Hello Brady is now 6 months old and a love. He's great with other dogs (and people), off leash (spends a lot of time with us hiking on trails here) loves to play find it, but over the last two weeks or so has been chewing chewing chewing. We have chew toys, Kongs (frozen and not), soft toys (no stuffing and stuffing removed), and even deer antler (which he loves). Yet he will continue to chew. We have a crate pad that was supposedly chew proof - he ignored his chew toys that were in the crate with him and took a hunk out of the pad. ( It was the whelping pad recommended here....no recourse but to trim eaten edges down). SO aside from lots more chew toys, and activity (more hikes??) any advice? Could he be bored? Most of the time he is out of his crate during the day ..... We had this with our other labs too but all we did then was suffer through (and they went through a rug and several beds)
I just stop puppies chewing. They get some stuff to chew - pizzles, fish skin chews, dried venison and of course kongs - and then that's that. I make sure they have enough company, exercise, training and play and I don't indulge the constant desire to chew and I remove stuff (or restrict access) to anything they start on unless it's a chew. I don't let them chew toys apart from rubber things designed to be chew toys. Toys are for play, not for chewing. I think Betsy would chew the house down if I let her. So I don't. Charlie was the same, and now he doesn't chew anything apart from chews and chew toys.
Thanks -- Julie T. I think he has lots of play, exercise, and training...but I noticed he's getting his canine teeth so it's pretty understandable that he wants to chew to get his mind off. SO removed/repaired the crate pad, gave him some frozen Kong, and hoping for a quiet night. He's such a good boy in every other way that we can handle this. One chewed pad is better than a rug, shoes, etc.
Two beds down.....Brady continued to chew the whelping/crate pad (and had to see the vet for an upset tummy). I had to remove it. Tried a so-called chew proof bed last night. This morning the stuffing was all over the floor, zipper destroyed (chew toys in crate, ignored. Frozen kong, empty). We did experience bed chewing with our recently passed old guy when he was this age.....I'm looking for advice as to what to put in the crate with him at night for a cozy sleep. Any suggestions helpful. For exercise - long walks, off leash, in woods and hiking trails (about 1.5 or 2 miles, he controls pace and activity. Also retrieval games but those don't last too long. He hangs out with us during the day....lots of chew toys, elk antlers, etc. to gnaw on.
Oh my word - a serious chewer for sure! There are chew proof guaranteed beds, but they cost a fortune. Have you tried a plastic bed with vet bed in it? A lot of dogs which chew don't like to chew vet bed. ...
