Breaking Your Dog of Chewing

One of the biggest problems owners face, other than house breaking, is chewing. A dog can find things to chew in a empty room, including your couch or shoes if you’re not watching.

Chewing is a normal pattern for dogs. One of the main reasons dogs chew is to relax.  There are other reasons and they can threaten your rapport with your dog!  This is a destructive habit that needs to be altered.

Your dog may chew because he is teething and, just like with a baby it hurts (a lot). Giving him frozen rawhide bones is a wonderful way to begin breaking this habit. Keep a few in the freezer for him.

Because a dogs attention span is all of a foot long, it is a good idea to get 10 or 12 rawhides chews to freeze. Put five down, then in a few days put them back in the freezer and put down the other five. Each one smells a little different and this gives him a variety of things to chew on without endangering your furniture or shoes!

Also provide your dog with lots of toys. You can never have too many of them and he will get a lot of comfort from them, even when you are not around.

Play with him and his toys so he learns that they are fun to chew and he will choose them over other items he isnt supposed to have.

NEVER GIVE A DOG AN OLD SHOE OR SOCK AS A TOY, he wont know the difference between the ones he can have and the ones he is not supposed to have!

Boredom is another reason a dog will chew. He can’t go to school or to work each day and he doesn’t understand soap operas and can’t talk to his friends on the phone, so he chews out of boredom! This is another training issue solved by chew toys. Isn’t it worth all the times you have tripped over those toys.

The best rawhide bones you can buy, as well as any of our other great pet products, are available from Wholesome Pet Supply. Give us a try. You’ll be glad you did!