Hello Everyone,
First let me start off by saying that I love my puppy, I truly do. We're bonded tighter than I've ever been with any other dog.
but
Occasionally I just want to strangle her.
I cannot get her to stop digging/ripping fabric. She's gone through four dog beds in her kennel, usually taking less than a day to destroy them. Then we decided to just try thick blankets with no stuffing in the middle of them and she rips them into little pieces.
Her kennel is stocked with numerous chew toys, freshly filled kong toys and a couple of stuffed toys. She doesn't tear up stuffed toys, just bedding.
We finally went to Ryan's pets a dog supply super store here in Arizona. We found a bed that so far after four days she has not been able to rip up or tear open.
So since we seemed to have gotten her one she cannot destroy she went into our other mastiff's kennel and has been trying to rip her bed up! I've caught her at it several times today and yell at her. She stops when I yell at her but I know she'll sneak in there when I'm not looking (she is devious!)
Does anyone have advice on how to get her to give up her destruction of all things soft and squishy? She doesn't dig in the back yard. I've gotten her past digging at the carpet. She's not allowed on the couch but she's somehow become obsessed with destroying her bedding.
I am about ready to give up but I don't want her sleeping on hard plastic either.
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