If anyone has any suggestions for me on this i would really apprecitate it, my 12 month old female keeps destroying every piece of bedding i put in her crate, she has only started doing this for about a month, she never touched it before, i have her out in a pen in the back garden, theres lots of room for her in there with play toys and treat balls, i can't catch her doing it to scold her its always after she destroys it and thats no good in teaching her not to do it, ive put every type of nice comfy beds in there she sleeps on them for a day and the next there being draged out and tore up, then she won't go back into the crate but sleeps on the concrete, im worried this is no good for her joints, and when i take her into the kitchen she finds something to chew up, i was thinking of a wooden dog box with straw in it but again she likes to chew wood and its too expensive to get if she is going to chew it, not to mention the damage to her mouth. any help would be grately appreciated thanks.
sandra
Most dogs don't 'need' a bed in a crate or kennel. Especially dogs that are prone to destroying things- if she accidentally ingests any of that bedding it could cause an obstruction in her bowels.
Some people use http://leerburg.com/1213.htm pads like these, which are pretty much chew proof, or just let the dog go without.
One of my dogs chews her bed- I just leave the shredded bed in there, and she re-adjusts it/ rearranges it how she likes it. I know that she's not eating it though.
Hi Connie thanks, she gets around an hours walk a day every day and play time with me, also im marker training her at the moment started few weeks back
Hi Sandra and Welcome to the forum. I think you will see a big difference if you give this gal some more exercise. She won't have the energy / desire to destroy if she is pooped! With that said, Falcon went through a chewy stage and had to earn his bed back. For a lonnggg time he had a rubber stall mat in the bottom of his crate and nothing else. He can now be trusted with a padded bed (he is two).
However... the first "signal" I get which lets me know he is in need of more exercise, whether mental or physical is he will walk over to his bed which is outside of his kennel, grab it and start to shake it like crazy. When he does that I know I haven't worked him enough that day.
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