Second adolescence?
Until about a month ago. I don't know what happened. I can guess. On vacation in July, I fell and broke my ankle. I spent 3 weeks on bed rest, and have been in a boot since then. I still can't walk my 85-pound ball of fluff. I can't get on the floor and play with him. His 1-1 quality time with me has all but vanished. Of course, to make up for lost momma time, my boyfriend gets on the floor with him to cuddle every night, and takes him for walks routinely. Linus gets to go to day care at least twice a week, plus he's gone on more frequent visits to my parents' house to play with their OES. He has developed almost zero interest in his nylabones and rope toys. Doesn't pay attention to them anymore. But that doesn't mean the boy doesn't want to chew. In the last two weeks when I've been away at work, Linus has: **Eaten my boyfriend's iPod ear buds **Chewed an ethernet cable (also my boyfriend's) in half and swallowed some of it **Attempted to eat my boyfriend's camera (Are you seeing a pattern here?) **Emptied out garbage cans Is this normal adolescent behavior? Or is there something else going on? I can't figure out what happened. |
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| I am not an expert, but would bet that it's because of your injury and lack of the mom time and the routine that he's was use to. I would recommend that you crate him or isolate him to a safe place when he is left alone for his safety. He could easily eat something dangerous. When you are able to return to your normal routine you could gradually acclimate him back to full house privileges. |
Chauncey wrote: I am not an expert, but would bet that it's because of your injury and lack of the mom time and the routine that he's was use to. I would recommend that you crate him or isolate him to a safe place when he is left alone for his safety. He could easily eat something dangerous. When you are able to return to your normal routine you could gradually acclimate him back to full house privileges. I second this. It is a bummer, but my guess would be he will bounce back when you're able to return to "normal". I wonder if having your boyfriend do daily obedience sessions with him would help him - maybe his mind is bored. Also, try for a Kong stuffed with some of his favorite hard-to-get food . . . this should help alleviate some of the other chewing, and he could do it in his crate while you're gone and stay occupied. Good luck! |
Since most of what he has done is with your boyfriend's property maybe he just doesn't like your boyfirned anymore?  |
| Ha! We've joked that perhaps Linus doesn't like him --- but the two of them are inseparable. We think it's a combination of both theories: He's upset that our normal routine has been halted while I'm limping around He doesn't consider my boyfriend an authority figure So we're working on making Linus mind him more, and hopefully by Thanksgiving I'll be fully mobile again. Until then, Linus has restricted access when we're away from the house. |
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