into the other apartment (dont get to until Aug.) because that way we can confine her to the kitchen only … the apartment we have now is an efficency apartment. That would limit her access to a lot of things. But what can I do right now.
Its not like she doesnt get a lot of excersise … we do live in the city but we take her on campus and let her run around (on a really long leash) and play in the duck pond (her new favorite thing to do). ON the weekends we go to either my moms or my SO moms where she gets to run free and play with other dogs. Its not like she doesnt get any attention … heck she gets all the attention. When my SO goes to hug me, play with me, and sit or lay by me she jumps on us, barks at us, does anything she can to get the attention we are giving each other. I just dont know what to do … oh by the way if you are wondering she is a jack russel terrier … one really hyper dog . Its not her hyperness that is the problems because we love her energy … its her distructive behavior … its getting worse and worse and nothing seems to work. Anybody have any suggestions that have worked with them???