A Friend of an Old Friend of Mine

Recently I reconnected with a highschool friend of mine who had not long ago adopted an abandoned pup.  She named him Leo. She was very excited about having her first dog, posted the news on FaceBook with his picture and wrote about some of his antics namely chewing up things that he had discovered and thought were toys.  There were some other issues namely the dog not being housebroken and crying all night when placed in his crate.  We corresponded via FB and agreed that some training was definately in order and so we played a couple rounds of telephone tag and finally got together to hammer out a day and time.  During the course of our conversation, my friend told me that Leo had chewed up her $300.00 pair of glasses for the second time.  She was as anyone would be very upset and now because she has "invested over $1500.00 in this dog-I'm not sure I want to keep him."  I got a call from her yesterday that she wanted to cancel our session for Sat because of all the expense that she has incurred already.  This is a clear case of an owner blaming the dog for his chewing issues.  She has talked about rehoming him, but that's not the answer either.  A dog should never be rehomed for destructive behavior.It is up to the owner to set the dog up for success in the first place.  DON'T LEAVE ITEMS THAT COULD BE THOUGHT OF BY THE DOG AS TOYS LYING AROUND WHERE THE DOG HAS ACCESS TO THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.  Give your dog appropriate toys to play with and reward them with praise while they are playing with them.  If you know your dog will climb up onto a chair to get your glasses off your desk, tilt the chair toward the desk so that the seat is not in a position for the dog to climb onto it.  PUT YOUR SHOES,SLIPPERS,AND OTHER ITEMS OF CLOTHING AWAY AND OUT OF REACH FOR THE DOG TO DESTROY. I am really feeling bad about what my friend is going through because I know she loves Leo, but not investing in training him is a HUGE mistake!