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Originally Posted by clairewigan  I have a 5 month old rotty german shepard pup who is very distructive, i send most of the time with him as im a housewife and he gets a good half hour walk a day. He is very clever and has picked up basic comands such as sit lie give me five and so on from 6 weeks old. Whenever i go out and leave him or even go upstairs he finds something to distruct such as a teatowel of the kitchen top or even my couch! I am getting him castrated in the next month will this calm this side of him down? but im thinking about buying a cage/crate to put him in when im out is this a good idea. Will he grow out of discructing things? any advise on this subject would be helpful thankyou. |
Dogs seem to destroy things when they are bored. Is he with you during the day (ie inside with you when you are inside and outside when you are outside) I would personally crate train him. If you ever go away and he needs to stay with someone you know he's safe, he cant get out, and there is nothing he could eat that would hurt him. If he ever needs to go to the vet and needs to be crated he wont be worried. Take him for more walks during the day, one just isn't enough. You will find that if you stimulate his mind he will be less destructive. Do you train him at all either at home and at a training facility. 10 minutes a day of training at home will also help - teach him the basics sit, stay, recall, heel etc. Make it all fun for him too. Do you socialize him with other dogs and other people? Take him with you when you go out (also great if he's crate trained so you can put him in the car and travel safely).
Good luck and yes definately buy a crate, it will save your things and will also save your dog from eating something that could make him sick.
Trina