I am totally perplexed at my Pomeranian's recent habit of scratching holes in the sheet rock of the wall...I don't have rats..for sure and she's been doing it on more than one wall. During the day when we aren't home we pen her up in the kitchen...it's not a small area which is where she's doing it. It is certainly a whole lot larger than her kennel...although I think she scratches at the wall when I have to put her in there when I'm at home.
I can't fully trust her with the run of the house yet. I've let her be outside a lot with this nice weather. I was so upset about the other little hole I found this morning that I decided to leave her out all day (very good temp, no rain, privacy fence back yard) Is this OK? But even if I do leave her out during the day when I'm gone...there still will be a time when I need to put her in the pen (i.e. rain, too hot, too cold).
Is she digging b/c she's mad? Is she alone too much? b/c I can't not go to work! Or is this a puppy thing? I wish I could catch her in the act and punish her...then she would know it's an unacceptable behavior.
I've been working on letting her out around the house with me more...but we have more work to do...Any suggestions? I don't really like leaving her outside (she's a BIG pom btw...11 lbs. +) but I also don't want swiss cheese for walls.
I can't fully trust her with the run of the house yet. I've let her be outside a lot with this nice weather. I was so upset about the other little hole I found this morning that I decided to leave her out all day (very good temp, no rain, privacy fence back yard) Is this OK? But even if I do leave her out during the day when I'm gone...there still will be a time when I need to put her in the pen (i.e. rain, too hot, too cold).
Is she digging b/c she's mad? Is she alone too much? b/c I can't not go to work! Or is this a puppy thing? I wish I could catch her in the act and punish her...then she would know it's an unacceptable behavior.
I've been working on letting her out around the house with me more...but we have more work to do...Any suggestions? I don't really like leaving her outside (she's a BIG pom btw...11 lbs. +) but I also don't want swiss cheese for walls.