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She's an 11 week old lab puppy and we can't get her to stop chewing on, and eating, the twigs/branches in our backyard that have fallen from the trees. She's also starting to get interested in picking up and carrying around rocks, but hasn't tried eating any, yet!

She has all kinds of chew toys that she loves, but she ignores them as soon as she's outside. We've also tried getting special toys that she only gets outside, but she likes the wood and rocks better. I'm worried she'll chip/break her teeth on the rocks and that she's eating too much wood. It's all over the yard so fencing off a certain area won't work. Help!

2007-03-05 11:35:18 · 14 answers · asked by Debrian 2 in Pets Dogs

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I have two lab puppies (4 months) and they chew EVERYTHING! They too chew sticks, branches, even the wood from the deck!. I just try to stop them when I catch them & replace it with an appropriate chew item. But I have to be honest, I have been told that labs will chew everything for 2 years! So be prepared to supervise!!

2007-03-05 11:39:22 · answer #1 · answered by TP 4 · 0 0

Wooden Twigs

2016-12-10 19:20:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Perfectly normal puppy. Outside things have far more interesting smells than toys do! Let her chew, just make sure she doesn't swallow rocks. She may be starting to teethe too.

My nearly 3 year old Great Dane is still chewing branches off the trees!

2007-03-06 00:10:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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/6ljiI

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.

2016-04-25 18:07:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

Clean up the yard, pups chew on EVERYTHING! (one tried chewing up my dentures once). She'll get worse in a month or so too, because then she'll be teething. To give a little wood "treat," so to speak, every now & then, teach her to play fetch with a wooden stick. Inside, get up all electrical & phone cords out of the way-I didn't once, and wound up re-runnung the wires from my stereo to my speakers!

2007-03-05 14:21:14 · answer #5 · answered by wild1tobe 2 · 0 0

No it is not good for him cats/kittens need a lot more protein and other minerals and vitamins than dogs do. Try mixing the kitten food and the puppy food, it could be he just likes the dish the dog is using, cats are fussy critters, it is part of what makes them so irresistible! Or you could try putting the puppy food in the kitty bowl and visa versa so you can se if it's the dish or the food.

2016-03-16 05:15:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Its normal, mine is obessed with grass, twigs, leaves and sticks too. It won't hurt her. I usually take it away when I catch her unless it's a stick that won't break apart. Discipline her firmly when you see her go for the rocks. She'll out grow it. As far as her teeth go, she'll be losing her baby teeth soon anyway. If you don't want her doing it, toss her a rawhide bone.

2007-03-05 14:58:52 · answer #7 · answered by nito 1 · 0 0

Your puppy is going through a discovery process. Remember they don't have hands so instead of picking things up and looking at them and learning about their environment they pick things up with their mouth. They also play like children instead of rolling balls. or playing with cars they bite things and chew things for playtime.

2007-03-05 11:42:12 · answer #8 · answered by quickgun 3 · 1 0

You need to remove any object that you do not want her to eat from her mouth; forcefully if you have to. Do not let her eat these things and tell her with a strong, firm 'NO' that she is not allowed to eat it. Also, keep some treats to reward her for listening to you.

2007-03-05 12:38:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It is a lab thing. I have a 19 month old lab and he loves to chew sticks and have spoken to many other lab owners and their dogs do the same thing. My boy never eats them just loves to chew on them. She is probably teething just watch her carefully, it should not hurt her.

2007-03-05 12:46:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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