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Current dog had never really been inside before, first time she saw a TV on she tried to go behind it to get at what was on the TV. She was still at a puppy stage mentally despite being a fully grown adult dog.
She ripped up the arm of a sofa, chewed the bottom of a door, chewed some glasses that had actually been left on a high shelf (she jumped and snatched those), and would steal books off the bookcase to chew.
She only ever did this for attention, however she would grab the tray you were eating your dinner off to get at the dinner, this is the only one she would do for something other than attention as this always seemed more about being hungry.
No longer does any of this, just took a few months of training.