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Dog shredding everything!
We have a male 6yr Shih Tzu that has suddenly started shredding everything in our house. If we happen to leave anything on the ground or on a place he can jump onto (coffee table) he'll rip it apart and scatter it through out house. I can't figure out why he's just started doing this.
We've had no new changes in our home recently, we've lived in our new house for over a year, he gets lots of exercise, I don't work so he's rarely alone but those small periods of time he is he becomes so destructive. Any thoughts on what could be causing it or ways I can get him to stop?
Re: Dog shredding everything!
Sometimes there are periods when you have to go back a step (or many steps) in training, and it sounds like this might be one of those times. Even though your pup earned the right to be free (uncrated) in the house at one time, it sounds like he has lost that right for now. If he is crate trained, I would go back to crating him when you can't supervise him. If he isn't crate trained, you might consider crate training him (I crate trained Skippy as a 4-year-old when we adopted him). You can gradually allow him more freedom if he earns it by not being destructive. It's worth mentioning that every time your pup succeeds in getting an object and shredding it, he is "rewarded," and the more he does it, the harder it can be to extinguish. Preventing the behavior is one step towards getting rid of it.
I'm going through a similar issue right now - both of my dogs earned the right to be baby-gated in their own room (previously they were crated), but recently, one of them has started peeing in the room periodically, so we went back to crating and started taking longer potty breaks before and after they are left alone. We hope to gradually work towards no crating. GL!
I agree he sounds bored. Change up the routine, add some ~10min training sessions a few times a day, take him outside and 'get crazy' with him so he can get the zoomies out, etc. I think the FAQ has info on crating, it's definitely a beneficial thing and I love that my dogs love their crates!