He's a cutie!
You see real behavior after about a month or so. He probably didn't do those things at the shelter. It's only now that he's feeling comfortable that he's being his chewing stuff, cat chasing, poo eating little self. Don't you feel special?
With the poop, there are additives you can put on food that make it unappealing to eat the resulting poop. You could try that.
As to how long it will take to break the bad habits? 11 months is a destructive age. I got my last dog at 11 months. He was too terrified to move for a month, then he ate my couch, my dining room chairs, my dining room table, and all the baseboard in the kitchen in the space of a week. It was really something. I managed that by penning him in the bathroom while I was gone, and giving him a kong to chew on. And every single time I caught him chewing something he shouldn't, I'd replace it with a toy. But mostly the kong fixed it with Muggsy.
Good luck!
You see real behavior after about a month or so. He probably didn't do those things at the shelter. It's only now that he's feeling comfortable that he's being his chewing stuff, cat chasing, poo eating little self. Don't you feel special?
With the poop, there are additives you can put on food that make it unappealing to eat the resulting poop. You could try that.
As to how long it will take to break the bad habits? 11 months is a destructive age. I got my last dog at 11 months. He was too terrified to move for a month, then he ate my couch, my dining room chairs, my dining room table, and all the baseboard in the kitchen in the space of a week. It was really something. I managed that by penning him in the bathroom while I was gone, and giving him a kong to chew on. And every single time I caught him chewing something he shouldn't, I'd replace it with a toy. But mostly the kong fixed it with Muggsy.
Good luck!
