melaniejane84
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Hey. I've lived with dogs all my life but I've never raised a puppy before. How do I stop my new puppy from chewing all the wrong things? He's got it in his head to chew the skirting boards, the tables, chairs, sofas, walls, kitchen cupboards, and the power cables I've sprayed them with bitter apple (which did nothing) tried distracting with, or just stuffing toys into his mouth (which he immediately spits out) tried making various loud noises to distract him, but he doesn't even look up. I can clap, stomp, shake a can of pennies, honestly it's like he's deaf. If I physically move him away 100 times, he goes back 101. Even standing near to him offering a treat doesn't break his concentration. It's driving me crazy, I obviously can't remove these things. If I try putting him in a time-out he just goes attacks something in one of the other rooms - I don't have a single room in my house that there is nothing he wants to attack.
He doesn't have a crate as such, but he does have a puppy pen. He sleeps in this at night perfectly well, which has helped no end with his overnight house-training, however he won't tolerate being in it during the day when all he wants to do is play and will just attack the pen. He will tolerate being shut in the kitchen with a baby-gate, which is what I'm doing.
I can't walk his energy off because he hasn't had all his vaccinations yet, plus I know you can't over-exercise a BM puppy. He has so many chew toys I keep falling over them.
He'll be starting training classes next month, but I could really use some advice for in the meantime before he demolishes my house, not to mention his teeth. Thanks.
He doesn't have a crate as such, but he does have a puppy pen. He sleeps in this at night perfectly well, which has helped no end with his overnight house-training, however he won't tolerate being in it during the day when all he wants to do is play and will just attack the pen. He will tolerate being shut in the kitchen with a baby-gate, which is what I'm doing.
I can't walk his energy off because he hasn't had all his vaccinations yet, plus I know you can't over-exercise a BM puppy. He has so many chew toys I keep falling over them.
He'll be starting training classes next month, but I could really use some advice for in the meantime before he demolishes my house, not to mention his teeth. Thanks.