I have a 2 year old golden retriever mix and he chews everything. He chewed two boards off the siding of my house and removed all the installation. I don't know what to do any more. He is my son's dog and I don't want to get rid of him. I have a fenced in back yard for him to run around in. He even dug holes around my gas meter so I had to block it off. He chewed my bed spread, shirt,and my son's game cude game. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get him out of this habit?
2007-03-26 14:29:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
You may want to do a combination of things. Chew toys are a must though. Some deterrents might work too, such as Bitter Apple, Ammonia or Tabasco sauce. However, obviously they will not be of much use on bed sheets and shirts. Your son's dog may need to be entertained more to relieve the boredom?
2007-03-26 14:49:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a Golden Retriever too, though she's not a mix. She was also a big chewer when she was a puppy and their puppy years typically last until around two years of age. What really helped us was Bitter Apple, which you can get from most pet superstores. It's a spray that you use on whatever you don't want them to chew. It tastes terrible, but it won't hurt them. That really helped us a lot!
If you're having problems with him digging in the yard, try giving him a generous tablespoon of pumpkin every day. You can get the canned pumpkin from the grocery store, but make sure you get 100% pure pumpkin and not pumpkin pie filling. They are in similar cans and are usually right next to each other. This also helped us a lot. If he gets diarrhea from this, experiment with the amount you give him or mix some cooked white rice with it.
Give him something he CAN chew on -- a Nylabone or a rawhide or a compressed bone. There are a lot of options at the pet supply store. Keep trying until you find one he likes.
Also, rest assured that he will outgrow this and probably very soon!
2007-03-26 14:38:56 · answer #2 · answered by Emily Dew 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Jack Russell loved to chew on my nice shoes or anything I left lying around (especially pens and pencils). He did chew up two of my dining room table legs. Bad enough, but thank goodness he has never done anything like your dog! Yikes! Anyways, like most of what the others have said, try to have a variety of chew toys around. My dog has ropes, chewy bones, and old socks that he can play with anytime he chooses. I tried the bitter sprays, but he likes the taste of them too much. It took about 3 months of training to get him to leave things like clothes, shoes, and my text books alone. Every day for about 15 minutes I would put one of those things in front of him along with a bone or something he could chew on. I would make him watch me and I would show him what he could not have (No, Fletch. leave it- said calmly) and then would he could have (take it). When he would leave the "bad" thing alone I gave him praise by letting him play with the good thing or by giving him a treat. He hasn't chewed any of my things in almost 8 months (with the exception of a pencil or two).
I hope this helps- anything is worth a shot!
Good luck!!
2007-03-26 14:54:28 · answer #3 · answered by sindlouhoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chewing isn't from lack of things to chew like a lot of people think it is because he is bored just because you have a fenced in back yard doesn't mean you can just put him back their and let him be. you have to walk him at least 30 min. a day and play games with him and a dog isn't just one persons especially a golden retriever not to be mean but if every one is to busy to take care of him you need to find him a home where they will
2007-03-26 15:03:40 · answer #4 · answered by Waylon V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a Labrador Puppy and he is a chewer too. Lots of toys, they help! Get him a friend (another puppy). Fix him, that helps. they say retreivers are really good dogs...once they grow up. It is said that they act like puppies until they are two. If you have a particularly stubborn dog, you could catch him chewing, smack him with it firmly but not hard on the butt, and give him something that is acceptable.
2007-03-26 15:47:24 · answer #5 · answered by Becky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For chewing on things that aren't clothes, you could try bitter apple spray. They HATE the smell of it and the taste of it. It's the only way we got our Bostons to stop chewing on our computer chair/desk and beds.
Other than that, I'd recommend asking your vet to see if maybe he's got some kind of separation anxiety. My aunt had a dog who used to tear up her entire house because he got left alone during the day. They put him on some kind of doggie Paxil and that was that.
Good luck! :)
2007-03-26 14:41:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why, you guys never train youre dog first place when you got the dog silly. plus its not hard to train a dog to not chewon things and there aere other things you can do for the dogs buy him alot of doggy toys from the pet store like a chewing toys, and a hard dog bones to keep him busy all day . or even take the dog for a trainning class that a place call the pet smart that des teach the owners to train their pets for not to jump, chew on things or even bite anybody else.
2007-03-26 14:36:37 · answer #7 · answered by statecalifornia2009 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
give him teething toys or something he will know is his and his only to chew on. if you get a puppy from the animal shelter they won't chew as much as if you got a dog from the pet store. hope it helps
2007-03-26 14:34:28 · answer #8 · answered by small fri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with a view to coach a dogs efficiently, you need to be consistent. you may save him off the cords and garments all day for a week, however the subsequent week if he gets his tooth on them as quickly as and it is going uncorrected, it is going to undo a million/2 the education you have already executed. placed all of his toys in a particular place contained in the domicile. placed it able common to the dogs, and a place that he can particularly get right of entry to by utilising himself (like in a basket contained in the room the place he usually sleeps). Smear a small little bit of peanut butter on each and each toy (make it very small). particularly, by utilising putting all his toys in a properly-liked nook of the domicile, you're telling him "stuff from right that's ok. Stuff from everywhere else contained in the domicile, no longer ok." save a leash on him in any respect cases at domicile, and convey him anyplace you bypass. do no longer enable him out of your sight. save the leash long sufficient so as that he can roam around the room, yet no longer get into something devoid of you noticing. do no longer intentionally save him faraway from aspects with cords. in simple terms bypass approximately your common employer, yet save a watch on him in any respect cases. The minute he starts to chew something he should not be chewing, interrupt him. do no longer interrupt before he starts chewing; interrupt the minute he gets his tooth on. Get his interest unexpectedly - do no longer yell at him, yet you may tug a sprint on the leash, or step on the twine he's chewing. Then, say "No" firmly. After that, at as quickly as deliver him (in a chuffed and pleased way) to his "toy nook", and help him p.c.. out a toy that he can play with. while he starts fidgeting with the toy (if he's no longer involved, inspire him with a small game of fetch), compliment and cuddle.
2016-10-01 13:11:32 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you really should try to buy as many toys and a different variety so that he is not getting bored, trust me it works, I have a 1 year old boxer who decided that the couchs were a snack and then decided that 1 dose of her heartguard medicine was not enough and got ahold of the rest of the container. toys toys and more toys is the key to keeping your lovely pet occupied.
2007-03-26 14:35:57 · answer #10 · answered by jayman9660 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋