Thursday, January 27, 2011

Stop Puppy Chewing With These Tips

By Sandy Rutherforde


One of the most typical problems that dog owners have is puppy chewing. Even though this will probably look like an inborn characteristic to dogs, it can be a really destructive one. Puppy chewing might damage couches, shoes, and lots of other items. That's precisely why this behavior needs to be stopped before your dog becomes too far along in age. There are actually 4 strategies that an owner might employ to stop the young puppy from chewing. They are: registering the puppy in dog obedience school, physical exercise, teaching proper chewing behavior, and discipline.

Teaching a young dog will take a great deal of patience, which many individuals do not have. Those individuals may opt to place their puppy into training school. Not only do trainers help to stop a young dog from chewing, but they also teach them to pay attention. The puppy must be no less than three or four months old prior to when they should be registered in a training school.

An additional method in which puppy chewing might be stopped is physical exercise. A lot of time when puppies chew, it's mainly because they are bored and require stimulation. Physical exercise will help supply them with the stimulation that they want. An every day brisk walk is typically sufficient to suffice the puppy. Exercise additionally allows the dog and the owner to interact, which will stop him or her from acting out just to look for attention.

Puppies additionally need to learn acceptable chewing behavior. As an example, if your puppy has a bad behavior of chewing on shoes, the owner can place a harmless, but untasty substance on it. This will cause the puppy to connect the shoe with something undesirable, stopping them from chewing. Dog owners will need to recognize that chewing is a normal behavioral instinct of a dog, and so giving a puppy a chew toy will in addition teach proper chewing habits.

Puppies additionally have to be disciplined to stop their chewing tendencies. In a way, dogs are just like kids. They'll become uncontrollable if they're left to fend for themselves. That is why puppies should be reprimanded if they do something wrong and praised when they do something right. The real key to discipline is consistency. What has to be remembered is that harsh discipline will produce a nervous puppy and may possibly cause them to chew a lot more. Discipline should be firm, but nothing too drastic. Rewards have a tendency to work a lot better.

Coping with a puppy who likes to chew is certainly not an easy thing, but thankfully that bad behavior can be stopped. A chewing puppy can be stopped by registering them in a training school, implementing physical exercise, teaching when and exactly what is acceptable to chew, and consistent discipline.




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