We rescued a 1 year old Cocker Spaniel back in December and she’s very affectionate, very sweet, and a great playmate for our 9 year old blind spaniel who’s really perked up having someone to play with. She’s got some potty training issues that we’re working on with her but the thing I’m really struggling with is her stealing things and running away. Some of her favorite things to take include my airpods case, pencils/pens, socks, underwear, and worst of all my daughter’s favorite toy dog. She’ll take these things, and because my daughter’s young and my wife has complications from a broken leg, I’m the one who has to chase her and get it back. I try my best to approach slowly and try to get the item back but she’ll run to another floor of the house. I’ve tried not engaging in the game of chase and ignoring her and she’ll chew the item until it’s destroyed. Sometimes I can offer up a dog toy instead (we have plenty) and get her to play with that while I retrieve the item but that only works if I’m lucky. Lately our only solution is to put things up high enough on shelves where she can’t reach but I’m running out of shelves! I’m honestly at my wits end because I can’t relax for a moment without hearing this dog dig into something she shouldn’t then panic from someone in my family because she has something important and now I need to chase her again. It’s really wearing on me and Im desperate for a solution.
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