Ok, my 1.2 y/o female has began chewing on everything. It hurts me because I am just not sure what to do about it, and have been told by my trainer that we need to buy a dog puzzle. Well, we don't have the money and I highly doubt that would keep her busy. Crating her during bedtime is not an option. She goes upstairs with us, no matter what. I just need something to help me help her. I do exercise her (we run 2 times a day!) and play with her in the backyard. So any suggestions are quite helpful. Oh yes, she is in Schutzhund, so don't mention about that. I know it relieves a lot of tension.... Just some help please!?!?
steve strom Webboard User Reg: 03-17-2006
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Put the crate upstairs. You need to use a crate, she's going to chew something harmful at some point. Do you give her anything she can chew? If the puzzle is out of the question, try a find the word.
Between 1 and 3 years seems to be the must difficult time to raise a dog. Still a puppy,only bigger. I fill kongs with cream cheese or peanut butter and put them in the freezer.
If she's getting the exercise and training you've mentioned... then it is either A) she never learned that it isn't appropriate to chew, B) something changed recently, or C) she's just one of those dogs that needs to be tethered/crated some more.
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I vote crate. With every one of mine, the first time I attempted leaving them out of the crate at about 12 months, they chewed something. So they went back into the crate. 6 months later, we tried again. At about 18 months they were better able to control themselves. The poodle in this picture gets paroled at the end of December. ;^)
I've always had chewing dogs. My last dog used to run 10 to 15 miles in a day with my husband and she would still chew before bedtime--even when she was an old thing. Her favorite toy was a large knotted rope toy (the biggest one I could find--I think she pretended it was squirrel). After just a few minutes of tug with it, she would think that we wanted it (not really). She would just go lay down and chew, looking to make sure that we weren't going to come after it...
I would just keep looking for that perfect chew toy your dog wants. It will replace the other things she shouldn't chew if you say "chew on this" instead and pretend that you might really like it. Now, I do admit there was some chewing on the house siding and at least one teak patio chair when she was young and we weren't looking. But it stopped when she matured.
My new puppy also likes to chew before bed, it calms her down as well. She likes the Rhino cone (it's kind of like a kong with little nubs).
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