My 1.5 year old dog still chews everything. Any tricks to get her to stop ruining socks, shoes, hats, etc ?

[Anonymous]

She is well exercised, gets tons of attention and we have tons of chew toys around. Yet at least a few times a week she will randomly attack a random item she finds and destroy it. We adore her but if I add it up, she’s destroyed several thousand dollars worth of stuff.

Tips and tricks?

[Anonymous]

Have you worked with a trainer? With the amount of $$ she has destroyed, you could've worked with a trainer in home and saved some money.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like boredom. You need to keep things off the floor // out of her reach and only have her able to access the chew toys.

Its called tidying up.

[Anonymous]

What is she attacking and destroying?

[Anonymous]

What kind of dog? What kind of games/toys she's playing regularly?
My wild guess - that dog needs a good game of tug (with owner) and maybe a rope toys to satisfy a desire to destroy something

[Anonymous]

Large cow bones

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is she attacking and destroying?

The original posts says… shoes, etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like boredom. You need to keep things off the floor // out of her reach and only have her able to access the chew toys.

Its called tidying up.

Her toys are accessible and she has plenty of them in different shapes and sizes etc.

She will attack shoes and anything inadvertently left that she can access. We put most things out of reach but with a full household and kids, there are things she can get to. Dc left his favorite hat on the bed last week. - destroyed. Another dc left a pair of slides by the door- destroyed. I have a basket of winter items in a hall closet (mix of hats, gloves, scarves) and if someone leaves the door open, she will find her way in and destroy things.

She gets tons of exercise and is rarely alone but it seems like when she’s left unattended even briefly, she gets into trouble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you worked with a trainer? With the amount of $$ she has destroyed, you could've worked with a trainer in home and saved some money.

You must be an out of work trainer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Large cow bones

She does love a femur bone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What kind of dog? What kind of games/toys she's playing regularly?
My wild guess - that dog needs a good game of tug (with owner) and maybe a rope toys to satisfy a desire to destroy something

Golden retriever. She goes to the park for at least one or two games of catch and retrieve a day- her favorite- plus rope toy tug a war at least once a day. She is rarely fully alone but we do get distracted and aren’t playing with her 24/7 obviously. I’ll be working at my computer and notice she’s not in the room and I’ll go find her doing something naughty (including eating two retainers off the side of my dcs bed)

She also has a device that we put treats in. And a Kong we use with peanut butter.

Plus a cat companion.

I think we might have to start leashing her up more often at home which I don’t like doing

[Anonymous]

I'd say - don't leave that dog unattended, even for brief period. Closed doors or crate when you're preoccupied with work. Leash would also work (I'd look into hands free/running ones that you attach to the belt).
With Goldens - you just need to do more (games, teaching tricks, puzzle feeders, etc in addition to what you're doing already), they have soo much energy to burn.

[Anonymous]

Following. We have a small 1yo mixed breed (mostly Shih Tzu) who is the same. We have been ok with keeping things off the floor or suffering the consequences but now she is chewing the corners room-size area rugs! She is well exercised and has plenty of toys. The bitter apple spray works for a day or so but then she finds another rug corner to destroy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Following. We have a small 1yo mixed breed (mostly Shih Tzu) who is the same. We have been ok with keeping things off the floor or suffering the consequences but now she is chewing the corners room-size area rugs! She is well exercised and has plenty of toys. The bitter apple spray works for a day or so but then she finds another rug corner to destroy.

Eek! Sorry. Our golden chewed furniture (bedposts for one) but she’s grown out of that habit thankfully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd say - don't leave that dog unattended, even for brief period. Closed doors or crate when you're preoccupied with work. Leash would also work (I'd look into hands free/running ones that you attach to the belt).
With Goldens - you just need to do more (games, teaching tricks, puzzle feeders, etc in addition to what you're doing already), they have soo much energy to burn.

Sounds like it! Thanks for the reminder. She’s lucky she’s so incredibly cute