Chewing! Help!

I'm really at the end of my tether. My pup is 9 months and chewing everything!
Tea towels,bedding,blankets, coats, shoes, socks..you name it..he chews it.

I got home today and his crate was a mess of foam ripped out of his new bed.I managed to sew it back together but now he has ripped it apart again. I can't even buy a plastic bed to replace it with because he chews the blankets i would put in there.
The majority of my tea towels have corners torn and his blankets are full of holes!

Please help me!

Hi Carol....

Tommy is still a puppy, and like any baby is exploring with his mouth. Teaching him that this behaviour is wrong takes patience and persistence. Every time Tommy picks something up that isn't his, simply remove from him and replace with something he can have. Does he have enough toys and enrichment? Stuffed kongs are a winner, frozen kongs are even better for when he's left in his crate. Toy boxes are useful, everything that belong to Tommy belongs in there...that way he will learn to go to the box for something to play with rather than sniffing out something that he shouldn't.

It does get annoying after a while but its just part of growing up and he doesn't know any better. Hope this helps

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He has rubber toys and hard toys, as he has destroyed all his softer toys,he pulls balls apart in minutes. He does have a Kong which he has food in when we're out, and he's not left for long periods.

He goes for 2-3 good walks a day. He's on dry Royal Canin food, he has to have a special diet for his sensitive belly.

I understand he is testing everything, I just can't get him to stop chewing his bed , and I don't want him just sleeping on bare floors but that's where it's headed.We've already had him staying overnight at the vets because of things he has been eating, and i worry he is going to come to harm.

it does get better you will look back on this one day and say "remember when he did this" distracting him with his own toys when he goes for something he shouldn't and high praise when he ignores the item he has chewed eventually he will get the message.

Oh nightmare times. For his bedding, if he's ripping it up don't go out and buy expensive stuff, buy cheep blankets etc and put that in his cage. He will soon work out that this is comfy in one piece. Let him get on with it. Ensure that there is nothing that he can get hold of that could result in a repeat visit to the vet.

He is still young and hasn't quiet worked out what's good and what isn't, these are going to be trying times for you and many an eye roll I should think. Stick with firm rules, you're going to appreciate that going forward.

Keep the faith, it will get better

Bane used to be a bed destroyer. We would come back to his bed upside down, blankets ripped up, water bowl knocked over and a very sad looking puppy trying to curl up on a corner of what's left of a soggy blanket.

We found that he grew out of it. I guess he learnt that a comfy bed was better than 2 minutes of madness!
As for everything else, it took consistent reinforcement.

Have you tried maybe some sort of bed training? So when he goes into his crate and lays down nicely and calmy, praise him and treat him. Or bring his bed out of the crate and practice him laying on it nicely. Treat when he is calm and not trying to pull it apart or play with it.

-Ian- wrote:Oh nightmare times. For his bedding, if he's ripping it up don't go out and buy expensive stuff, buy cheep blankets etc and put that in his cage. He will soon work out that this is comfy in one piece. Let him get on with it. Ensure that there is nothing that he can get hold of that could result in a repeat visit to the vet.

He is still young and hasn't quiet worked out what's good and what isn't, these are going to be trying times for you and many an eye roll I should think. Stick with firm rules, you're going to appreciate that going forward.

Keep the faith, it will get better

Echo this. When you can get the 'it doesn't matter' thing going, your life becomes much less stressful. Hide or at least put out of reach anything that you do mind about, and fill his life with cheap stuff you don't care about.

One thing I've come across recently is the picture framer's. People take pictures in cardboard tubes which the framer has no use for so he lets people help themselves. They make brilliant disposable toys - you can fill them with treats and squidge the ends closed for more fun, and then just throw them away (in the recycling bin, of course!). Plus it doesn't matter if they eat any, it's only cardboard.