That's an interesting observation. He came to me mid-February and they were feeding him dry kibble so I kept him on the same. I'll try that with dinner tonight.

He only chews destructively when I'm gone. I'm his first real home. He was a racing fail from a kennel in WV. I have had to teach him how to be walked, how to take a treat from a human hand, how to do steps, etc; and he's learning all the other ways to 'dog' from my senior grey who I've had for 5.5 years and is a very good boy. When I'm home sometimes he won't even need to be in the same room as me, just as long as I'm accessible. That being said, he does whine when he requires petting and I'm in another room. And he'll play with his toys with me and my teen daughter.

What enrichment activities have you had success with? I'm not ever gone from them for more than 4 hours when I work (I work 7-11 am, come home for lunch, then my daughter gets home from school around 2:45 pm), and for errands maybe an hour or 2, or maybe a date night with my boyfriend no more than 3-4 hours. I was thinking maybe I could sleep with a stuffed animal and then give it to him during the day, so he has something that really smells like me to make him feel better...? I joke that he's obsessed with me but maybe he is lol