Reminds me of an incident with one of our Rottweilers. Many years ago I was in the habit of taking her with me to run short errands, such as filling up the car with gas. She really enjoyed those outings.
One day I had an appointment, doctor’s I think, and she couldn’t go. I left her at home. Over the next several days, she destroyed a rented VHS tape (I said it was many years ago), the tv remote, a book and my prescription glasses. She had never behaved like that before, even as a puppy. Peculiarly enough she didn’t touch a single thing of my wife’s. My wife and I were talking about it and she suggested the dog was mad at me for not taking her for a ride when I went to the appointment.
So, I loaded her up in my little pickup and I took her on a 15 or so minute ride. When we got back the dog was happy and the destruction of my stuff stopped. She never destroyed another thing and she made it to 15 years old. I lost her and my dad within a week of each other.
Reminds me of an incident with one of our Rottweilers. Many years ago I was in the habit of taking her with me to run short errands, such as filling up the car with gas. She really enjoyed those outings.
One day I had an appointment, doctor’s I think, and she couldn’t go. I left her at home. Over the next several days, she destroyed a rented VHS tape (I said it was many years ago), the tv remote, a book and my prescription glasses. She had never behaved like that before, even as a puppy. Peculiarly enough she didn’t touch a single thing of my wife’s. My wife and I were talking about it and she suggested the dog was mad at me for not taking her for a ride when I went to the appointment.
So, I loaded her up in my little pickup and I took her on a 15 or so minute ride. When we got back the dog was happy and the destruction of my stuff stopped. She never destroyed another thing and she made it to 15 years old. I lost her and my dad within a week of each other.