Help !! how to stop my dog chewing everything ?

We have a similar problem (by the way, well done on rescuing a dog, that's tremendous). All you can do is try not to leave your dog alone anywhere where there is something you don't want chewed. This can be hard at first but once you're used to clearing all 'valuable' items away, you do it as second nature.

You could also try using a solution of vinegar and water to cover certain things, like chair and table legs. Don't use too much vinegar or your house will smell of it, but get the concentration right and your dog with shun anything which is coated in it.

This is probably down to the Lab in him - Labs are notorious chewers and have been known , if left alone to be bored, to demolish half a carpet. You are perhaps finding out why he was left outside all the time!! I'm afraid you are just going to have to persist with the No! when he gets into something he shouldn't, keep up the exercise so he's tired out (tired dogs are easier to live with) and 'dog-proof' your home so he doesn't have access to things he shouldn't be getting into. And when you have to leave him, hopefully for no more than 4 hours at a time, either crate him, or clear a room for him to stay in.

The good news is that at 6 months, he should be virtually through growing his adult teeth so the urge to chew because of this, should decrease.

We just got our rescue dog 3 days ago and needless to say I'm googling the same thing. We're going off to clean up everything as our 2-3 year old foxie/red healer ate the cords behind the DVD and the kids toys (couldn't save any of the ones she got) when I'm done with this. It's like baby proofing all over again.

I've already got the answer to the lack of social skills, 'I think I'm a pit bull' sorted so this is just the next little problem to iron out. DOn't have much to add but a good luck and yay you on the rescue dog.

I bet he doesn't get a lot of discipline because you feel bad about his neglect.

First thing is first - put his past behind you. He already has and will continue to be able to do so if you do the same thing.

Next you need to make sure this dog is getting plenty of exercise and mentally stimulating activity as destruction is a good sign of a bored dog. If he is taking on more of a Lab's characteristics then he's going to be full of energy.

Then you have to work on setting boundaries and limitations for him. Once those are in order and he knows what is expected of him, if continues to test his boundaries then you can implement corrections.

A good start for you is to research NILIF training (Nothing In Life is Free).

supervision and crate training. my lab mix ate a leather jacket, a couch, 2 chairs, birth control pills, a 2lb box of chocolates, a steak knife, chewed up a drinking glass, and drank an entire 2 liter bottle of mountain dew and had to have a blockage surgically removed before I learned the wonders of crate training. Funny- but not. Crate him when you're not home and supervise him by keeping him confined to the room you are in when you are at home. With the crating he will need two fairly long walks per day (about 45 minutes each) and then shorter potty breaks. He finally outgrew it at about the age of 5.

Dogs will also chew if there is something wrong in their mouths. Have a vet look at the teeth. If his mouth is ok, then buy bitter apple and spray it on things that you don't want him to chew.

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constantly grant exciting issues for her or him to bite on that she is authorized to bite. If he or she is chewing something she shouldnt be, get her far off from it and supply her something she is authorized to bite on. Of he or she does not % to bite that, you may could play along with her with it to make it extra reinforcing than chewing furnishings, and so on. likelihood is the canines is teething and could strengthen out of it, yet you may on no account have too many toys to bite.:)

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