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[quote=Anonymous]Just to be safe, don't leave shoes lying around.  If she starts chewing, offer her a chew bone, i.e., rawhide or another alternative (our dog threw up rawhide).  Our dog chewed our furniture, rugs, carpet on steps - you name it!  He stopped at around age 1.5 (he was 1 when we adopted him), so offer her an alternative and don't leave anything around that she can grab and chew (shoes, toys).

Don't let the children tease her - one of the PP was right - and have her eat in peace.

We have a hound and I use a shed n' blade on him, and if we use it everyday, we cut down tremendously on the hair.  We also give him a good 2-4 mile walk a day, to which he will be zombie like afterwards and mellow for the rest of the day.  He's not allowed on furniture, however, he and our small dog sleep on our bed - I just can't say no -  he would cry all night!  He's also crate trained, and although we never ask him to go in it anymore, he will stay lie in it if we're in the family room.

He dug underneath our privacy fence and ended up in our neighbhor's house!  They left their back door open, so he ran in the house and up to the 3rd floor  - jumped in bed with their teenager.  He also once got stuck underneath the fence and we had to pull him out - so we had to put a mini fence around the privacy fence.  Hounds are diggers!  Just a word of caution :)

He turned out to be the best dog, we couldn't have asked for a more loving, patient, fun dog.  He loves children, and will push his way in to play and sleep with them.  Very few of my son's friends (age 7) have dogs, and I'm sure his friends go home covered in dog hair, but they all love our big beast!

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