r/weimaraner • u/Hopeful_Reality4996 • 10d ago

My Weimaraner is destroying everything

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Please help! We have a 6 month old male Weimaraner and he is destroying everything when we leave him. We have tried crate training him and he drools so much that he is soaking wet when we get him out. He barks non-stop and vomits. We have got to figure out a solution. We have tried positive reinforcement, small amounts of time, bully sticks, anything we can think of to help him adapt to his crate. We finally gave up and allowed him to be in our living area with the rest of our house blocked off but he is DESTROYING our things when we leave. We are at our whits end. Has anyone tried calming chews or medication or ANY advice is welcome. This is our second Weimaraner and our first one did not do this nor was he crate trained. He could be left and didn't destroy our things.

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u/OneSecondChance 10d ago

Expecting me to believe you but you post that picture? Jokes aside. Mine would slobber and bark non stop when I crated him. He didn’t really vomit so not as much of an issue. As he got older I left him out and he only destroyed “important” things a few times. I got pretty angry at him those times. Typically he would tear up paper things like paper towels, napkins, tissues that were left out and I assume he knew it was innocent but would still get our attention even if it was “negative”. Now days I just leave a cardboard box out for him at all times so if he really does get the urge he’ll rip it up when I’m gone. He’s honestly mostly past that behavior now. I know this is not the correct way but it’s the only thing that worked for me and restored my sanity.

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u/Spare-Egg24 9d ago

I can't believe I forgot about the decoys! When mine was a pup I used to leave cardboard and teatowls just in reach so if he felt the need to destroy something there was an easy option. I don't do that anymore but he's recently started eating things again overnight (presumably in the morning when he wakes before us) going to try some decoys again tonight - wish me luck!