She has been horrible. Luckily, it has just been our older things. She has plenty of chew toys and we have a kong. A friend said a shock collar would work, but that seems cruel to me.
You won’t get any thumbs up for shock collars on here, there’s plenty of ways and there’ll be loads of advice here. Buddy loves an antler with some treat or cheese squeezed into the ends, or distraction, or consistent treats each time she responds to you saying no etc. There is a spray you can use but I’ve never tried it and I don’t know how effective it is. I have found that buddy usually goes through phases, it will pass if you’re consistent with it, good luck!
Hi I know it's very frustrating, our 8 month old is still chewing furniture and also if we forget and leave anything within her reach she will take it and chew it up! We tried the spray but it didn't work, we just keep moving her away from whatever she's chewing and give her something she's allowed to chew, which she doesn't want and she tries to get back to the item of furniture. So as hard as it is I think consistency will eventually pay off I hope. But take heart your not alone
We have had to remove an armchair twice since the first time he ripped the cloth at the bottom, and now he likes munching the arm... it is still in the loft. Luckily we have the storage space. You could try the bitter spray. It may or may not work. Otherwise we just distract him with something else. It is exhausting and can be very frustrating.
If you dog keeps going to a specific material, then she's telling you she regards that material as high value. Find a toy made from similar material. When she goes after what you want to save, then redirect her onto the substitute toy. If she persists with the wrong object, then use the houseline to take her to another room. Do something that will mentally stimulate her and tire her out. Teach her leave. She mouths the furniture. Cue leave. Reinforce with a treat.
https://petwell.co.uk/antos-origins...bjByeNxt6JzO0vltObIKw5CmgCTML4thoC-6kQAvD_BwE You could try this above if it's the wood of the furniture she's attracted to. Or this: https://www.bitiba.co.uk/shop/dogs/...ZY844CVvzT7bzRyA1N3MyAAZ69w_6r6RoCXeYQAvD_BwE My pup used to chew sofa legs and it was a case of being vigilant and distracting her or offering a chew toy like those above. It is a huge pain I agree but please don't use a shock collar, they're cruel.
Forgot to say, re distraction, we grab a few treats and do some basic training, sit stand down paw, just 5 mins or so, this is enough to distract.
The root wood chews are great, we have one in the house one in the garden Bruce loves them. And we have never had a problem with chewing.
I don't know if they're available where you are but I buy our dogs Petstages Dogwood Sticks. They love them. I buy the large ones. They last a very long time. They're non edible and if pieces come off its just tiny shavings. It satisfies the craving to chew wood.
Thanks for the tip. I havent found the anco root chews here (Australia. Probably due to quarantine) but you can buy this stick. I will definitely look into it.
Just to add to the above advice, that a shock collar wouldn't work in this scenario anyway. If you shock the dog when they go to chew the table, they may well conclude that the table did it - or that spot on the floor did it. Leading to them avoiding that particular table and that particular spot on the floor forevermore - but still chewing everything else they can reach. Are you then going to just continue to shock them every time they chew something? If so, they are going to end up very traumatised because they will have no idea what is causing the shock - it will seem random and not understandable, leading to a condition called 'learned helplessness' - you can google more about that. They will become very shut-down and worried about the world in general, it will no longer be a safe or predictable place. Imagine how you would feel if, just going about your normal daily life, you randomly received shocks during your day for no apparent reason... You would end up afraid to attempt anything, for fear of getting a shock. The dog also has a biological need to chew things and just shocking the dog for chewing the wrong stuff, would not be teaching them what the RIGHT stuff to chew is - it would just end up with a dog that has no outlet for a natural behaviour. No, much better to gradually shape the behaviour through use of a crate when you can't supervise the dog but more importantly through providing ample supplies of things the dog likes to chew so it never occurs to them to chew the wrong stuff, in the first place.
