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I have a 4 year old pitbull/Italian greyhound.
He was adopted from a shelter a year ago by my girlfriend, she moved in with me a couple months ago.
He is super sweet & super calm. He will lay with you as long as you'd like, loves to be petted, sleeps in bed with us.
Trash-
But then he has a whole other side to him, that I can't control. Whenever we leave for work, or to go anywhere longer than an hour, we have to put all food, fast food bags, pretty much everything that has to do with food up. If we forget something he will get it & tear it up. He knows it's bad because he hides down the hall instead of his usual hyper jumping greetings. I don't know how, but he got 2 bags of dog treats off the top of the fridge today. I don't know what to do about it?? I keep giving him super light spankings & putting him in his cage. I started with like 10 minutes, & today I was so angry he was in it for 4 hours. I just can't take it anymore.
Walks-
He is decent on walks. He pulls a little, but we got him the front leading harness that pulls him if he pulls. We live in an apartment so he doesn't have a yard, I take him on lots of long walks to burn energy, & we go to a big 3 court fenced in tennis court & play with him a couple times a week to burn energy. When he sees a squirrel or rabbit he goes nuts. Starts pulling & gets so excited he starts coughing & gagging. He immediately becomes disobedient, he won't listen at all.
Excitement-
When one of us comes home, after he's been alone, he freaks out. He jumps all over you & runs circles. He won't listen to sit or lay, won't calm down. Same as the walks. When we are playing with his rope or something & he starts getting aggressive & excited, & you tell him to calm down, he listens just fine. The excitement always comes with the coughing & gagging, unless playing.
Locked up-
He once got shut in our bedroom when we went to run a quick hour long errand, we completely spaced it. He tore the carpet up by the door, trying to dig his way out. With us only being gone about an hour. If we put him in the cage when we leave, he goes nuts & barks, tears up his bed, & anything else in there. He also broke a cage once. (Before he lived with me.)
I just need some help with what to do. Spankings & cage time aren't working. I also always pet him, tell him he's a good dog, & give him treats, when he hasn't torn anything up, does well on a walk, & just at random times.Please help.
He was adopted from a shelter a year ago by my girlfriend, she moved in with me a couple months ago.
He is super sweet & super calm. He will lay with you as long as you'd like, loves to be petted, sleeps in bed with us.
Trash-
But then he has a whole other side to him, that I can't control. Whenever we leave for work, or to go anywhere longer than an hour, we have to put all food, fast food bags, pretty much everything that has to do with food up. If we forget something he will get it & tear it up. He knows it's bad because he hides down the hall instead of his usual hyper jumping greetings. I don't know how, but he got 2 bags of dog treats off the top of the fridge today. I don't know what to do about it?? I keep giving him super light spankings & putting him in his cage. I started with like 10 minutes, & today I was so angry he was in it for 4 hours. I just can't take it anymore.
Walks-
He is decent on walks. He pulls a little, but we got him the front leading harness that pulls him if he pulls. We live in an apartment so he doesn't have a yard, I take him on lots of long walks to burn energy, & we go to a big 3 court fenced in tennis court & play with him a couple times a week to burn energy. When he sees a squirrel or rabbit he goes nuts. Starts pulling & gets so excited he starts coughing & gagging. He immediately becomes disobedient, he won't listen at all.
Excitement-
When one of us comes home, after he's been alone, he freaks out. He jumps all over you & runs circles. He won't listen to sit or lay, won't calm down. Same as the walks. When we are playing with his rope or something & he starts getting aggressive & excited, & you tell him to calm down, he listens just fine. The excitement always comes with the coughing & gagging, unless playing.
Locked up-
He once got shut in our bedroom when we went to run a quick hour long errand, we completely spaced it. He tore the carpet up by the door, trying to dig his way out. With us only being gone about an hour. If we put him in the cage when we leave, he goes nuts & barks, tears up his bed, & anything else in there. He also broke a cage once. (Before he lived with me.)
I just need some help with what to do. Spankings & cage time aren't working. I also always pet him, tell him he's a good dog, & give him treats, when he hasn't torn anything up, does well on a walk, & just at random times.Please help.