FrenchieDante
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I apologize if I'm annoying with the new questions every day. This has just come up yesterday, actually. Danté is interested in nothing else but chewing (and eating a pooing). It's constantly. He chews his nylapuppy keychain mostly, and I'm not worried about my couches, posessions etc. because he's pretty good with "NO" & redirection (plus i'm due for new furniture anyway). I feel like all I say is NO these days. I wonder if it's boredom and I'm going out to grab him a crinkle toy and my mom suggested putting a few toys away for a few days and bringing them back out so they seem "new". I'm just wondering if this constant, obsessive chewing is normal? He will be 11 weeks tomorrow. I'm fully aware of puppy chewing... I raised a chocolate lab growing up. Hershey chewed everything in sight... Literally it was bad. Not to mention he ruined my favorite pair of sketchers when I was in seventh grade. Comparable to now, that'd be like Danté chewing up my Louis Vuitton. I'll never forget coming home to the back of my shoes gone. My mom confessed to me yesterday that she was actually actively trying to get rid of Hershey in his adolescent years. She was offering him for FREE to her co-workers. Long story short, Hershey ended up being the perfect dog up until his death at the age of 7 from bone cancer. He walked everywhere without having to be on leash and was the most loyal, obedient kind-souled dog I've ever known. He was so loved by my family, including my mom -- who is so happy she never found a re-home for that once bad puppy. I still have his picture framed in my living room... And I've been out of my parents house for years! Anyway.... Is this teething, boredom, anxiety? Hoping it's not anxiety... Because he does it in the midst of me playing and engaging with him. Literally, he'll be mid fetch and stop to chew the corner of the coffee table or the middle of his puppy pad. What the?! Help!!!
Ps. Feel like I have to include a picture of Hershey now. It's the one in the living room in a frame I made in 8th grade. Notice the stickers, LOL. Awww... RIP "Brown Dog" (his favorite nickname).
Ps. Feel like I have to include a picture of Hershey now. It's the one in the living room in a frame I made in 8th grade. Notice the stickers, LOL. Awww... RIP "Brown Dog" (his favorite nickname).
Puppies chew and they do it for MANY reasons. Bordom can be one....but also teething which he is doing now, exploring his world, it smells good, it tastes good, it feels weird.....lots of reasons. I would not worry about the amout og chewing unless he is making his gums bleed which does happen when teething. Yes, during the first few months, you might find yourself saying NO and redirecting more than you say his name! It's normal and it's good that you are teaching manners now! It's the best time to begin setting the rules and structure for your home. Don't feel bad. Here's a trick. When you say NO and he stops whatever he is doing that was bad....PRAISE him to doing as you instructed! I alwasy tell my clients the dogs want to please you and will work to get your praise. So when you have to say no, be sure to PRAISE when they do as you ask and love them up! The praise is MORE important than the redirection beacuse they will work for the love too! They don't know what we want until we teach them. You are doing the right thing. Keep it up!
