My 7 month old English Mastiff (Maximus) is chewing the sheetrock corners of the hallways in my house. All yo

Answer 1

Redirect his chewing with some toys, like a Kong toy, or rawhide. He is cutting adult teeth and will chew things up at this age. He needs to chew to get those teeth cut through his gums, much like a human baby needs.

Best thing I've found is to keep things you don't want chewed up out of his reach, cause if you don't he will chew them. Also you could try spraying with a anti chewing product like "Bitter Apple" to help discourage him from chewing things that you don't want him to chew. It tastes bad to them but doesn't hurt them.

My boxer/mastiff chewed everything from walls, to shoes, to clothing to the TV remote, table legs...nothing was safe, even my toes he would gently chew on....lol...

We also gave alot of attention, went on walks often and provided good chew toys during his teething period. And used Bitter Apple spray.

If you catch him chewing on something hes not supposed to scold him with a low strong tone but don't ever hit him. Then after a few minutes of no attention, redirect him to a good chewing option.
Give him praise when you catch him using his chew toys to reinforce and encourage him to use them.

Aren't puppies fun??? : )

Answer 2

When my dog was a pup he did that too. We put tabasco sauce on the molding he chewed. Don't put much on. But he never chewed again. I can guarentee that if you put a little on your pup won't chew there anymore. It will think that if it chews that or anything else like that, that it will be hot. Plus it won't hurt him at all to put it there.

You may also want to get it a rawhide bone. Or a hollow bone. If it doesnt chew it, just put something inside it. Meat, cheese, peanut butter. Anything it'll eat. You can just throw the bone in the diswasher to clean the food out of the center.

Answer 3

A dog should be trained on how to eat, walk with you, not to bark, potty training and sleep on its place etc. You can teach anything to your puppy, dogs get trained easily with some good instructions. If you want some good training tips visit https://tr.im/J27jk

If properly trained, they should also understand whistle and gesture equivalents for all the relevant commands, e.g. short whistle or finger raised sit, long whistle or flat hand lay down, and so on.

It's important that they also get gestures and whistles as voice may not be sufficient over long distances and under certain circumstances.

Answer 4

Sounds like he may be still teething. Get him some chewy toys or rawhide. Also I think the pets store carries stuff you can spray on things so they taste nasty to the dog and they won't chew. But if he's teething he needs to gnaw to get those teeth through the gum, or it'll drag on longer.

Answer 5

Spray something on it that does not make the animal sick. Ask your Vet for advice .
Also purchase a lot of chewy bones that will help prevent your puppy from hurting stuff in your home.

Answer 6

Puppies always chew on everything. If he doesn't have them already, I would get him lots of good strong chew toys or pig ears. I would hope he would find those funner or tastier. If that doesn't work, may the force be with you until he gets bigger. :)

Answer 7

Try putting him on vitamins and mineral supplements. Also, get him some toys that he can chew. Sometimes when puppies
are vitamins and mineral deficient they will eat sheet rock.

Answer 8

it's 7 months? then it's doing that either to relive toothache (or something along those lines) or just the urge to chew something has taken over its wittle brain =)

Answer 9

my dog chewed the walls too when he was a puppy, it seemed he just needed attention and to grow up. he doesn't do it anymore