Chewing the house to bits!!

Louie my 11 week old Staffy has started to chew any bit of wood in the house he can find,patio doors, front door , skirting boards etc.....I have bought some anti chew spray but he loves it and chews even more lol! He has lots of kongs , toys treats. Help we will have no house left by the time hes 1 lol

You could try smearing some Vicks, or Oil of Cloves (very small amounts) over the bits you don't want him to chew - it'll stink for a while, but they don't normally like the taste or the smell!

Thanks Caryll I'll give them both a go

The effects tend to last a bit longer than the sprays!

Also, remember that this is only a phase. We all have been there and they do come out the other side... hope the oil works for you. Sprays need reapplying too often as Caryll has said.

Get him a large stag bar and big rope toy to chew on, they have got my pup thru teething with no probs x

Stagbars from eBay, puredog website or amazon

I can second the stag bars Rocky loves his, any chew toys you can find will help.

The nylabones are quite good too. Something like this would be OK:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nylabone-Dura-Chew-Chicken-Wolf/dp/B0002566II/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1344102468&sr=8-2

My pup started to take an interest in wood around the house, until i introduced him to the almighty stag bar, stag bar, stag bar..... Ralph is 14 weeks, he loves it, i got a large (wasn`t as large as i expected, but its large enough) from Ebay cost £9.99 delivered. Also got him a nylabone when i was at the vets, he did like it when he was 9-10weeks, now he doesn`t touch it at all, to interested in his stag bar, a god send never heard of them till i joined this forum, superb for chewers, great for teeth, a must have i think.

I feel your pain - my boy had a HUGE thing for anything wooden too. I found that squrting lemon or vinegar, or deodarant or perfume onto the wood before we left the house worked wonders. And as Ben says, it's a phase. I no lonfger have to spray anything when we leave, as they mature, they do grow out of these behaviours usually.

What about crate training too? So you know he's safe when you're not in, and not eating the house!?

I noticed the stag bars in PAH the other day, I'd not seen them in there before. I'd got Ralph's off Amazon.

Our trainer says they're like babies--they need to be in your sight, or in their crate, until they're a year old.

Callie seems to be getting indifferent to bitter apple and will actually lick Vicks off my hand...if she starts nibbling furniture we just pull her off and shove an antler in her mouth. She needs to chew something.

Vick seems to be doing the trick at the moment, louie hates it lol

Bacon was chewing on everything from chairs, sofa, computer cords, tablecloths, etc... He wouldn't listen to me and I had to remove him from the room and put him on time-out. I decided I would litter the living room with his Kong, Bully Sticks, and stuffed animal toys. I can say that now at 19 weeks old he does not chew on any of those things anymore. Every now and then he'll try to chew one of those things, but an "Ah Ah" from me and he'll back off.

I think you will be surprised that one day it will click for Louie. I never thought it would for Bacon, but he's come a long way. It's hard to believe, but I'm sure it will pass as long as you keep working with him!

Best of luck!!!

Thanks Nor cal , the vick seems to work but now hes going for other things including the leather sofa !!! I'm going to end up witha house covered in vick at this rate lol

You should also try a frozen kong and or frozen veggies to give him something to chew on and help with the pain.

Stag bar - brilliant chewing alternative and our Skye loves them!

I saw the stag bars in Pets at Home the other day too. Great to see them widely available.

When we first got Zeus, he used to love biting our skirting boards, door frames, doors etc.. until I start spraying vinegar on them! He hasn't gone anywhere near them since and whenever we get the vinegar bottle out, he legs it!

Vick use to work but now the little monkey licks it lol so goldie 87 i'll try the vinegar