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My Puppie
Everytime i leave my 1 year old puppy alone, like when i take my brother to work in the mornings, and there is nobody up to watch him, he always gets into things. Like this morning, he chewed my clock, and my medicine *was way out of reach* was in the floor chewed on. Thankfully he didnt get any of it though. My question is, 1. how can i stop him from chewing on things that he is not suppost to, and 2. is there other way other than locking him up in his carrier?
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Well,I have a 2 year old husky and he does the same thing. To get the dog tostop when you get home and find something ripped,eaten, etc. then Show it to the dog and then put him in his crate, carrier, etc. That is what i do with my dog and he is making great progress. As for the carrier, until he stops doing thta there is basicallly no other place toput him.Tell me how it works out!
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i have been in this case before. what you should du is try giving him a little toy that you can put food inside it so when you are out he'll be busy trying to get the food.i got this from profesional help.so i guess it will help.bye
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Dogs, especially puppies, don't like to be alone. If they usually are with people most of the day, when you do leave them alone, they suffer from anxiety. They think you've left them and that you'll never come back. Slowly wean him...leave for a few minutes, then come back to show that you'll never leave him forever.
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You need to get a kennel, period. Not his carrier, it is too small, but a larger cage. I used to lock my pups in the bathroom with food and water until one rambunctious one ate my linoleum! I had two bassett hounds who were able to get the trash off the top of the refridgerator, even with those short stumpy legs. Puppies are clever, and the only thing to hold them will be iron bars.
That aside, they make a special spray called NO CHEW that you can usually pick up in WalMart. I really recommend training him. You need to put the item to his nose and spank him with a rolled up newspaper and tell him NO. You need to give him plenty of chew toys and praise him when he uses them. I recommend purchasing a book on training a dog or looking it up online. There are probably several sites with great training tips. Good luck! I've had my share of devil dogs, too!
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HEY!! Ihave alittle bichon frise and i have the same problem
we keep him in his crate, becauseit is the recomended training. But you can also put him in your bathroom or small room whilke your gone,. If he chews on your stuff alot then you can buy a special spray that tastes really disgustijng for him. then he won't want to chew on it anymore. You can purchase it at a local petstore. You can also take your puppy to Puppy school and get help teaching him not to eat your stuff!!! good luck
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aww I love puppies..lol. that's not my advice though. we have a dog who just turned one and one of his favorite things to do was chew on everything inside. We put him in his crate now when we leave but sometimes its hard to do that. My puppy (even when we were home) would find a hardback book or something and chew on it. Go to petsmart or your local petstore and buy a spray product that taste bad. Spray it on whatever items that you're dog chews on. We got one called sourapple and the moment we sprayed it he never touched it. If that fails or you don't know what he chews on close ur doors to ur rooms or places u dont want him to go and if there isn't a door try getting a gate or putting him in a crate. good luck!
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There are several things you can do. First there's obedience training. You would want to do this if you aren't planning to crate train your dog. If training is impossible or out of your price range I would recommend locking him up when you are not there. This doesn't mean sticking him in his carrier but putting him a safe place like basement, bathroom or outside in a secure yard.
If you are having problems controlling his actions when you are at home you might try putting him on a leash and dragging him along with you through the house. That way you know what he is doing at all times and it's easier to train him not to chew things up.
He's still a puppy, and it's in their instinct to chew. Treat your dog to some pig ears or rawhide to stave off his urge to chew other things that he shouldn't.
Good luck
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When My family got a puppy, what we would do was get one of those babygates, and put him in the laundry room with water, bed and toys. Before we would go out or something, we would put him in there and when we got back we took him out, that way he won't get into anything. If he does get out (maybe its a bigger dog) when you come home and he gotten into things, go in a low voice and say " oooo, bad dog, bad _name_" Don't hit, that won't help. If he's a bigger dog, you might also want to close all the doors to the rooms that have valuable or harmful stuff in it. Make sure, stuff that could be dangerous to your dogs health like glass, medicine, cleaning stuff, harmful chemicals are on a high shelf before you leave, i suggest also closing the toilet seats too. For the chewing, get some bones or dog toys.
Hope this helps
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I think that there is this spray that you can spray on things that isn't toxic but its for dogs and when they lick it it tastes bad to them so they do't tear up whatever it is. My friend used it on her wall, or a part of it cuz her dog was chewing on the walls. Idk much about it though, maybe petsmart would or a store similar to it. As for ur second question, maybe you can put gates up in a certain section of the house and leave him there. Or if its a nice day you can leave him outside in a fenced area with lots of food and water or with a doggie doore leading into a gated area in ur house.
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You say it was way out of reach, but you need to make it more out of reach. The sad truth is that puppies, well, all dogs, no matter what age, will chew what they can get their hands on when they get bored. The only way to stop that is to keep your puppy away from those things, or keep those things away from your puppy.
A dog crate is a good way to train puppies. They should absolutely only be used for short periods of time, but that seems like a good solution for when you need to bring your brother to work. He should use the crate as his little house and safe place when he feels lonely. It should not be used as a punishment. It should be used as his happy little house. Make sure he has a toy to chew on at all times. When he goes for your shoes, the clock, medacine, or anything else that he isn't sopposed to chew on, take it away and tell him NO firmly.
Other than a crate, a room like the bathroom or kitchen should be good. Usually there will not be things around the floor in those two rooms where your puppy can get into things. If you don't have a room where there is absolutly nothing that he can reach, then maybe you could move some things around and make a room like that. Remember, some dogs can be quite the little escape artists, so you will need to make sure there's no way he could get out of his 'safe' place.
Bottom line: the only way to stop a dog from chewing on unwanted things, is to keep those things away from him.
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My dog just passed-- she's my best friend, and she had the same problem for awhile.
Your puppy is a puppy now, but if he does this, there's a good chance he'll do it when he's older. You might want to find out if he has some kind of seperation anxiety (like my dog), where he gets lonely and chews things, or if he's just a rowdy pup. If he's got seperation anxiety try turning on some music while you leave. Maybe try taking your pup with you.
Other than that, I'm not sure what to tell you.
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use baby gates, they work well without having the dog fully traped
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That's what puppies do, and there is not much you can do to stop them if you give them free rein of the house. Try confining him to one room by closing the door, or getting a child swing gate. Also make sure the puppy has pleanty of toys to keep him entertained while you are away.
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The reality is that puppies chew everything. They are stupid and don't know any better. You have to teach them that it is bad to chew things up. Most people will say that firmly saying NO to the dog and showing him what he did in the attempt to make him realise the connection between NO and the chewed up object.
It would be better to teach him rather than locking him up, I think. But you can always leave him in a place where you dont keep things that you dont want chewed to pieces. Until he learns.
My dog had a thing for ripping pillows to shreds. But we taught him that that was bad and he stopped or maybe he just grew up and lost interest.
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put himn in a cage or lock him in a room where you have nothing important
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Well you dont have to lock him up in his carrier.. But you could buy him a dog crate. Or you could also buy a Gate.... and lock him in one area.. and while he is in that room you could give him some dog bones and treats and maybe he wont chew as much....
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Yes there is a way to keep your pup from chewing your things! I had the same problem with my jack-russel terrior, every time i would leave she would chew my blinds trying to look out the window to see where I was going...lol. If you go to Wal*Mart and look on the dog care isle where they keep the toys, meds for fleas, shampoo's, you will see a bottle of spray. I dont remember what it is called but it will say it on the bottle. What it does is you spray it on things your dog likes to chew that you dont want it to chew and when the dog goes to do it it leave a god awful taste in there mouth *completly harmless* and it works!
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maybe try talking him through obedience school.
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