Destructive chewing is a very common problem that all dog owners face at some point. IT is important to understand that in dogs, chewing is completely natural, especially in puppies or dogs still teething.
Though this is completly normal, it becomes a problem when your dog chews on dangerous or expensive items. Also chewing can be hazardous to your dog, if a piece of chewed material gets suck in your dogs throat, it could suffocate and die.
Dog Chewing
Stop Your Dog From Chewing
Dogs Chew for many different reasons, and if you want to stop dog chewing, it is important to identify what is triggering this behavior.
What causes a dog to chew
* While teething
* Boredom
* Separation Anxiety
* Improper nutrition
* Loneliness
* Seeking attention
* High levels of energy ( lack of activity causes dogs to chew )
Chewing shoe
Solving Dog Chewing problems
* First of all "prevention is better than the cure" having a dog requires responsibility, don't leave valuable items laying around so that your dog can get to them, unless your dog has proper obedience training.
* Chewing is natural for dogs, so provide your dogs with tasty chew toys, condition your dog to understand that if he needs to chew, that is what he chews on. Fill his chew toy with his favorite treats and reward him for chewing on it.
* Take your dog out to play, go on a walk, jog, dog park or a dog beach, give him lots of exercise, play games with him fetch, catch obedience training so that he doesn't have so much energy bottled up inside.
* Until your dog is properly obedience trained, keep him in a confined area, a kennel, dog crate, or you can just section off a corner of your house or yard.
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