My staffy cross border collie is 6 months old. We got her from the RSPCA when she was 3 months old. She was born there so hasnt had a real home at all.
She is getting into everything. NO matter how much we clean up, she keeps getting into stuff. First it was shoes, then paper, then toilet paper all over the house. Cardboard, recycling stuff and even laundry powder, rugs, couches, power cord, chargers, the cats toys, hoses, brooms, rakes, pegs, clothes, socks, towels, tissues etc. We have tried Tabasco sauce and it worked on shoes but she doesnt care. she will chew past it and destroy.
We have brought her toys, (chew toys, bones stuffed toys, pull rope etc.) and she will play with them but will not destroy like she does with our stuff. Everything she gets into that isnt hers is ruined when we go out. That is the thing. When we're home; she wont do any of this. But when we're gone for no matter how long, we come home and theres a giant mess in the middle of the lounge room. We have puppy-proofed the house, but she still gets stuff. And we don't know how.

So please. We need some advice on how to get her to stop this bad behaviour. I understand she's teething, but thats what her toys and bones are for. I'm tired of coming home to a messy house and a naughty puppy. Please.
I will try anything as long it will help!!

The fact that she's only doing it when you're out - and that it's your stuff, that smells of you - suggests this may be separation anxiety, rather than simple destruction.  What do you do when you leave her, do you leave her with anything to occupy her now?  Any particular routine?  How does she behave when you are leaving and when you return?  How do you behave when you come home to find the wreckage?

Also, what sort of exercise does she get, how often and how long?  What training and play do you do with her each day?

It's NORMAL puppy behaviour, it's your job to ensure she cannot get stuff and provide her with stuff she can have.

I have found this behaviour actually increases to around the year, and gradually diminishes but the more they get to practice the worse.

Does he get enough mental stimulation as destructive behaviour over and above the love of chewing things up, can be a sign of boredom, stress, or frustration.

She chews because she can.
Do you let her have the run of the entire house, or do you confine her to one room? Have you thought of crate training her?
This does sound like a form of separation anxiety, does she bark or howl when your not there? Have the neighbours said anything? You can get an app which will activate and record any noise.

Sounds pretty normal to me, puppies like to chew things up, as well as the toys you have bought her you can also give her any old boxes to rip up. When I have a pup in the house most things are given to puppy before ending up in the bin - empty juice bottles, empty kitchen roll tubes with a biscuit in it and the ends folded over, empty cereal boxes, newspaper to shred etc. Overnight or if I'm out I put pup in the kitchen with a pet gate between them and the rest of the house, I put masses of bones, chews, toys and things to destroy and play with in the kitchen.

It is normal puppy behaviour......pups are hard work.The use but not abuse of a crate might be a good starting point.At the very least it would keep her safe when you are not in the house.

> It is normal puppy behaviour......pups are hard work

Too right!

When you have a puppy, you have to PUPPY PROOF your home and that means removing anything you value, or which might result in your puppy ending up on the vet's operating table.   The fact this is going on when you are not there, suggests it's a form of separation anxiety and/or she's just bored.   The BC in her means she's going to need mental as well as physical stimulation too.   You might use a crate, but that would depend, for me, on how long you are away.   I don't believe in crating puppies of this age for much longer than 3 hours during the day - in that, you may be better setting up an escape proof area which is puppy-proof too (things she shouldn't get into!).

When you go out, make sure she's had a good amount of sensible exercise first and leave a radio on playing softly (I prefer to use a classical music channel).   If you are in the UK, it's not so easy to find such places, but if you can, you might consider getting her into a day care centre so she has company and things to occupy her mind so she's not needing to be doing all this destruction.

Otherwise, this mix apart, I'd suggest she's just a puppy, doing puppy stuff.

How long is pup being left ?at this age theu really shouldn't be left very long at all and if bored will do what u are saying.with you around boredom is less likely and of separation anxiety  that will be e solved with I there.i would Crate train for short periods only ,unless overnight but that requires u to get up and let pup out for wees too. Day care is ok of you really know the people understand small pups and the ratio of dog to humans is high. Remember there are few checks on this.also are all sizes of pups together something I woudl need to see. Otherwise of you at egoing tp be out regularly perhaps someone xo.ing I  to see you dog let it out short walk may help too.otherwise you have a normal pup

> If you are in the UK, it's not so easy to find such places, but if you can, you might consider getting her into a day care centre

Actually there is a huge amount of doggy day care and dog sitters/walkers, a real growth industry.

Problem is finding a good one, as yet it's fairly unregulated.

> Actually there is a huge amount of doggy day care and dog sitters/walkers, a real growth industry.

Really?   Apart from not being the case down these 'er parts obviously times have changed, I guess because so many more people are working a full week.  We had one in the boarding kennel I worked in who came in Monday to Friday and then went out with his owner, hunting, most weekends with the result the dog came into kennels on a Monday exhausted which kept him quiet for the next 48 hours.   I wasn't impressed with his life and wonder how he is coping now he must be significantly older.

Dint know what area u are mamabasas but it's the same here a huge growth industry but mainly  unregulated. I am lucky and have a good one  who I trust implicitly with mine . Looking at adverts and my only personal knowledge most of England d seems to have a good number offering services

Amd brainless and I are opposite sides of the country

My local vets noticeboard is full of offers of such services.

likewise another area that needs regulating . there are some excellent ones out there but also some that border on negligent

Yes, there are plenty about and more all the time.  We've probably got a dozen or so just in Scunthorpe.  Whether they are any good is another matter - I've worked for the most well known company and I can tell you, it's not good.  It really does need regulation now.

Normal puppy, not a naughty one, leaving her short amounts of time in a puppy proof house will be key... you need to puppyproof everything with little ones... just think of a baby, then Times the workload by 2 or 3 haha
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