[Help] Continued sneaky destrutive behavior from rescue dogs

So about a year ago my boyfriend and I took over care of my brother in laws four year old rescue dog. My brother in law frequently bounced from house to house and often didn't give the best care to the dog. After some discussion my bf and I agreed to adopt him to save him from going to a shelter. He's one of the sweetest dogs I've ever met. He's a Jack Russel and dachshund mix. He's extremely cuddly and sweet and listens well...when we're home. When no one is home it's a completely different story. The dog is only left alone for about 4 hours a day because my bf and I work different schedules; but he causes a ton of destruction in those few hours. He gets into the trash and drags everything out and hides it under our bed. He's climbs onto my kitchen table and urinates, He urinates on walls, my couch, my bookcases. anything he can get to. He ripped the bottom piece of my refrigerator off, ripped the bottom of my dishwasher off and hid it under my bed. He opens my lower dresser drawers pulls out all of the clothes in them and urinates on them. He climbs into by bathtub and steals shampoo bottles, soaps, and my tub stopper and hides them under the bed as well. I have spent hours cleaning up after him. Even when I close all of the doors in my home I have a very open floor plan and he always finds something to get in to. When I sleep I encounter the same problems with him. He's very agile and climbs on everything constantly finding new things to destroy. He's been neutered and through obedience school and none of that seems to be helping. I bought a very spacious crate to put him in complete with an orthopedic bed, and plenty of food and water for him. I put him in the kennel for the very short time I was gone hoping that would help but he urinated all over the kennel and the surrounding carpet. He ripped his bed to shreds and urinated all over his own food in the kennel. I also found a note from my neighbors when I returned home saying he was whining so loudly they could hear him. So clearly the kennel is not an option. I took him to the vet and they told me he had separation anxiety and prescribed him some dogie Xanax but that doesn't help him either. I love him I'm just at my wits end. Has anyone else had these types of problems with their dogs?If so how did you solve it. I need some piece of mind.

Submitted September 20, 2016 at 08:15PM by booklovinggagirl http://ift.tt/2cmnoGS dogs