I placed an older puppy with some people (10 months) old about 8 months ago. The family consists of Husband, Wife, son (10) and daughter (12). They have had the bitch for about 10 months. During this time they have called several times with problems such as digging and chewing and I have tried to counsel them about making sure the puppy has enough exercise and giving her acceptable things to chew on. They still didn't exercise the dog. I even had them bring the dog back and took the puppy bitch and her sire outside and played ball with them for 15 min. The bitch came up and laid by our feet. The wife's comment was she never does that. They took the dog home and she didn't dig a hole for two days and then started in again. When she called I told her you can't just exercise her once a week at this age. About 3 months ago they had this brain storm to get a second dog to play with the first. I advised against that but they did it anyway. Now they have new neighbors that have 2 little dogs that "tease" her dogs. The dogs are running the fence and have completely torn up the Husband's back yard. So now they are looking for new homes for both of these dogs. I am helping them place the GSD I placed and they are giving the other gsd back to the Rescue they got him from. If we can't find a home for her I will take her back. WHY WON"T THEY LISTEN. Glenn Murphy Shaden Shepherds ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================