What are some chewing alternatives?

Question

I have a beagle who likes to chew on everything that is not supposed to be chewed on. He has rawhide in every room of the house. He does not like soft toys. He is take screwdrivers, remotes and anything else he can get. I know you are suppose to limit the rawhide because off stomach stuff. Petco was no help.

I have a beagle who likes to chew on everything that is not supposed to be chewed on. He has rawhide in every room of the house. He does not like soft toys. He is take screwdrivers, remotes and anything else he can get. I know you are suppose to limit the rawhide because off stomach stuff. Petco was no help. (He isn't lonely. He spend one hour a day alone and gets one walk a day and the dog park twice a week.)

Answer 1

When I had a Doberman, she liked to chew. I got her a nylabone (I think that is what they call them).... it was all she chewed after that. I got it at Wal Mart. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Beagles are sweet but they are the densest and hardest dogs I have EVER trained. You have to spend months (or years) re-training your dog to leave your stuff alone! They're not born knowing what not to touch.

First, keep him in a dog crate anytime you can't supervise him - not because he's bad, but the same way you'd use a playpen with a baby. Keep him on a leash at all times and tie the end to your belt so you can supervise and train him. Keep only two dog toys out at any one time. If a dog has too many toys, he will think that everything loose in the house belongs to him. You need to teach him that everything loose in the house belongs to YOU.

Show him one item that he usually steals or chews up - if he tries to take it, tell him "NO!" and give him a jerk on the leash. Then take him to his dog toy, get him all excited and tell him "GOOD BOY!" when he takes his toy. Practice this every day with items that he is and isn't supposed to have. When he is perfect, you can drop the leash and let him drag it around - but keep him confined to the room that you are in, so you can keep an eye on him and correct him if he makes a mistake.
Read some great books on training. . (Try not to pick books randomly - there are a lot of bad books out there also!) These are some of my favorites and you can get them on Amazon.com
What All Good Dogs Should Know – Volhard http://www.volhard.com/
Good Owners, Great Dogs - Brian Kilcommins
Dog Tricks : Eighty-Eight Challenging Activities for Your Dog from World-Class Trainers by Haggerty and Benjamin
Don't Shoot the Dog - Pryor
Training Your Dog: The Step by Step Method - Volhard
Dog Problems - Benjamin
Cesar's Way - Cesar Millan
Also, watch the Dog Whisperer on the National Geographic Channel. Cesar Millan is the best trainer I've ever seen on TV.
http://www.dogpsychologycenter.com/

If the training doesn't work out, there are robot dogs that are very obedient.

Answer 3

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/NzvHv

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 4

PetCo, PetsMart, Target, & WalMart sell the "kong" toys. They are red or black rubber toys that have little grooves and slots in them to put goodies in to keep your pup busy (they sell liver, cheese, and chicken flavor "cheez-wiz" that's safe for dogs). If that doesn't help, try not letting her see you have the remote or whatever else she wants. Usually a firm "NO!" will do, but some pups long for any attention including negative. If all else fails, you can try to ignore her until she stops (as long as she is not going to harm herself). I do agree with putting chili powder on as a last resort, but before you go to that extreme, a squirt gun kept in the fridge filled with half lemon juice and half water might do the trick. Just squirt her (in the face is the most effective) when she tries to get into something she's not supposed to. You could even crate her in the evening to play it safe.
Don't try everything at once though. Take it a week at a time. If you don't start seeing results with one method in 7 days, switch to another. Behavior classes might be needed, but can be expensive. It'll be frustrating...you'll want to give up...but don't. He'll grow out of it eventually. :) You must be careful that he doesn't ingest any of the things that he is not supposed to be chewing on. These things can become "forgien bodies" that have to be surgically removed. And that's WAY more expensive then any behavior class.
Good Luck!

Answer 5

I have a beagle also and she chews on everything too no matter what I give her. But I have found something she likes and she has actually had it since Christmas while most of her toys don't last past a couple days. you can get them at Wal-mart and all it is is like a thick kind of hard plastic bone. Its blue and 7 or 8 inches long and fat on one end. She loves it. I hope that helps!

Answer 6

Try a Kong. These are hard rubber and are virtually indestructable. They come in various sizes. You can fill it with small treats and watch your dog roll it around to get them out. However, I found with my dog that after the first time he has it figured out and it doesn't take as long.

The best thing is to fill it peanut butter, a great favourite with dogs. Freeze it first and it will last longer. Whenever your dog chews on something he is not supposed to take it away and give him the Kong.

Answer 7

Get him a ball with a rope on the end of it, any chewy toys.when you see him with things he should not have say no and give him his favorite toy. Play fetch with him, teach him different things.
I had a beagle once and he loved ice cubes, I taught him to speak everytime he wanted an ice cube when I went to the freezer.

good luck

Answer 8

Get him a hard rubber toy and when u see him chewing on something hes not supposed to put it in his mouth.

Answer 9

he needs a lot of attention, a young dog or pup is like having a toddler they just do things. a few of my dogs were like that around1 1/2 --2 years old they start getting better and then stop that.......it is pretty bad when you cant set nothing down, hammer, nail sack, cap, coffee mug,etc

Answer 10

Have you tried carrots? My puppy (miniature schnauzer) acutally loves them. They help with teething as well. We started with the carrot chips to see if he liked them and then moved to the actual sticks. You may have to hold it for a while until he accepts them. A little bit of peanut butter may help too...