My roommate got a puppy (now 9mo) and brought it home. My dog has lived where we live for a year already (2 years old) and I was fine the puppy, but it chews and destroys everything in my room. But literally just MY room, where my dog stays/sleeps during the day. Mostly, it has been chapstick, shoes, trash, etc. which is annoying to have to clean up after I get home, but I don’t necessarily care too much about. But, as the title states, the dog has gone too far.
It’s chewed my vibrator. Like not to the extent it’s broken, but there’s tooth marks and the rubber cover is loosened. This is the 2nd time it’s happened and it’s so annoying. She’s suggested that my dog did it, but for the past year of living here with just my dog, nothing has ever been chewed when I got home.
I understand I should just shut my door when I’m gone, but that seems like more of a punishment to MY dog, who then loses her freedom because of this other dog. What should I do??? Also, my room is very small, I don’t have a lot of things, but I have limited space to put my items anywhere than where they are already.
TL;DR : Roomate’s dog chewed up my vibrator
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put your toys up high or in a drawer, to a dog it looks like a toy.
Why isn’t that put away? In a drawer, under your mattress, in a box. Anything but leaving it in plain sight.
Your roommate needs to be watching her dog or at least restrict where it can go with pet gates/etc. Puppies can’t just have unsupervised free reign of a dwelling… that’s how they chew and pee/poop on things.
The fact that your roommate does nothing to watch her own dog speaks volumes about her as a dog owner.
I want to be clear that your roommate shoulders most of the blame here.
I also think that if you know that there’s an unsupervised puppy on the loose, you either need to close the door to your room, or pick up *everything* within its reach so that it isn’t chewing/destroying your things.
Is your dog required to stay only in your room while you’re gone? If they can be in a more general location (living room etc.) while you’re away, you can keep your door closed and your belongings protected.
If your pup must stay in your room only, so the door cannot be shut, you will need to look at some creative storage solutions to ensure the puppy does not have access to your belongings. You could hang nets from the ceiling to toss shoes or clothing in (like sometimes you see people do with stuffed animals). Is there space on any of your walls for a shelving unit? Is your under-bed space available for those flat storage bins?
Just trying to brainstorm what you can do to protect your stuff. It sounds like your roommate is not going to accept responsibility for the damage unless you can definitively prove it was their dog, and I don’t know if you want to go through the hassle of setting up cameras etc. It sucks and it’s not fair, but the alternative is to continue letting your stuff get chewed up.
I threw up in my mouth a little when I read your title.
Get a second box to put it in, maybe one with a latch?
Roomate either needs to watch the dog better or crate it if she isn’t home. I’d also make her replace everything. Puppies have to be trained. It is her responsibility.
You think it’s bad now, wait till that puppy has had a couple years of staying home all day with nothing to do but chew on things; that’s going to be one neurotic unmanageable dog. People get these smart appealing dogs and think they’ll just switch themselves off when Mistress goes out for the day. It doesn’t work like that–the smarter they are, the more stimulation they need and the crazier they get when they’re bored., I feel sorry for you, the puppy, and everyone who’s going to have to deal with it (except your clueless roommate),
Roomie’s got to control her puppy one way or another, full stop.
Just keep your valuables in a metal tool box until the puppy is trained.
That’s so dangerous how your roommate is allowing her puppy to free roam long enough to chew all of these things. Puppies can get obstructions or get very sick. Hope she’s ready for a 10k surgery if that happens.
If she can’t watch her puppy, it needs to be in a crate, locked in her room, or in an xpen. There’s no reason your dog should be excluded from your room due to your roommate’s poor dog training.
Get a motion camera. Point camera at door (not at bed unless you into those things).
I’m assuming your own dog is well trained and won’t enter room mates room.
Every time you suspect other dog enters your room then you can show.
Ask your roommate to pay for a new vibrator.
Put up a dog gate at your dog so tie dog can still look outside the room of leave them in the communal area of Gf apartment.