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Question
MY 1 YEAR OLD WHITE BOXER WAS TAKEN TOO EARLY FROM HIS MOTHER, WHEN WE GOT HIM AT 3 MONTHS OLD HE HAD NEVER BEEN OUTSIDE. WE LOVE HIM DEARLY AND TAKE HIM TO THE VET REGULALY. HE HAS SEPERATION TROUBLES AND HE HATES HIS KENNEL.IT TAKES MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND TO GET HIM IN. THEN HE THRASHES ABOUT IN THE KENNEL AND HE HURTS HIMSELF, SO WE TAKE HIM OUT. HE ALSO CHEWS BLANKETS,PILLOWS CLOTHES ECT.. WHENWE LEAVE HIM. HIS VET PUT  HIM ON MEDICATION FOR SEOERARTION BUTS ITS ONLY BEEN 3 DAYS. HE ALSO WAS FIXED 4 DAYS AGO. WE REALLY NEED HELP, ANY THOUGHTS??!

Answer
HI JOANN
I HAD A BOXER NAMED BIG BRUISER, HE WAS FULL OF TOO MUCH ENERGY.  HE ALSO BIT A PERSON THAT WALKED INTO THE HOUSE.  HE HAD VERY BAD TEMPERMENT, AT THAT TIME I KNEW LITTLE OF BREEDERS IN BUYING DOGS.
IS HIS CRATE LARGE ENOUGH FOR HIM?
IS IT PLACED IN A NICE QUIET ROOM WHERE HE CAN SEE AROUND?
DO U PUT A TOY FOR HIM TO CHEW ON SUCH AS A KONG TOY FILLED WITH CHEESE OR PEANUT BUTTER, FREEZE OVER NIGHT, THAT WOULD GIVE HIM SOMETHING TO DO AND QUIET HIM DOWN?
KEEP A LIGHT ON AND PLAY A RADIO OF MUSIC?
NEVER USE A CRATE FOR PUNISHEMENT, I AM SURE YOUR NOT?
GIVE HIM TWO WEEKS OF BEING NEUTERED TO QUIET DOWN ALSO.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH TAKING PUPPIES HOME FROM THE LITTER TOO EARLY, BREEDERS WANT THE MONEY AND RID OF PUPPIES WORK.
TAKE HIM DAILY ON A LONG WALK, TALK TO HIM LIKE HE IS YOUR CHILD YOUR RAISING.
STOP AND GIVE HIM A BIG HUG DURING THE DAY.
KEEP HIM GAITED INTO ONE ROOM TILL HE STOPS CHEWING.  YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO BUY A RAW BEEF SOUP BONE AT THE GROCERY STORE THAT KEEPS THEM BUSY FOR A LONG TIME.
WOULD IT NOT BE BETTER TO LET THE CRATE OPEN DOOR AND JUST SHUT OFF A ROOM AND SEE IF HE LEARNS TO GO INSIDE HIMSELF.  PUT ALL THINGS AWAY THAT HE COULD GET TO AND CHEW OR RUIN.  I HAVE A FEMALE THAT DOES SOME OF THIS JUST OUT OF SPITE.  IT IS NOT SEPERATION ANXIETY ON HER PART.
TRY AND TAKE THE DOG WITH YOU ON SOME RIDES, STOP AT A PARK OR ANYPLACE THEN GO FOR A WALK, THEN RIDE HIM BACK.  DO ANYTHING TO LET HIM KNOW THAT YOUR NOT TOTALLY LEAVING AND THAT HE IS ALSO PART OF THE FAMILY ON RIDES, WALKS, HOME AND WHEN YOU MUST LEAVE.  NEVER LEAVE HIM IN THE DARK, LIKE I SAID BURN A LIGHT, PLAY MUSIC.
OTHER THAN THIS, U MIGHT WANT TO CONSULT WITH A BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS TO ASSIST IN GETTING HIM SETTLED DOWN.  I DO NOT HAVE PROBLEMS SUCH AS THIS BUT I GET ALOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT BAD BEHAVIOR.  SOMETIMES I SUGGEST A SPRAY BOTTLE WITH WATER ADD A TAD BIT OF VINEGAR IN IT TO SPRAY THE DOGS FACE WHEN IT IS DOING WRONG.  THIS IS A POSITIVE METHOD OF BREAKING A BAD HABIT WHEN U CATCH THEM IN THE ACT OF.?
I WISH YOU THE BEST AND WISH I COULD OF OFFERED MORE HELP.

KIND REGARDS
PATT
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