Anxiety dog?

Question

Okay I am in need of help!! I have a dog who has eaten the ENTIRE house. Walls..doors..bookshelves..lenolium floors.. You name it she ate it. My husband and I both work and can't handle it anymore!! We tried anxiety medicine, a good kennel, a muzzle, leaving her in the backyard. She destroys it all!! It's stressing us out and I am now expecting.. I just don't know what to do. Does anyone have any solutions ??? 😭 I just can't get rid of her, we love her a lot. We are stumped as to what to do...

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First, give your dog lots of exercise.

When you leave the house, treat your dog, so they associate you leaving with a good thing.

Come back after 5 min of good behavior, but don't treat your dog. Then exit and treat again. Repeat until you can lengthen the time. You might need a doggy cam to verify there is good behavior if your dog does not bark while being destructive.

Other tips: leave TV or radio on, hire dog walker for middle of day or take your dog to doggy day care.

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Our dog did the same thing. We began exercising him before we left. We also didn't make it a big deal that we were leaving. We used to give him a lot attention before we left, but that made it worse. We began ignoring him when we walked out. Also, when we returned, instead of acknowledging him ( he would jump and bark), we would ignore him until he stopped. Then we would just give him a pay on the head. I hope this helps! Good luck!

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Ours did too! Mental stimulation and exercise. Toys that make them work for their food, and games that require use of paws as well. Agility is good if you can afford it too. 
We put all his dry food in a bottle and he'd have to work to get it out.

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Exercise the mess out of her (you can ruin her on a treadmill, take her walking several miles, etc.)! Also try some behavior classes.

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Behavior classes! They're a little expensive, but better than the cost of having to replace walls 😜

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Exercise will help and also kennel train your dog. A kennel is not a punishment,  it should be their safe place. I would suggest a wire kennel.  Also place it away from walls and corners.  Also try a thunder shirt.

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Exercise. Lots of it. Practice getting your pupp into a calm, submissive state prior to leaving the house.

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Ceased Malone has video on YouTube where he helped a family train their dog to overcome it. See if you can find it!! If I remembered the exact name if out it, but idk. He had them leave the house and open the door right away to come back in. It was a very long process and they had to repeat hundreds of time, but once the dog started calming down he increased the time they were out until they could be gone for an hour or more and the dog was fine

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My dog does this too!! Broke his way out of a metal kennel with a cone on and destroyed the window sill.
There are anxiety vests? I haven't tried it but have considered... My dog is also an outside dog, sleeps with straw as bedding as he always destroys any I get him. But he had surgery and needed to be inside and he destroyed so much!! Gahh.

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Yeah sounds like she definitely has anxiety. I would do what another person said, exercise the hell out of her before you leave. Try not to get her excited or worked up before you leave as well.

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