My dog is very bad. :] Options

[*Libertie*]

1. He chews pretty much everything in sight. The list keeps growing:
- Bluetooth headset ($80)
- ipod earbuds (2nd gen - luckily a friend had a spare)
- Apple remote ($30)
- charger for my cell phone ($20)
- Macbook power adapter ($80)
- my spare set of earbuds that I was using until I could get another pair of white ones (I ended up getting the spare ipod earbuds from my friend)
- my favorite pair of shoes ($40)
- power cord for my mom's mirror she has hanging in the kitchen (not replaceable )
..As you can see, this isn't cheap shit. I'm getting a little upset here.

2. THE DAMN DOG IS STILL NOT HOUSEBROKEN. I swear to god he pees just about everywhere he can, I'm constantly cleaning up after him. You let him outside, he's out there forEVER and then he comes back in and does his business on the floor again.

3. Okay I know this isn't his fault, but he sheds everywhere. I just vacuumed the rug but tomorrow it'll be covered in dog hair again.

Would it be too much to ask for my mom to just get rid of him? I just don't much care for dogs (except for one puppy who lives in Tulsa) and I don't have the patience to deal with him destroying everything I own. Also, before you tell me to put my stuff up, all I have is a desk to put my stuff on, I don't even have a room. I sleep on the couch. No matter where I put it, he climbs up and manages to destroy it somehow.

He's crate-trained. I bought him a crate at Wal-Mart, the sign said "Pet Shelters" which made me feel a lot better about buying a prison for my dog, but anyway. I'm the only person in the entire house that has the heart to make him stay in the crate while we're all out. Everyone else just lets him run around the house. This is getting frustrating.

[multifaceted]

Sorry about all that. Man that is a lot of money down the drain.

Whose dog is it? Your mom's?

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Maybe just put the dog outside and make him live outside. He can shed and do his business and whatever. Or make him stay in one part of the house only.

[*My Cinderella.*]

Ah, the trainers said that my dog wouldve been better in a crate. My dog used to chew things as well. I think what you should do is buy some spray (I think its anti chew spray) and spray it on the surfaces of the things you don't want him to chew. It will repel him. How old is he by the way? Perhaps you should get a trainer, if you need help, they'll help you.

[*Libertie*]

He's like 8 months old.. the other assistant manager at Staples used to teach obedience classes at PetSmart, and he's given me a couple of pointers but nothing so far that's worked other than keeping him locked up.

[*kryogenix*]

I know people who eat dogs who can take care of it for you.

[*Libertie*]

As long as my mom doesn't find out, I'm prepared for drastic measures. >_>

[*Monochrome.*]

Maybe just put the dog outside and make him live outside. He can shed and do his business and whatever. Or make him stay in one part of the house only.

Unfortunatly there many hippies in the world who would find that idea cruel.
I lived next to 2 members of some organazation to prevent animal cruelty.
and they were always on my ass everytime i let my bloody dog out 1 min too long.

[iDecay]

I have absolutely no experience with dogs nor do I want any. I'm afraid of them.

Donate it to a kid you don't like. They'll appreciate it.

*looks at monica*

[kimmytree]

Well, if you want to get rid of it, the longer you wait the less chance it has of finding another home. At least at the pound anyways. You buying him a dog crate probably just made things worse... it confuses them. They know its okay to go potty IN their crate, so they dont get why they cant outside of it.

If your kitchen has a main doorway, I would try setting up a baby gate. That way when someone's not able to keep an eye on it, or you're not home, he wont be able to get loose - but he still wont be locked up.

When my dog was a puppy, we bought a little plastic clicker thing... and every time she did something good (went potty, came when we told her to, etc), we would click it, say "good girl", and give her a small treat or piece of a hotdog. Doing that let her know when we were happy with her, and made her want to please us. But everytime she did something bad, like pee on the floor, we would tell her "no no". We wouldnt scream, but we would make sure she knew that we were angry at her. And whenever she would pee on the floor, we would put her face in it and tell her "no no". Not literally in it, but so she would smell and see what we were talking about. It didnt take us long at all to completely train her on our own.

Good luck!

[Jeng]

If the doggie does something bad, aka all that stuff, discipline him a little, that's what we did, and like bring the doggie up and show him what bad stuff he did and smack him a little, NOT hard, cuz it's sad.

[alysaphobia]

TRAINING.
Our puppy used to destroy practically everything too, when we had first gotten him. He clawed up, bit, tore everything in the house.
We minimized the amount of time he was allowed to stay in areas like the living room while giving him more time in areas like our kitchen (big big kitchen) and yard, so he couldn't destroy much out there. Whenever we caught him peeing somewhere he wasn't supposed to, or biting something he wasn't supposed to, we'd promptly say "BAD DOG!" and scold him for it. If he was exceptionally bad, we'd give him a light smack; but not ever a hard weaijofdpunch or anything. When he did do his business outside in the yard, we'd make sure we praised him with a "GOOD DOG!". By the time he was 6 months old, he had become an angel, almost.

[*My Cinderella.*]

He's still young. You just need to show him right from wrong. I never really want to resort to hitting the dog, but if you need to give a slight tap on the butt to get his attention, do it. Praise him when he does something good though.

[Mystic Eyes]

Training is the answer. You need to find someone, a proffesional who can help you tame this pup. Otherwise this common trend will continue. Also try to teach it right from wrong.

[vampiresugarjunk...]

my dog is a slut, gender confused and incest at the same time :D

she got pregneant when she was a year old
and then tried humping her puppy (hence the gender confusion and incest.)

[belg]

hmm.. bad and expensive dog. lolz.

[Simba]

I had a friend who had a dog that he had to leave when leaving Africa for the Americas. The dog was left to his grandparents and if it started to be an annoyance, they said they would eat the dog. My friend thought they were just joking.


His grandparents ate the dog.

[alysaphobia]

I had a friend who had a dog that he had to leave when leaving Africa for the Americas. The dog was left to his grandparents and if it started to be an annoyance, they said they would eat the dog. My friend thought they were just joking.
His grandparents ate the dog.

^ARE YOU SERIOUS!?

[panther]

I had a friend who had a dog that he had to leave when leaving Africa for the Americas. The dog was left to his grandparents and if it started to be an annoyance, they said they would eat the dog. My friend thought they were just joking.
His grandparents ate the dog.

I saw this adorable dog today, that I wanted to play with. But my friend said the doggie had rabies !!!

[*Libertie*]

Oh my God Dani don't eat your dog!!!!

Oh god. X(

He's in the crate right now, I'm putting off on letting him out, but I should probably do that soon before I go back to work.

[Simba]

^ARE YOU SERIOUS!?

That's just what he told me. And apparently he kind of misses his dog now.

[*Monochrome.*]

my dog is a slut, gender confused and incest at the same time :D

she got pregneant when she was a year old
and then tried humping her puppy (hence the gender confusion and incest.)

WOW that dog needs jesus.

[viugiufgjhfhjfhg...]

Since my parents live on the outskirts of a town in a not so populated area, having a dog at home for security purposes has become sort of a family tradition. We have never hired a professional to train any of our dogs; although the process required constant attention from all of our family members.

Normally our dogs have always learned the basics (We trained two Pyrenean Mastiffs at once using this method; which are the most obnoxious dogs in the universe). Passed that point, though, the results have been ambiguous for everybody has its own idea of how to train a dog. My grandmother seemed convinced that you can beat concepts into dogs, while my dad would sit and literally explain the dog what needed to be done. My mother and myself were somewhere in between both extremes.

Maybe a joint family effort would work, or at least would be enough to teach the dog the basics. Also buying him a durable toy to munch on seems to be in order >_>;.

As a last resort, Arjuna can hook you up with his friend's grandparents. :B

[PuppyChan]

My dog is sooo sweet. She's really cheeky because she knows if she does something wrong.

If she does something that she knows she shouldn't, she'll very slowly walk up to me with a really big grin on her face. It's soooo cute!!!!!