First let me start by saying that Kate is SUCH a good dog, she really is
She did so well with Blake joining the family...I really thought she'd be more jealous than she is, she accepted him almost immediately and didn't seem down or depressed at all with the attention being split...
Kate goes for walk everyday with us, we go in the evening either right before we eat or right after. We go no matter what the weather is, and lately it's been around -15 to -20 C, so it's rather chilly!
Well our walks have become "less leisurely" because of the cold weather, we walk briskly and are home within a half hour vs our usual 45 minutes...
Now that we have Blake (and because my in-laws live around the corner) we go over there for more visits. They come here too, but they invite us over usually one night a week for dinner, this has been going on since we had Blake. Of course, Kate would always join us too, until this cold weather. She needs to stay outside in the yard while we're there (my in-laws like her, but they're little-dog people and aren't fond of Kate running around in their house). This is fine with us, to each their own and we understand...t
heir house, their rules.
The problem is that lately Kate sees myself, Eric and Blake leaving together without her. We ALWAYS take her for her walk BEFORE we go over there, so that she's tired and can just relax while we're gone. For the past few weeks when we've returned home Kate has drug out one of Blake's stuffed animals from his playpen in the living room and put it smack-dab in the middle of the floor to our entrance. That's it...she'd just pick one up each time and drop it there, as if to say "I know you went without me!"
WELL, over the weekend Eric, Blake and I went to get groceries and came home to one of Blake's toys COMPLETELY torn apart all over the entrance...uh-oh!
I sort of expected this to happen at some point...and to credit Kate it WAS a squeaky toy so she may have thought it was for her...BUT I know she knows better...
Any advice on what we could do? I'm reluctant to leave the house now...I'm afraid of what she might tear apart next!!!