Category: Top Dog

Me and my boyfriend adopted a dog a couple weeks ago from a city shelter. She is heartworm positive and currently on doxycycline. Since coming home, she’s been a little shy but very sweet. Two days ago I left to see my family for Christmas and won’t be back for the week. We had been keeping her in her kennel when we were at work and didn’t seem to have much issue yesterday tho she broke out of the cage and chewed up a couple cords to expensive things and peed on the bed, the next day based on what people were saying we decided to doggy proof a room instead of putting her back in (since she refused to go in on her own) and this time she rips a giant whole in the wall and chews up pretty much all the little corners and things in the room, I feel at a loss as to what to do with her, I just want her to be safe and okay.

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I recently had a stray 1yro havanese dropped into my life. it was unexpected but I have a house with a fenced yard and thought maybe a new dog would be a good thing. so I decided to keep her. I'm at the point now, where I'm looking for a professional trainer, to adopt her from me. I've done everything. consistent training daily. positive reinforcement. she runs every day until she can't stand anymore. I will stand with this dog outside for 20 minutes, bring her in, and before I can get her into the kennel, she's dropped down and is peeing on my floor. I've tried everything. kennel training. potty training. pee pads. heck I even got her diapers. nothing works. training with her is like talking to a brick wall. she doesn't care what kind of treat I have, how delicious it is. she won't even look at me when I'm trying to train her. refuses to give me any kind of attention. "come" falls on deaf ears. if I didn't know better, I'd assume she was completely deaf. she has extreme separation anxiety. I cant even check the mail without her going ballistic inside. she's destroying my house and has cost me hundreds in repairs in just the couple months I've had her. I've had to replace every single area rug I own, as well as my bathroom door. I'm beyond knowing what to do to help her. advice, suggestions, etc. anything will help. but at this point I'm looking for a new home for her. but I refuse to give her to someone who doesn't have the time, kindness, love, and patience I have. the only reason I'm giving up, is because I'm a severely depressed person, and every single day I spend upwards of 3hrs fixing something she's destroyed, and recently I've had issues even getting out of bed and taking care of myself. I have had dogs my whole life and never had one that is this resistant to training, listening, obeying, calming down, etc. I'm just at a loss. please be kind in the replies but really, anything helps at this point. I don't know what to do.