Izzy needs a Kennel

We came home from church yesterday to find that Izzy had chewed or clawed the front blinds trying to see out. She used our new couch to climb on, which we put in front of the window. Izzy has shown signs of separation anxiety before, with howling and whining and jumping at the door. But she usually calms down and lays by the door waiting for us to come back. But this time she had a couch to jump on and look out the window. Then later that day, we found her asleep on the couch, when we had been downstairs. She has never had a problem with getting on the furniture before. I think it is because the couches are new to our home and we put them in the once empty front room, which is where her bed is. David has told me to get a kennel for when we leave, or she will have to go outside on a chain. David is missing Skip more now. He has realized what a good dog Skip was and can't really see the dog Izzy could become with proper training. I don't think she will ever come close to Skip in David's eyes.