Raising a puppy is not easy!! [View all]

We got Gemma when she was 8 weeks old and weighed 4 pounds. She is now 8 months old and weighs over 30 pounds, with boundless energy. Taking her for daily walks does not seem to tire her out much. Hiring a dog trainer helped, especially with toilet training, but she continues to chew up plastic bags and paper products of all kinds, as well as things like shoes and reading glasses and anything else we forget to move out of her reach. She has a crate for sleeping and when we leave the house, and we've got gates all over and are constantly moving things to where we think she can't get to them. But her legs and her reach keep growing. We don't know what her eventual size will be, because she's a rescue and we're not sure of her breed, although we know she's part beagle. She is vey sweet and we love her, but it's been very challenging. She is like a canine Dennis the Menace.
I welcome advice from anyone who's been through this.