hunny8373
January 19th, 2006, 03:38 PM
This may be a bit of a long story, but I'm in such need of help. I don't want to give my dogs away, so I am hoping for some solutions to our problems.
Our family dogs are Goofy, an Am Staff mix who is 9 years old and Max, an Am Staff/Shiba Inu mix who is 2 1/2 years old. We moved to a brand new home 4 1/2 months ago. They don't get as much exercise as they used to, as our back yard is mud from construction, but other than that, their routines are pretty much the same as before. The dogs are destroying my house and furniture, something they never did before.
Here are the problems - Goofy has decided that it's okay to take the kids toys and eat them, which makes her throw up, on the white carpet, the beds and couches. Now the kids toys have always been on the floor and she's known they are off-limits. Goofy has also decided that it's okay to pee and poop anywhere she chooses, whether she's just been walked on her leash or not.
Max has also decided it's okay to pee or poop wherever he wants and has "marked his territory" in every doorway, on kitchen furniture, beds, walls, carpets. He has also become aggressive towards us. When he has peed somewhere, he knows he is wrong and hides under the kitchen bench. When we go anywhere near him, he growls or snaps at us and has even nipped my husband. We have tried "putting him on post" and that has made him growl at us when we get his leash to walk him too.
We have tried giving them extra attention, extra walks, praise, bones to chew on. Nothing has worked. I don't want to get rid of them, as they are like our children, but they are destroying my new home.
Please help
Our family dogs are Goofy, an Am Staff mix who is 9 years old and Max, an Am Staff/Shiba Inu mix who is 2 1/2 years old. We moved to a brand new home 4 1/2 months ago. They don't get as much exercise as they used to, as our back yard is mud from construction, but other than that, their routines are pretty much the same as before. The dogs are destroying my house and furniture, something they never did before.
Here are the problems - Goofy has decided that it's okay to take the kids toys and eat them, which makes her throw up, on the white carpet, the beds and couches. Now the kids toys have always been on the floor and she's known they are off-limits. Goofy has also decided that it's okay to pee and poop anywhere she chooses, whether she's just been walked on her leash or not.
Max has also decided it's okay to pee or poop wherever he wants and has "marked his territory" in every doorway, on kitchen furniture, beds, walls, carpets. He has also become aggressive towards us. When he has peed somewhere, he knows he is wrong and hides under the kitchen bench. When we go anywhere near him, he growls or snaps at us and has even nipped my husband. We have tried "putting him on post" and that has made him growl at us when we get his leash to walk him too.
We have tried giving them extra attention, extra walks, praise, bones to chew on. Nothing has worked. I don't want to get rid of them, as they are like our children, but they are destroying my new home.
Please help
