Our 6 month old puppy Oakley had been doing so well with everything over the last month - month and a half, UNTIL these past few days. He has pottied in the house a couple of times, where he has been letting us know when he needs out and hadn't had an accident in over 2 months, he has started biting again (not hard) but still and we believe he has all of his new teeth but not positive, and he has started to tear things up in the yard which again he hasn't done in well over 2 months. So is this normal? He gets LOTS of exercise as he LOVES frisbee, so I just don't understand it.
Mango also is 6 months old and he is tearing everything appart too. In the garden he has chewd up everything wooden, inside the house he has destroyed all of his toys. I have a feeling he is trying to do it. He gets a new toy and it lasts for minutes. He just now started realy bitting of peaces of plastic from plastic bottles. In his crate I can hear him at 5:30 starting to chew on the towel and the sheet, and does not touch the chew toys he has in his crate. He has become a real destroyer. As of accidents, he has had none since he was 3 months and hope it stays this way.
Oh no sorry you are going through some of this too. Thankfully he hasn't chewed anything in the house, it's more like he's wanting to be annoying and knows it. For the accidents, that I don't really know. I just hope it doesn't last. I read some where that they go through "teenage" years but I thought that was a little older. Good luck
Oh I forgot to mention that he also started to bark a lot at our other dog, it's so annoying, we have been treating him when he isn't barking but it isn't helping. Any other ideas? Should we put him in his crate??
I know exactly what you mean! Chewie is 6 months and he is much more bouncy and bitey and barky. I think it is the teen phase and requires patience and consistency. He had a bit of a potty regression recently but is doing really well now, stands by the door giving us the eye!
Isla is 7 months and destroys everything! We have 8 holes in our garden, she had destroyed every toy we've given her,she chews her bedding and goes through a nylabone in minutes! On the positives she sleeps all night and loves a frozen kong and is just so gorgeous
Chewie puts EVERYTHING in his mouth but so far the only thing of ours that he has actually destroyed are my headphones. I've been looking for an excuse to buy new ones so maybe he was helping? If I cant see him and I hear an unusual noise my first thought is "what's he got now?" He does love attacking his bedding though. Especially the expensive memory foam mats. Never again. Weirdly, all his toys are still intact, though his snuggle toy from day 1 is looking a little sad and seems to have a broken neck. Good thing he's cute and gives good cuddles.
Isla destroyed 2 pairs of my prescription glasses!!£400!! My fault,you'd think I would have learnt after the first pair wouldn't you!
Much like you'd think my husband would put his very expensive hearing aids somewhere secure now that we are letting Chewie up onto the bed in the mornings... They are still intact, so far.
Toilet training can take a few steps forwards and backwards, it's not always a linear process. If he is biting, just ensure you have tuggies lying around and can redirect his play onto a toy so he doesn't bite you... It's about creating the right habits. Take care with the exercise - that you don't give him too much, at a young age. He should only be getting about 5mins per month of age, because his joints have not yet finished developing. Twisting and running fast after frisbees is a particularly problematic form of exercise. Training a dog and teaching them to use their nose and mental stimulation, is much more tiring than physical exercise...
I learned recently about too much exercise can harm their not developed joints. We do a lot of mind games with him. We have a few different I.Q balls for his kibble that he LOVES! and we do a lot of hiding food or we hide. He loves that too. That has really helped with his come command.
Hoss loves hide and seek.........and as it turns out...........I do to..........as grown human adults..... I think we forget the pure joy of just playing......until we get a pet......playing .....so much fun.
Our 16 month old Cain is STILL a chewer. I keep a tube of "hair ball" stuff in the feed cabinet just in case and am ever ready to cook some oatmeal up to add fibre to his diet for 24 hours. I had to use the hair ball tube just last week when he pulled and ate the brand new carpet tape (that I had just placed on a mat placed to stop the puppy slipping around a certain corner) while I was not in the room. Yesterday, I rescued a plastic bag with nuts and bolts in it that dear husband had not placed high enough in the kitchen we are renovating at the moment. (Note: the Hair Ball remedy was first used on our Angus when he swallowed our brand new grandson's paci within five minutes of the baby's arrival in our house. No one saw him, we just noticed that the paci was missing and watched the four dogs for a few days to see which one was the swallower. Three days later and our "it's all about the belly" Angus refused his breakfast and gave me a pitiful look so it was off to the Vet. $500.00 later for X-rays and blood tests and a tube provided by our Vet of that hair ball helper, he was able to poop the thing out - just outside the Vet's exit door! The oatmeal is a remedy also recommended by our Vet when a Labrador who is crazy about chicken bones and a son who forgets to take them straight out to the sealed trash have both messed up!)
