Naughty Dalmatian!

[Lana]

Hi!

I have a 7 month old Dalmatian called Boo. She is great with other dogs and people and loves to have loads of cuddles. I also have a Dogue de Bordeaux called Tino who is 2 years old. He is a super star, very well behaved 24/7. They both get walked for about 2 hours each day and have the run of the garden when we're at work.

Boo is causing me so much trouble, she eats things that dogs shouldn't - ie through cables (the Sky HD cabel which runs from outside the house to the inside! my husband wasn't a happy chappy as you can imagine!!) she plays tug of war with our plants and pulls them out of the soil then shreds them into bits, if I hang washing out she'll jump up and rip it off the line then shred that into pieces, she's chewed the boiler door, eaten shoes, goes through rubbish!! She's even started chewing our drain pipes outside!!! She's so destructive!

I have no idea how to stop her from doing it!! I can't trust her in the house when we're out. Which means they have to stay in the garden. They've a huge kennel there to keep them sheltered, but I feel so mean because Tino would rather be in doors nice and warm. When we catch her at it we'll shout at her but she just wags her tail!!! She's no idea! If she didn't chew, she'd be a great dog. She does all the normal commands of sit, stay, walk to heal etc - it's just this chewing!! I can't think of what else to do?! Any suggestions?

Lana

[Lyka_01]

Chewing problem is common problem with dogs...
That's my problem too...
But now Brian stop chewing our furniture...
I gave him something to chew like balls, bone and dog toys...
Those things are with him all the time...
When he was in crate and even in our garden...
I first find hard training him...
But now he is behave...

[melody]

Hi Lana, there's a very useful article on DOA site that will surely help you out on your dog chewing problem. Check How to Stop a Dog From Chewing. Hope I've helped you

[uberglamorous]

Hi there! I had the same problem before with my dog "Pop". She has an affinity for shoes. She loves to chew shoes particularly, my son's shoes. At first it looks cute but it got annoying when we can no longer stop her from chewing. What we did was to take all the shoes away and gave her a flavored chewing bone. She enjoyed the bone but eventually, she got tired of chewing.

[Lana]

Thanks for all your feedback, but she has plenty of chew toys/bones to choose from but she seems to chew on them for a short while and then move onto things like my drain pipes outside, or my plants, or the fences!!!! I've learnt to remove things like shoes and anything important from the house. Make everything dog proof inside, but our problem is when she's outside when we're at work!

I've bought a muzzle today, so she can wear it and hopefully it'll stop her from chewing. But she's not very happy wearing it (

I do not know what else to do?!

Any feedback is must appreciated.

Thanks

Lana

[melody]

Hi Lana. I have two things in my mind about your Boo. It's either she's bored when she's outside or she's suffering from separation anxiety when she's being left when you go to work.

Check it out if these will be probable reasons why Boo is acting that way. If you think she's bored, try adding more interesting toys for her. If you think she's being sad when you go out and makes her destructive, try walking out without her noticing you, if that's possible, to lessen the stress.

[Lyka_01]

Originally Posted by uberglamorous

Hi there! I had the same problem before with my dog "Pop". She has an affinity for shoes. She loves to chew shoes particularly, my son's shoes. At first it looks cute but it got annoying when we can no longer stop her from chewing. What we did was to take all the shoes away and gave her a flavored chewing bone. She enjoyed the bone but eventually, she got tired of chewing.

I notice that also...
Most dog loves to chew shoes...
My bestfriend dog has the same problem like that...