Dog Houses

Well, My Max is now 7-1/2 months old, and i just got him a dog house to spend some time while I am gone to work. He currently has a doggy door into my 300 sq foot screened in porch that he has had free rein of. The problem is he is tearing the place apart. He is chewing on my wicker furniture, digging all the dirt out of my plants, redecorates all the rugs, and is changing the color of my newly installed ceramic style. So, I bought a dog house and want to get him accusstomed to staying in there. But the problem is he is scared of it, and won't go in. My boyfriend blocked off the doggy door last friday and put him out (I was out of town), but all Max did was tear apart the screens in the doggy door.
Max is alone for about 7 hours a day, and I leave him outsite in my huge back yard (I live in Sc so the weather is nice year round) for the day. Any suggestions on getting him used to the dog house?
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Do you fit in it?....I ask this because I believe if he can smell "you" in it he will get use to it....try going in it for a while...or at lease put your hand in it....then leave something of your own... like an old sweatshirt,pants...anything that smells like you, and leave some of his favorite toys in it and a treat....if you see him in or around it congrat him....slowly he will get to know it as part of his territory.
Me again....new idea,
try putting his doggie house inside your screen patio first..then after he is used to it .... move it out...but alway put something he is familiar with inside it.
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