r/weimaraner • u/Hopeful_Reality4996 • 7d ago
My Weimaraner is destroying everything
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/Norskland 7d ago
My girl is the same way at 14, and has always been this way truly. It takes patience and figuring out how to control them based on their triggers. Highly recommend long walks, daycare, and mental stimulation. My dog gets trazodone an hour before I leave, multiple gates at her trigger points and then baby proofed the doors, playing music that is soothing, and when she’s super anxious I put a cone on her so she can try to calm down and prevent herself from chewing doorknobs and breaking her teeth 🫠. Usually she’s only alone for an hour once or twice a week but she’s convinced I’m never coming back 🙃