my puppy keeps digging and chewing HELP PLEASE!!?

Question

can someone please help me i have never owned a pup she's a staffy cross red heeler and ridgeback but she just keeps chewing everything and digging up everything she's 7 months old does anyone know how to stop this as i am in a rental property and dont want to be kicked out

Answer 1

Your dog needs a lot of attention. If your dog is in the yard for hrs she may be very bored and lonely and this can cause destructive behavior. There are other causes for this as well. You may want to get her a kennel cab where she can stay indoors while you are gone and use the backyard or area she digs in for playing with her and spending quality time with her. Sometimes dogs get lonely for other canine companionship as well, so making a regular trip to a local dog park would be great for her. She will love you for it. Make sure she has plenty of chew toys that she likes. My Pit mix likes the inedible bones that challenge her jaws like the "Goliath" bone and Nylabones. With the Nylabones I make sure to discard them once the ends are chewed back so she doesn't swallow that center piece.
Here is an excellent link for the digging and chewing problems that you mention. surf around on the site for lots of detailed info and see what you relate to.
http://www.karyngarvin.com/separation-anxiety-in-dogs.htm

Answer 2

First off, you're going to have to train the pup. You've probably got her some toys, at seven months she's probably teething. Play with her with the toys and she'll learn that she's not to chew on anything else.
As for digging... your best plan is to see if there's a reason she's digging. And are you talking about in the house or in the yard. If it's in the yard, tell her firmly no and bring her inside. If she's doing it inside same deal. Say no firmly and take her to a bedroom or someplace you can isolate her temporarily. Even putting her leash on and looping it on a doorknob may work. (But do make sure it's not too short. She should have enough slack on the leash to lay down and put her head down on her paws.) A short time out one or two minutes no longer. She'll figure it out.
Check out a training school. And also I strongly advise buying a crate. Either a wire one or a plastic one. Both work, but a lot of pups like the plastic ones, they seem more like a den then the wire ones.
Good luck with your new puppy! Hope some of this helps!
~Manda

Answer 3

I used to have a puppy that used to love to chew and bite everything. EVERYTHING. What you can do about the chewing is, you can hold her mouth closed (but not too tight, because you could be squishing her tongue with her teeth), and say "No Bite" many times. If she still bites and she doesn't know who the boss is, hold her and hold her hind paws on your stomach and head opposite direction. She will wiggle, but wait for her to settle. Then she will understand that you are the boss. Why? Because when puppies are with their mothers, their mothers used to flip them over so that the puppy's belly would face up, and that is how the mother dog would tell the pup that she was the boss. About the digging, you can buy a playpen for her so if she digs, she'll just dig in the playpen. If you really really are having trouble with the digging, then maybe you should look at her nails, maybe they are sharp and she doesn't like them... all dogs are different. If these tricks that I've taught you don't work, see the vet. ALSO, NEVER ABUSE YOUR DOG OR POINT FINGERS AT HER. NEVER. If you hit her or make a hitting pose, then she will be scared of you. Do not hit her. DO NOT. Do not even point a finger at her when you think she is bad. Trust me!

Answer 4

What a mixture of breeds. I would like to see that....................

At her age and still digging, I would have to guess she is bored. You probably are not walking her long enough. Some dogs never outgrow chewing and digging.

I have two Maltese dogs. I don't like to brag (HA HA) but they do not chew or dig. One is only seven months. He has NEVER chewed anything but his own toys. Tomorrow, just because I bragged them up, they will eat my house.......Seriously, some dogs just do it. I think you should talk to a trainer. I had one dog that dug holes at random all along my fence line. I had it filled in with river rock and he never dug those up, he stayed away from rocks.

Good Luck..........Try walking her more and see if it helps.

Answer 5

Punish her ...The water gun is a good idea but a rolled up news paper is best. Smack her on the butt or in the nose...It is harmless but the noise will teach her. Also have some chew toys around and some Rawhide bones as well have some good hard bones. If she keeps chewing the wrong things put son vinegar on What she is attracted to they hate the taste. But the paper is great thing..I have raised so many puppies and it works

Answer 6

If you catch her in the act strongly correct her, and lead her to appropriate chew toys. I do not know how to stop digging, maybe someone else can help.

Issy

Answer 7

based upon the breed of your dogs, some canines are certainly vulnerable to dig. For chewing, get some Kong chew toys, and smear slightly peanut interior to motivate interest. domestic dog will chew luckily for hours! verify to choose a Kong suited to reproduce. For digging, you will desire to attempt picking a undeniable part of the backyard which you will enable digging in, and practice domestic dog to dig in effortless terms there. it relatively is executed; examine some stable coaching books out of your close by library. If the digging issues you because of the fact domestic dog is ruining your backyard...nicely, warm newsflash...a house with pets isn't often greater proper residences and Gardens. Fur on the clothing and fixtures, funky stinks in the residing house, and holes in the backyard are the costs we pay for the chilly nostril in the lap and the Paw of Friendship, the loyalty and the affection. If domestic dog is digging out below the fence to choose for a romp around the community, advance the walks/exercising quotient, so possibly domestic dog gets too drained to hassle, and examine some stable coaching books/tapes/DVDs (i prefer to propose Cesar Millan, "The dogs Whisperer", national Geographic channel, Victoria Stilwell, "it relatively is Me or the dogs", Animal Planet, and Barbara Woodhouse's 'No undesirable canines' e book) out of the library. additionally seek for advice from a stable close by breeder for suggestions. perfect success!

Answer 8

Go to a feed store like Tractor Supply, where they would sell items for horses. It is in a blue spray can , It is used for horses to keep them from chewing, I have raised bulldogs and they are bad about chewing, I use the spray for my dogs. It is safe and it works, It has a bitter taste that they wont like.

Answer 9

i have a staffordshire bull terrier and she loves to chew and has really strong jaws....she is 7 months old now and i started giving her rawhides....they are a live saver....you just gotta watch she doesnt swallow too much cause its not good for them....and for the digging ive heard the water gun tricks works like a charm

Answer 10

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