Daisy Sawtelle,
Canine Reporter Reporting

I Know Dogs

Puppies are cute, adorable, lovable, and challenging and that’s wonderful. However, all puppies chew. I know because as a puppy I liked upholstery, pillows, and newspapers. How can this habit be handled without chewing out your lovable friend?

Here are a few suggestions:

1. Distraction.

Puppies are easily distracted if you know how. Chewing us out at is not too effective, besides it’s very tiring and requires constant surveillance.

2. Chewable play toys work if you can watch us but again you must keep tract of where we are and continually keep us in mind.

Adult dogs like to chew as well but have their favorites, i.e. bully sticks, rawhide, and nylon bones, etc. You need to watch and find out their favorites to keep them in the house so we don’t substitute your new patent leather shoes for dinner.

I know as a puppy, I would wait until my owner would get busy with chores, projects, and duties so I could wander off to my favorite chewables. Even dogs crave freedom and have been known to eat, destroy, and jump on your TV dinner trays.

3. Long leash.

What kept me from chewing what I wanted was a long leash that kept me in sight and prevented wandering around. This was supervised freedom and my owner kept a long leash in most rooms where you are the most of the time. Hook it around a doorknob and limit your losses.

Even when you have an above average dog, you need to watch and supervise our whereabouts. If you would feel more comfortable knowing where we are, get a long leash with our favorite chew toys and peace will prevail.

By the way if you love dogs, Click here,  Five Great Reasons To Adopt A Dog.

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