House Move - nightmare chewing & bad behaviour :0(

My boyfriend and I and our beautiful 9 month old boy Bailey moved house 2/3 weeks ago.  We have moved into a much bigger house with a 60' garden which Bailey loves.

BUT........Since the move - Bailey's behaviour has gone totally down hill, he has reverted back to peeing and pooing in the room overnight (when he wasn't before) his lead walking is a nightmare, if we let him off his lead, he wont come back when we call him and now he is destroying the whole house with his chewing!  Today he has chewed the walls and his plastic bed which he has never done before :0(

This all started when we started packing our old house up - so I'm thinking the move has really unnerved him.

We are at our wits end with what to do!

He has an endless supply of rope toys / kongs / big bones and other toys.  I'm going to Pets at Home at lunch time to see if they can advise me on what else I can do.

Has anyone else had this problem and does anyone have any advice on what we can do - its actually really upsetting me now, I hate to think that he isn't a happy pup

thanks for reading and any advice would be hugely appreciated :/

Jules
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I'm sure it will be the house move that has unsettled Bailey. Try going back to basic with the house/toilet training, getting up in the night to let him out if this is needed.

Has his routine changed along with the house move - what time he is walked and for how long etc. If his is being walked in a different area it may take him a while to adjust to his new surroundings.

Yeah, we have re-introduced the tray in the room overnight which he is now doing is business on, (next step up from peeing all over the floor), so that's a bit of progress.

I have been REALLY praising him, with so much enthusiasm when he pees in the garden and he seems to be picking this up slowly but surely!

We have kept his routine the same as much as we can and also have a dog walker who comes in to cover the couple of days a week that we are both at work.

My partner does shift work, so no week is ever identical, never has been, but we do try to stick to a walk first thing in the morning and one in the evening. There are the odd days here and there when we are both out all day (8-5:30) and on those days he has a walk in the morning, the dog walker comes at lunch time and he gets a walk at around 5:30 when I get in, all of around 1 hour. (which would make 3 one hour walks).

Its the chewing that has now kicked in that's really getting us down, he is destroying the house   

You could maybe try some bitter apple spray, it's available at Amazon, just spray it on any surface you don't want him to chew:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grannicks-118AT-Bitter-Apple-Spray/dp/B0002DHPRQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397560974&sr=8-1&keywords=bitter+apple+spray+for+dogs

Purchased a couple of Nyla bones yesterday and although quite pricey (id pay anything to stop my house being chewed haha) he seems to love them.....

lets just see how we get on.....
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Rocky got through some nyla bones when we first got him, we them switched him onto stag bars which are great too.

Agree with Kathy, stay consitant as possible with the routine, back to basic obiendience training, and Bitter Apple spray to prevent the chewing.

I know you said he has a kong, but have you tried varying the contents?
Do you freeze it so it lasts him longer?
If he was good before Im sure once he settles he will be good again.