Thanks so much for getting back to me. I'll try that stuff with his stealing.
As for the chewing, it's interesting b/c the first few days we'd gotten him he didn't do that. But then he started and it's gotten worse and worse. And, yeah, I can be gone all day at work or just have run to the grocery store and he'll have torn the couch to pieces. He really doesn't destroy anything else. One time I even had gone work and my husband had gotten in the shower and he'd chewed in that short time... One time he had even pushed one of the couches in front of the front door somehow and it was tough for me to even get in! He really always follows me around. He is very excited when I get home. I've currently been crating him while I'm gone so there's been no more chewing but then I'd left him out the other day to go to the store and he'd chewed again. I live in a condo so I don't have a yard, unfortunately... I can continue to crate him if I have to, but I'd really rather not...
We're also having some trouble house breaking him. When I'd left him out of the crate, he would go all day long w/o going in the house and then he'd go when I was about to take him out. He also will go all night but then randomly during the day he'll have an accident. When we catch him, we tell him no and take him out and praise him for going outside, but he doesn't seem to be getting it...
Thanks again for the advice!
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