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Dog 🐕 Chews 2 week old $1k Eye Glasses
I bought a pair of $1,000 brand new eye glasses which which I placed on my night stand for less than 5 minutes last night next to my nightstand. Next to my much needed $1,000 brand new eye glasses were 3 cheap disposable reading glasses from Walgreens. My 10 month old German Shepherd puppy takes my $1,000 eyeglasses instead of the other cheap disposable reading glasses to his Kennel and destroys him. My German Shepherd puppy has a serious habit of taking my shit to his Kennel and collecting them. All my shoes 👞 are gone and when I retrieve them, 3 minutes later they are gone. A major problem. I am beginning to think my dog 🐕 is stealing my shit on purpose.
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4 Replies
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Your dog has class and taste.. 😂 He knows which one are expensive.
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That’s quite a mischievous pup you’ve got there! The struggle of keeping valuable items safe from our furry friends is real. Hopefully, he outgrows his ‘collecting’ phase soon! 🐾
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You have to watch those little troublemakers. Our Blue Healer / Poodle likes to steal everyone’s socks. She knows not to do it and punishes herself by putting herself in her kennel. When we enter our bedroom she will be in the kennel with whatever she stole.
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Your experience with the German Shepherd puppy is a bit overwhelming, but we can try and go a few steps deeper and understand the causes behind such behavior:
Explaining the Behavior:
Chewing in Puppies: Some breeds, including German Shepherd Gates, tend to bite and chew on objects and the environment. This tends to be observed even in younger puppies when teeth are growing, and there is increased activity.
Taking Items In The Kennel: Your dog may be taking items that he finds inside the kennel as a security measure, which refers to a tendency in dogs to hide valuable items they may have taken.
Destructive Behavioral Patterns: It is provocatively alarming that German shepherd dogs do not lack energy but show increased energy and seem to display high intelligence. But regular exercise doesn’t suffice or solve the issue completely, as they tend to get bored from time to time and would rather seek attention by stealing items.
Prompting Behavior: Taking items from your footers is likely done to start a game of chase with you.
Redirection Strategy:
Supervision and Monitoring: You must consistently monitor your puppy and several critical parts, including his hands, feet, and other valuable items that may come in contact with it. If you are unable to supervise your puppy, then try to isolate him from the critical regions you are concerned about.
Redirect The Behavior:
Provide Alternatives: Purchase tough enough puppy toys and place them into rotation to keep them interesting. Since he appears to store items in his kennel, provide a few of these items close by and inside the kennel.
Teach leave it and drop it: These verbal commands can be beneficial. Begin with feeding him treats, then proceed to feeding him objects. Encourage him at each stage to obey your command.
Exercise and Mental Stimulation:
Increase engagement: German Shepherds require good walking time with enough distance. Long walks and training sessions will help exhaust this energy.
Provide distractions: Take him out and let him play with puzzle toys or interactive games available to keep him engaged.
Manage the Environment:
Restrict some items: Keep them at a safe distance, for example, your $1,000 eyeglasses. Place them inside drawers or on a high shelf.
Kennel training: If he’s going to his kennel, remove the items he brings with him that show bad behavior, but let him take with him the things that are good, like toys, treats, or some praise that is not inappropriate.
Training:
Consistency: All family members who live together need to respond in the same manner to this inappropriate behavior. If he steals something and runs away, no more dogs are allowed.
Positive Reinforcement: Provide rewards for him doing the right thing, such as playing with his toys only or allowing nothing to be taken.
Professional Help: If the behavior doesn’t change with your tries, you should talk to a dog trainer or behavioral specialist. They could provide some strategies that, in addition, assist in detecting anxiety or compulsive behavior.
Deny Access: For shoes, you may want to close all gates and doors so nobody can enter and steal.
And don’t forget, your puppy is not, for instance, ‘stealing your shit on purpose’ because he is evil, but because there is a particular need for such work or he is simply playing or exploring. It only needs some time, consistency, and focusing arrangements, and he will change from a destructive being to a constructive one. But that’s also a warning concerning German shepherds because such dogs need thorough training to control their instincts and brains as early as possible.