If it isn't one thing it's another. It is like his behavior is on the a huge decline. Anthony and I sort of think he is acting out because he is jealous of Bear and wants attention. Ever since Bear was born Charlie has just turned into a problem dog. I love him I really do, and I am trying so very hard but I do not know how much more of this I can take!
It started with him peeing in the house. He would pee even though we took him out. I don't mean like once in a while I mean like EVERYDAY sometimes even two or three times in one day. He is house trained and he knows that it is wrong. That is why he won't ever pee while there are people around in the same room. He always waits until we are sleeping or out of the house, or if we are distracted he will go into the bedroom and pee on the floor. And people, we have carpet! He is staining it more and more by the day and we do not know what to do. He even hides it by covering it up with clothes or blankets or anything he can find. So sometimes we miss it and it soaks in and makes a really bad stain.
Then he started pooping in the house! So now he is doing both inside for no reason! He once pooped at least 5 times in a pile of CLEAN laundry and hid it in the clothes. We did not find out for days later. Yes I know my bad for leaving clean laundry out for days and not putting it up, but STILL unacceptable on his behalf!
So we decided to suck it up and rough it out in hopes that it will get better. It did, a little but he is still peeing and pooping inside the house, only about 2 times a week now though. But he has started doing other things that are less than favorable.
He started eating the garbage, which he never used to do before! So we can no longer leave the garbage bag on the floor (meaning not in the garbage can) because sometimes we take the bag out of the can and set it on the floor so we can fit more in it. Well, we can't do that anymore cuz Charlie will tear it all up. One day Anthony came home from dropping me off at work to find the WHOLE house covered in garbage! and not to mention sauces and God knows what else smeared all over the carpet! We learned quick on this one and never left the garbage out of the can again since, but really... it annoys me that we can not do that.
He has also started eating and tearing apart dirty diapers! Sometimes we are tired and forget to take a dirty diaper to the trash and leave it on the changing mat (which is on the floor). Charlie is now eating them! He tears them open and throws the poopy mess all over the house and digs in. I know if we were more careful and made sure we always put them in the trash this would not be an issue but there is clearly something going on here because Charlie NEVER used to do this before. He just randomly started doing it recently.
And that's not all! This past week he has added dumping his food bowl over to the list. I am not sure why he is doing this either! He just dumps it out all onto the floor. Every time we fill it up. And then eats it through out the day. So we have a dog food mess on our floor basically all the time because once we put the food back in the bowl... he just dumps it again.
One of his newest issues. He is eating Bear's toys! He chewed through 3 of Bear's plastic toys and a binky. He also chewed through a cat toy that we were playing with him (Charlie) with which is sort of not a big deal but it was made of plastic and he SHREDDED it all under our bed so it is in a million pieces under there and it would be very difficult for us to clean it up with out moving the bed (which is like imposable). Not to mention, he ruined the FIRST thing I ever bought for Bear. When I found out I was pregnant I bought him a cute little sheep lovie. It was very extremely special to me. And Charlie took it under our bed and tore it to shreds. I am so very upset about this.
And last but not least... he is now eating Bear's bottles! Ripping the nipples off tearing them to shreds and attempting to drink the formula inside. Those bottles are $5 a piece and we are now down to about 6 that have not been torn up. This really has got to stop! And now we can't put Bear on the mat on the floor with toys or a bottle unless we lock Charlie in the room because we never know when he is going to go to town on them! And when we leave the house we have to make sure all the toys and all the bottles and all the diapers and the binkys are all out of his reach. Because we have come home several times to a huge disaster in our house and a lot of things ruined.
Oh Charlie, I have not the slightest idea what to do with you! I hope and pray that you knock it off because my patients is running very very thin at this point. I am SOOOO close to giving up and putting you on Craigslist! The main thing holding me back is that you were the dog that we got when I was pregnant. You are the dog in all the pictures with Bear as a tiny baby I was hoping so badly for you to grow with Bear and for the two of you to become great pals. But at this point I do not think the aggravation is worth it. You were a good dog... what happened?
P.S. He is NOT allowed on Bear's boppy or on any of his blankets either this was taken in the morning, Bear's boppy fell off the bed during the night and Charlie had been sleeping in it all night long. Next to him (the blue blanket) is his blanket that we keep on the floor next to our bed for him to sleep on.
