Help!! Eating Walls!!

[Ivy]

I have been leaving Tynan out of his crate during the day to see how he does. Funny thing is that I would leave him out of his crate when he was about 6 months old and he wouldn't get into trouble and he was loose in the house alone. Then Lincoln moved in 100%. Now that Lincoln is here I had to crate Tynan because they would get into things together.

The first day I left the two out there were no problems, the 2nd day Tynan decided he wanted to eat the wall!!! Tynan did this before when I had to put him in the laundry room with the smaller dogs because I needed the large crate for a foster temporarily. I thought it was because he didn't want to be in the laundry with the smaller dogs (they can get a bit grumpy) Could that be an indication that he's not enjoying being with another dog that's a bit more on the annoying side all day?

Tynan never does this at night (he's loose then too) and never does it when i'm home.

How can I get him to not eat the walls when i'm not home? My goal is to not crate him anymore and I understand if maybe he's not at that point yet but perhaps some of you guys will have some suggestions that I can try.

Tynan is usually such a behaved boy, maybe it's his teenage years are coming on, lol.

 

[dachshunds4me]

Dogs chew because they are bored, or they are anxious when left alone.
Just crate him until you can work on whichever issue it is with him.
I have 5-6 yr. old dogs I still will not leave uncrated - they just get into stuff and I'd rather prevent issues than have to fix them when I get home.