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My dog (Eggo) is misbehaving

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Question
Dear Patt,
Hi I'm Bekky My Fox terrior Greyhound mix is acting up.  She just turned 2 on july 12.  Whenever I leave her alone for anywhere from 5 minutes to 6 hours I come back and she has chewed up anything that she can get.  My husband and I had her broke from this habit when she was a puppy but the same method isn't working anymore.  I found out in May that I'm pregnant this is our first baby besides Eggo.  I don't know if she is jealous already or what.  I know she is a smart dog but I don't know if I'm giving her to much credit.  I hope you can help me with some ideas on why she is doing this I don't know if she is mad at me for something.  I hope you know how to stop this behavior.  Thank you so much.
Bekky

Answer
Hi Becky
The dog has not gotten SEPERATION ANXIETY.  This can be a real problem now that u must fix being her LEADER AND BOSS FROM NOW ON.
The Terrier in her mix is what is bad and hiper dogs the Greyhound mix is wonderful for a pet.  they are super dogs that more need to adopt.  The Terrier mixes are so hiper and hard to train it takes much patience and time it does get old to a person trying to succee with the pet.
She is now smart enough to start to distroy when your gone to get your undivided attention of.  this is typical of dogs that get tooooo smart for the pants they might wear.
NOW IT IS TIME BEKKY FOR ONE OF U TO BECOME THE PETS BOSS AND LEADER TO TEACH RIGHT FROM WRONG IN A MOST POSITIVE MANNER, NEVER NEGATIVE, BUT TO LET THE DOG KNOW YOUR NOW IN CHARGE AND ITS GOING TO BE YOUR WAY OR NO WAY.
Get  a water spray bottle add a tad bit of vinegar to it and spray into the face of the dog when your trying to get in control and loudly speak NO MORE, DO U HEAR ME THIS IS IT DOG.  Mean what u way and firmly loudly speak into its eyes to intimadate the dog.
It will come around with some work on your part of spraying its face or pick up a hand full of hair on back of its neck, life up and pinch as u do and holler or loudly say NO MORE DOG THIS IT IS YOUR GOING TO STOP NOW AND I MEAN IT DO U HEAR ME?
They soon get the idea and know your most upset from normal voice and posture of your body and know you highly upset, they learn to stop if u continue this behavior and training in positive manners.
Never negative just work and be patient and speak the language and they learn it as mine do and they know just by my posture and looks if I am upset the cower down and I never place a hand on them I break their hearts with this atttention of as told to you and it works.  If your dog lives u through out this works and keep it up until  u succeed.
If u need further help just holler for me

Kind Regards
patt
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