I added an 8 month old puppy to our family a few months ago and he is ruining everything I own. He tore the couch up, chewed my glasses, ect. He just chews everything. I've had puppies before that chewed but not this bad. I can't leave anything down. Any suggestions?
2007-03-20 07:32:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Provide him with his own chew toys and bones for puppies. Keep everything picked up. Put him in a crate when you leave the house (with only safe toys, no bedding or anything he can choke on).
This is a normal phase he'll grow out of but he needs a steady supply of his own chewables.
2007-03-20 07:39:59 · answer #1 · answered by §Sally§ 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Buy an indoor kennel/pen for the puppy to be placed in the kitchen. That should become the puppy’s den and a comfortable place for him or her to be safe. Make sure the puppy has a few chew toys for cutting new teeth. The puppy will protest at the start and will bark and cause a lot of noise. It will take a few days for the puppy to adjust. Puppies need limits or controls and shouldn’t have full run of the house. If they are out of the kennel, someone should be with them to control and train them. Puppies don’t train themselves on the rights and wrongs in your home. They are a pack animal and need the pack leader to teach them what the right way to act.
2007-03-20 08:44:41 · answer #2 · answered by Leon P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Crate train the dog.
2. get some bitter apple. It's a very effective training tool.
3. do not allow the dog to chew on toys like old shoes. There is no difference in smell between your old and new shoes.
4. teach him the "leave it" command.
If you don't know what these are, go to a puppy kinder garden class.
2007-03-20 08:12:38 · answer #3 · answered by David G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your puppy needs to be in his crate when you can't supervise him.
When you are supervising use correction and redirection to teach what his ok to chew on. When he goes for something he shouldn't tell him NO in a firm tone, wait a few seconds then offer him one of his toys. When he takes it praise him lavishly. Also when you see him chewing one of his toys on his own, praise him lavishly. He may stop chewing the toy and come to you, but he has gotten the message that you like it when he chews on his toys.
If he has to many toys that can also be a problem. If a dog has to many toys, he can start to view everything as his toy. Limit toys to 3 or 4 favorites, if he has more, donate them to a shelter.
2007-03-20 07:45:49 · answer #4 · answered by Bindi *dogtrainingbyjess.com* 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should provide your dog with different types of chew toys. They should be different textures so he doesn't get bored and want to try out your shoes. Bitter apple will work for most dogs but my puppy liked the taste of it and chewed up the bottle.
2007-03-20 08:33:51 · answer #5 · answered by MLE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is he a lab? LOL...You just have to teach them not to chew up your house.Give them lots of things they can chew and tell them no in a firm voice if they chew something they are not supposed to and give them what they can chew.It just takes patience....There just like children while in the puppy stage.
2007-03-20 08:10:04 · answer #6 · answered by Dixie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have had the dog in your home for a "couple of months" and haven't addressed his behavior, you've inadvertantly taught him that it's okay to destroy your place. You'll need to go back to square one and train him on each specific issue one at a time.
Also, although puppies will chew on things when they're "teething", outright destruction usually only occurs if the dog is bored and/or neglected. His way of getting the attention he craves is to mess thing up. You may be yelling at him when he does that, but in his mind it's better to get "negative" attention than no attention at all.
We suggest that to you link up with a trainer to resolve his basic behavior issues -- and spend more time each day focused on no one but him. Once he gets the attention and training he requires, he won't have any need or desire to destroy things.
2007-03-20 07:42:14 · answer #7 · answered by Fetch 11 Humane Society 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well if it makes you feel any better I have a lab which is a outside dog that chews up everythhing in site and you can't really do anything about it, maybe put his/her face on it and say bad dog. But besides that there isn't really any thing you can do about it maybe get him/her some toys. They say labs are known for chewing things up, Is it a lab?
2007-03-20 07:45:20 · answer #8 · answered by Rose K 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hey... You should take it to a training class for the chewing that is what we did for my puppy and he doesn't chew hardly anything any more..
hope it helped... !
2007-03-20 07:37:47 · answer #9 · answered by JESSiCA♥ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, get him some chew toys, if he doesn't have anything else to chew he'll chew furniture and shoes or what ever he can sink his teeth into.
2007-03-20 07:41:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋