OK, I was warned... Willow obviously feels well at home now and has decided she would like to do some remodelling of anything and everything she can reach with her teeth! We have, of course, removed everything we can, but she's chewing the door, the wall, the TV unit... It seems she has a super active couple of hours from about 6:30 every evening and makes as much mischief as she can. I start off playing with her - with ropes, her stuffed toy, balls, scratching her belly etc, but after a while, she bores of me and off she trots to make trouble! I did 10 minutes of crate training to try to settle her down (she kept doing the bum-tucked-under run) and she was great during that, but as soon as I let her out, madness! We also did some sit/stay work but again, once it was over, mental puppy returned. I've just had a quiet 15 minutes with a new "flavour" of kong I've tried today. She was pretty much ignoring the one with soaked kibble and chicken stock, but the new one of pumpkin puree, chicken stock and honey seems to have been greeted with more enthusiasm. So, it seems we need more distractions and good things to chew. I've just ordered a kong wobbler and kong stuff-a-ball. Fingers crossed that they turn up post haste! Delivery to here normally takes about ten working days - I wonder if we'll have any walls left by then!
Re: Chewing monster! Get yurself to your local charity store & buy the biggest stuffed toy you can. It will cost u 50p or so, let her destroy that.
Re: Chewing monster! We don't have charity shops here She does have a big stuffed meerkat toy that she loves playing with, but again, she gets bored after a while, even when playing with one of us. We're off to the shops tomorrow so will have a look around and see what we can find and I'm scouring the internet for home-made solutions, too
Re: Chewing monster! Balled up socks are good for an instant home made toy. I've given up on ever having matching socks again.
Re: Chewing monster! As for kong filler, tinned Tuna mixed with grated cheese. Give it a go, she will love it.
Re: Chewing monster! Sounds like something I would love! Sorry, Willow, Mummy's kong! There's some good ideas here, too: http://creativeconnectionsforkids.com/2012/04/puppy-love-toys-to-make-for-your-pup/
Re: Chewing monster! Let her have her bum tucked run. Chepi just needed to do that to expend some energy. I have avoided stuffed toys as I didn't want her tearing animal like toys apart and also she might eat the stuffing!
Re: Chewing monster! The crocopup has arrived! Plenty of toys an chews are the order of the day 'Give' them to her - i.e. shove them in her mouth instead of hand, clothes, walls, furniture etc! This phase only lasts a month or two!!
Re: Chewing monster! If you have an old cardboard box you can cut it up and form bits into a small box with a couple of pieces of kibble inside. Tape it up well with parcel tape. Apply to puppy
Re: Chewing monster! We have been out this evening to meet the bin lorry for the first time and see some friends for a quick drink. Angelic as always in company, apart from a rather pungent trump in her sleep while sitting on a friend's lap! We are now back home, just us two gals, and she is in the process of destroying a couple of balled-up socks. One tired, but happy pup!
Re: Chewing monster! You have to admit, she's very tidy though - keeping all her stuff in her bed! [IMG width=400]http://i.imgur.com/P4kHO4h.jpg[/img]
Re: Chewing monster! Have you tried the Chew Deterrent spray you can buy from Pets At Home? Life saver (and furniture saver) for us. Completely saved the one or two bits of furniture we really wanted to keep in one piece (and the electric wires...)
Re: Chewing monster! I'm in Andorra so nowhere near any decent pet shops sadly! There's a small one in the capital that I'm going to pop into tomorrow to see if they have anything similar, otherwise I'll look up home recipes for similar!
Re: Chewing monster! That's a great idea for the cables - Gibson has already decided to take us into the wireless era using his own custom crocopup technology I'm off to get some tomorrow.
Re: Chewing monster! Have you tried willow with an empty plastic bottle? Noisy but effective. Sticking it a sock is appealing too.
Re: Chewing monster! I have a sturdy plastic bottle she likes to play with. I'm going to try to get a more crinkly one today to go in a sock
Re: Chewing monster! Maybe now isn't the best time to be decorating our house! Oh well too late now! Gonna get some chew deterrent spray today! How to puppies chew a wall just out of interest?! Lou x
Re: Chewing monster! Can you get Amazon deliveries? This stuff works really well http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grannicks-118AT-Bitter-Apple-Spray/dp/B0002DHPRQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413010223&sr=8-1&keywords=bitter+apple+spray
