[princessmom]

Hi guys, I haven't been on here in a little while. Wow, I have been so busy with 3 dogs! Who would know that adding 1 more dog to the pack would be soooo time consuming. I've loved every minute of it though.
My problem is this, Sadie is a tasmanian devil. I have read all the stickies and have tried to train her with the string thing, crate training and such. She does "okay" but she is still THE most stubborn, onery, curious, uncoordinated, I would say "hyper" but that's not quite the word, it's more like her attention span is so very short that she is just into EVERYTHING! When she sleeps though she sleeps hard. You can do whatever you want, clip her nails, clean her ears, move her around, whatever. But when she's awake, she is like a cross between the tasmanian devil and a baby shark. I don't really know what to do with her. I think she needs more excersize than any dog I have ever known.
Okay now my question, will she outgrow this? To be honest, I have never had a puppy before. Any dog I have ever owned has been grown when I adopted it and I have had no trouble training any of them. Sadie on the other hand is such a challenge. She mouths everything in site and jumps up on us and tears at our clothes. I have tried to train her not to do this but I'm not having much success. I have trained her to potty outside, she rings some bells I hung on the doorknob when she needs to go out. I've taught her to sit, wait and lay down. She's very smart. The problem is when she isn't being paid attention she is into everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. Remember she's only half rottie and the other half is coonhound. I don't know much about coonhounds much less coonhound puppies. Maybe this is normal for them? I can't find much info on the internet about them.
Sorry this post is so long, but I could honestly go on and on. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks in advance.