So my husband and I have 2 adorable dogs. We have a 2 year old mini daschaund (Dixie) and a 1 year old black lab (Jewls). When we got Dixie we started leaving her in a crate while we were at work to avoid any potty accidents while we were gone. Then when we knew she was potty trained we tried letting her roam the house when we were gone, hoping that she would just sleep all day. That didn't work, she pulled up carpet 2 times and that was the end of that. Back to the crate she went. Then we when we got Jewls a year later we still had Dixie in the crate, so without a thought we put Jewls in a crate. Once Jewls was potty trained we had a doggie door installed and tried leaving them alone in the house. That worked really well for about 6 months! Then about 2 months ago when my husband and I were on our honeymoon she ate 2 couch pillows, just the zippers. Then nothing happened for about another 6 weeks, and in the last 2 weeks she has eaten 2 more pillows again the zippers, chewed up some carpet and chewed the zipper on a couch cushion!! We don't know what to do with her. We know that the couch cushion was her because it is the kind that is attached to the couch and was flipped over the couch and Dixie can't reach up there. So we know it's Jewls! We don't want to have to start putting her in the crate again, so I tried this morning taking her for a walk/run we we woke up to see if she just has pent up energy throughout the day. Hopefully this works....
