Is these Puppy worth keeping or should I find it a new home?

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At the beginning Sept. our family dog for 15 years died. Not even three months later my brother brings home a 6 week old female boxer/jack russell mix. My mom and I know my brother only got her to replace our old dog who died. He claims she is his dog, but he never spends any time with her. She is lucky to get even 20 minutes with him a day. What makes it worse is she is a HUGE pain. She is always bossing our two other elderly dogs, which are a 10 year old Yorkie and a 13 year old **** tzu. She is always going to the bathroom in the house even though we let her out all the time. She could go outside for 20 minutes and not use the bathroom once, yet the moment she is inside she goes on the floor. She knows she should not do it, but still does. And to top it off, she chews everything. We have chew sticks, chew toys, and chew ropes, but she would rather tear up paper and chew the furniture. She really went to far today in her chewing. She was bugging our yorkie and would not settle down, so my mother pushed her off her lap. She goes straight into the other room and five minutes later I check on her because i don't trust her. In that five minutes, she chewed up some newspaper, dragged a armrest cover/ a shoe/ and hat into a pile, then chewed up my fathers reading glasses to a point were we have to replace them. Now all these items, but the shoe, was on the couch or end table. She knows she should not do these, but she does any way. I swear she did these out of spite because she was pushed off my moms lap. We don't know what to do with her. we don't have the time to train her properly, because everyone in our home works. My mom and I want to give her to a family that has the time for her, but my brother refuses to give her up even though he does nothing with her. Does any one have an idea of what we should do with her. My mom cant take any more of her and the problems and messes she creates. Also so you know, my brother is a 23 year old pizza delivery driver, who rather play his PS3 and hang out with friends. Also the puppy is now 12 weeks old, weights 14 pounds and is going to be the size of a boxer when she is fully grown.

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Just to make things clear, 12 weeks in dogs years is almost four in humans years. A dog ages 15 years in their first year of life. Also She is the fifth dog we had in my life time, we know how to train our dogs. She knows to go to the back door to be let out so she can go to the bathroom, She does it all the time. My mom and I play with her, let her out side and train her when we can everyday. But there is little improvement in her behavior, she is a smart dog. She knows where her food is stored and to go into her cage when she did something bad and got caught doing it.

marci knows best · Answer

This is going to be a very difficult dog under the best of circumstances. Neither breed is easy to train and both are high energy and need a great deal of mental and physical exercise. The puppy needs a home where they will take her to puppy kindergarten, train her, exercise her with 3 or 4 20-30 minute walks every day until she is about 8 months old and then the walks should be longer... 

Please rehome her now while she is still a cute puppy.

? · Answer

You need to put in the time with a 12 week old puppy. Were you able to hold your bladder at 12 wks? Puppies don't know and should only be taught with positive training for potty training. Google positive potty training. It's the only way that works and should be done with patience and lots of work, but it will pay in for the next 10-15 years of the dogs life

FidosCityGuide · Answer

Tell you brother,  if he wants to keep te dog he needs to enroll it in training classes,  and spend at least 2 hours a day working with it.  If he is not willing to do this the dog needs to find a new home.  Everything you are describing is a untrained puppy..   It's not a bad dog it just needs training and if your brother wants to keep the dog he needs to "grow up "  and provide training for the dog.

Tonja Welch · Answer

Since u dont have the time to train her find her a nice family.  Its like havin a kid n not bein a parent, dogs deserve to be trained properly. Its un fair to your dog. Make sure its a nice family n not ppl who will beat her. No dog deserves that, good luck.

Rayven ~ SCAdian girl · Answer

No she doesn't know she's shouldn't. She's a 12 week old pup with barely any bladder control. Of COURSE she's going to use the bathroom after being outside because all she's doing is playing. and no she's not doing it out of spite either. She's an untrained puppy in a home where NO ONE(that includes the entire family) is willing to put in the effort to train and supervise her. 

As for what to do? Your parents need to put their damn foot down with your brother - either the pup gets rehommed or they BOTH go.

? · Answer

All puppies chew things; it's not spite, it's the way they deal with the pains of teething. You can't give away someone else pet, even if they aren't a good owner. The best you can do is be understanding and put as much as you can into taking care of it yourself.

Elaine M · Answer

If he's not taking care of it, find it a new home.

Regine · Answer

give it some time it's just a new dog don't be angry at it. anyways I have a solution for you if she really can't resist whenever she goes and you notice she going to do "it" put a rag or a mat on it. when my dog in my picture was a puppy and I notice it's going to do it I get a mat and I raise her hind legs until she got used to go on all the rags/mats but she never did it on clothes :D so anyways try my advice good luck with it :)

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