Sorry this post might be a little long but it needs some backstory. Last May I adopted a puppy because I was feeling really down after a very messy breakup (I know that's not the thing to do in hindsight but at the time I thought having something to take care of and keep me occupied would help).
I should preface by saying this is my first dog and I'm 24, 23 at the time I got her. She's now about 25 pounds and not getting any bigger so she's never going to be a really big dog. She was only about 14 weeks old when I got her and she was a really sweet puppy. The vet told me not to let her outside a lot because she wasn't old enough for her parvo shots (plus I lived in an apartment at the time which apparently is a much easier place to catch parvo) so we had to keep her inside a lot as she was growing up. The more she grew up the more I started to realize what a high energy dog she is. She would chew on anything in sight, was impossible to house-train, and would scream like a banshee any time we put her in her kennel. So that started a daily routine of me getting home from work, taking her for a walk, bringing her back in and having her immediately pee or poop on the floor/destroy something expensive, put her back in her kennel as punishment, have her scream bloody murder with no sign of stopping for hours, rinse and repeat.
Fast forward to now and I'm living in a house with a few roommates. The house has a yard which I was thrilled about because it would give her an outlet for her energy while I'm at work. This worked for a while and she would almost never have an accident in the house (I would mainly let her hang out in my room because she jumps on people and tries to steal food which annoys my roommates. Another two things I can not get her to stop doing). She wouldn't use the bathroom in her kennel at night and would immediately go do her business when I would put her in the yard before heading to work. I can't have her out at night because she runs around the room and keeps me up (I have to get up very early for my job) plus she will find something to destroy the minute I'm not watching her.
Well our back fence is pretty old and our landlord is dragging his feet fixing it. So she started finding ways out of the yard. She would find loose fence posts and escape into the neighborhood. She's the friendliest dog in the world and doesn't have a mean bone in her body but the neighbors don't know that so when they see a loose dog running around of course they're concerned. Had to run to a neighbor's house once to get her because she was in their front yard and another time I actually had animal control give me a call because she got out and they found her. Well as soon as I had fixed every loose board in the fence I thought my troubles were over. Not the case. I get home the next day and she's chewed a hole straight through the wood thus making another hole for her to get out of. This is a hole I can't fix and I don't want to chain her in the yard so now she can't be left out there alone. And even if someone's out there with her she'll just try to get out again. She doesn't listen to anyone but me so if someone tries to yell at her as she's escaping she doesn't even care.
So until the fence is fixed she has to stay inside. This is a problem because as I said, if I'm not with her she has to stay in her kennel or else she will wreck everything in sight. This means she mostly does her business in her kennel overnight, which I have to clean every morning. I really do love the little shit and I hate having her cooped up all day because I can tell she's not happy but I don't really have any other options. I feel like she's just untrainable because everything I've tried has failed. I would really love some advice on what to do about this.
TL;DR my 9 month old dog is wild, won't listen, impossible to house-train, and is chewing holes in the back fence and getting out constantly. I have hardly any dog experience, please help.
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