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Hi Everyone, thanks for the great replys. We have had Glacier since she was six weeks old and it's been nothing but an up hill battle with her. I have had dogs before, even a wolf hybrid, but she's been very hard to deal with. We couldn't get her housebroken until she was 7 months old. Even with constant supervision and praise she just kept going in the house. I was told by the trainer at work that she's going through her second teething stage, and well between the first one and this one she's wrecked thousands of dollars worth of carpet and antique furniture in my future inlaws home. I feel horrible having the dog destroying everything and feeling like I am not a good enough owner. We have her in a basic obedience class right now. A lot of the commands she already knows but we're trying to work with her. We are wanting to get a crate for her, but with her being as big as she is with bills and all we're having a hard time being able to drop $200 on a crate right now. She is 8 months old and already weighs almost 90 lbs, we were told by the breeder that she would easily reach 120 lbs at maturity. We have noticed other dog aggression, especially towards females. Through my research I have found that it is pretty normal for mals to have aggression towards other dogs, especially of the same sex. We also have a 3 year old rhodisian ridgeback mix and they get along great. She is very intellegent and michevious and it's very hard to keep up with her all the time. Just friday she chewed about a 4" hunk off the corner of a solid 1" thick oak coffee table in 20 mins! We have difficulty keeping toys because the older male is a heavy duty chewer and he'll go through most anything in mins. She likes soft squeeky toys versus the hard rubber or plastic ones, so it's very hard for us to be able to afford to replace $10 toys left and right. We've pretty much come to the end of the road that if we can't get a crate and get her to stop destroying everything that we are going to have to place her with someone else. Living in Texas has been extremely hard on her as well, with the weather it's hard for us to be able to get her out and exercise her without the threat of heat stroke. As far as the breeder goes we didn't have much luck getting help when I was very frustrated and at my witts end with the dog. She pretty much told us to deal with it or bring the dog back. I'm sorry but after paying $700 for the dog I expected a little more help out of the situation. So anyways, I do appreciate all of the great advice, if anyone can give me any other suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks a ton!