[What is happening is that your dog is suffering from "seperation stress" and is is quite simply because she thinks she is "leader of the pack" This is lenghty to explain however a lady in England has written a book called the DOG LISTENER which explains the problem in detail.I have a copy it is by a lady called Jan Fennell and printed by harpers,available from amazon in England..If this does not make sense or you wish to discuss it do email me. good luck.QUOTE]Originally posted by Starlite:
I recently got a 1 month old beagle/daschund mix. She is absolutely the most precious and lovable dog. I had been keeping her in my kitchen and then finally decided that if she was going to be a house dog that she would need to get the feel of the house. So I left her to roam when I went to work. I came home to find that she had dug a 3 inch around hole in my carpet and chewed an inch hole in my couch. I scolled her at the same time I was showing her what she did wrong. She was so scared that she peed everywhere. I felt so bad. That night she wouldn't go near the couch. The next day I kept her back in the kitchen. Then I decided to let her back out. I came home and she had again dug a hole in the same spot and tore another hole in the couch in the same spot where I had sewed it up. Of coarse I scolled her again. If you have any ideas that I can do to teach her not to do this anymore please respone. Thank You so much! [/QUOTE]