My dog misbehaves when I'm not around. How can I stop this?

bored dogs get destructive

training, exercise and supervision

crate when you can't watch

dogs will eat human food over dog food if they get the chance

sounds like you need a professional trainer to train you how to train dog

This is classic separation anxiety. Dogs get pissy when their owners leave them. They don't understand that we have to work in order to buy them food. All they know is that we leave them sometimes and they don't like it.

If she is good in a crate that is your best option. If not, take measures to keep her away from the things she gets into. Buy a garbage can with a push pedal lid. Hide the make-up. Put dog treats in a closet. If even this is presenting an issue, confine her to 1 semi-empty room or buy baby gates.

All you have to do is buy a crate and crate her when you are not home or when she can't be supervised. She behaves this way because she's not properly trained.

ADD: Rachel, you whip your dog when it gets into the trash. That is abuse and if you are going to continue doing that, then you should not have a dog. Try training your dog, instead of Abusing it.

Put her in a cage with a few twos some food and water when your not around. And when shes just acting bad put her in the cage until she learns shes doing bad things. Hope i helpedd !!!!!! (:

srry this is not going to be much help my dogs to do they get on the couch when we leave or go to sleep and they get into the trash we whip them when they do get in the trash so hope it sorta helped srry

put her in a room where she can't destroy anything or put her in a kennel when you leave. she evidently has anxiety issues when left alone.

Buy a crate.

USE IT.