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So our Tulip is still seizure free (YIPPEE!) but now that we have made it through that awfully rough patch we are seeing some very persistent and not so nice behaviors coming through. (Has been going on since end of January)
1. She is a ridiculous counter surfer. If I TURN MY BACK on anything in the kitchen while making dinner she is in it, immediately. Gatign her out works, as does putting her in the back yard, but I'd like to get to the root of the issue. It doesn't matter when/if she has been fed, either. I have tried scolding her with, ignoring it, using the off command (which works, if if see her) BUT she is still on the counters ALL THE TIME.
2. She EATS/CHEWS everything. I feel like we have a toddler again. I can't leave anything within reach of Tulip on her hind legs anywhere in the house, or she is into it. And quickly. And will either destroy it, or race outside with it (through the doggie door) to devour it there. She has taken recently to taking books off the shelves and chewing them.
This behavior happens when we are home, not just when we are away. I can be across the room from her, or just upstairs for a minute, and come downstairs to find something destroyed so I tend to lean away from separation anxiety...
I was thinking she was enjoying the negative attention (the yelling of stop it, etc.) which is why we started "Ignoring' the behavior and just quietly taking the item away, etc. This has probably cut the incidences down by about 15%, but not fully. While I understand she is still a puppy, that can't be the ONLY reason. We wonder a bit about the possibility of some brain damage from the constant seizures. And, if we need to help her 're-learn' appropriate behaviors from when she was a small puppy. It seems, however, that she knows EXACTLY what she is NOT supposed to do...and then does just that. We are, in general, VERY consistent with her as far as what she is allowed to do and what she isn't (on couches, but not if people are, use of commands, etc.)
She is crated when we are not at home, or confined to the kitchen if we leave in the evenings again after she has been in the crate all day. Each time I do that, I dread walking into a disaster upon returning.
Any ideas about what to do/what is going on with her (or us and our training?)
1. She is a ridiculous counter surfer. If I TURN MY BACK on anything in the kitchen while making dinner she is in it, immediately. Gatign her out works, as does putting her in the back yard, but I'd like to get to the root of the issue. It doesn't matter when/if she has been fed, either. I have tried scolding her with, ignoring it, using the off command (which works, if if see her) BUT she is still on the counters ALL THE TIME.
2. She EATS/CHEWS everything. I feel like we have a toddler again. I can't leave anything within reach of Tulip on her hind legs anywhere in the house, or she is into it. And quickly. And will either destroy it, or race outside with it (through the doggie door) to devour it there. She has taken recently to taking books off the shelves and chewing them.
This behavior happens when we are home, not just when we are away. I can be across the room from her, or just upstairs for a minute, and come downstairs to find something destroyed so I tend to lean away from separation anxiety...
I was thinking she was enjoying the negative attention (the yelling of stop it, etc.) which is why we started "Ignoring' the behavior and just quietly taking the item away, etc. This has probably cut the incidences down by about 15%, but not fully. While I understand she is still a puppy, that can't be the ONLY reason. We wonder a bit about the possibility of some brain damage from the constant seizures. And, if we need to help her 're-learn' appropriate behaviors from when she was a small puppy. It seems, however, that she knows EXACTLY what she is NOT supposed to do...and then does just that. We are, in general, VERY consistent with her as far as what she is allowed to do and what she isn't (on couches, but not if people are, use of commands, etc.)
She is crated when we are not at home, or confined to the kitchen if we leave in the evenings again after she has been in the crate all day. Each time I do that, I dread walking into a disaster upon returning.
Any ideas about what to do/what is going on with her (or us and our training?)