youniquestar
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Hello! I adopted my dog as an adult (7yo shepherd mix) and have had her for a little over a year. She’s always been good when she was alone, and I’d routinely leave her at home (uncrated) while I went to work for 7-10 hours/day a couple days per week. But yesterday I came home from work to my blinds completely destroyed! I replaced them immediately, and was hoping that it was a one time thing (LOL).
This morning, I left her alone for an hour and she’d already gotten started chewing on the replacement blinds! Luckily she didn’t have a chance to render them unsalvageable, but they’re damaged and I’m going to have to replace them again eventually.
I’m really frustrated as to where this behavior is coming from. It’s worth noting that we recently moved into a new apartment, so I’m guessing it’s related to that. But we’ve been here for two weeks now and she hadn’t been behaving out of the ordinary until yesterday.
I don’t want to have to crate her, as I hadn’t needed to in the past. But that seems like the next realistic step. I’m curious to see if anybody has had similar experiences/advice for how to handle this going forward
Thanks in advance!
PS
Pictures of the adorable blind-eating demon
This morning, I left her alone for an hour and she’d already gotten started chewing on the replacement blinds! Luckily she didn’t have a chance to render them unsalvageable, but they’re damaged and I’m going to have to replace them again eventually.
I’m really frustrated as to where this behavior is coming from. It’s worth noting that we recently moved into a new apartment, so I’m guessing it’s related to that. But we’ve been here for two weeks now and she hadn’t been behaving out of the ordinary until yesterday.
I don’t want to have to crate her, as I hadn’t needed to in the past. But that seems like the next realistic step. I’m curious to see if anybody has had similar experiences/advice for how to handle this going forward
Thanks in advance!
PS
Pictures of the adorable blind-eating demon