Similar to Cricket's situation, I think a large part of her increase in chewing stems from a lack of proper exercise. Since Relay's injury the dogs gets some time to run around in the yard and we go for a bike rides to wear them out as best we can, but when indoors, Relay has his cone on and the pups can't play. Trixie is bored and has energy left to spare.
And so she chews. When I'm around I can redirect her to the plethora of toys we have here at the house. Here is a video of her in action. This went on for a solid 30 minutes.
When I haven't watched her there were a few casualties (funniest being the bottle of bitter spray because apparently she is the only dog in the world who loves the taste of that stuff). Now, if I can't have eyes on her, she either goes onto the back porch or in her crate.
And then this happened today. I had to do dishes and load the dishwasher. It took about 20 minutes, so Trixie went out on the porch...
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| Casualty of boredom. |
As with any problem behavior, if you didn't see it happen, you can't correct them for it. So we will work at this diligently and hope Relay gets better soon so he can wear her out. Although, I am hearing a little whisper that we could be getting a puppy soon...
2 comments:
Wow! I haven't seen damage like that since I fostered an 8 month old pup last year! She had so much nervous energy she literally couldn't sit still. It is like when some people just have to tap their foot or a pen or something because they are just so charged with energy!
I feel for you. Good for you for planning ahead and getting that free couch! Hope Relay heals fast so Trixie gets her play buddy back!
He's getting better, but she's not really improving. I caught Trixie trying to eat my iPad the other day and just about lost my cool.
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