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[quote=Anonymous]We just adopted a 2 YO dog who is very playful and likes to chew.  She's pretty good about only chewing on toys (i.e. not the sofa, shoes, etc.), but it's really tricky dealing with her and our toddler, who is right at her level and likes to dump out his toys and spread them around the room.  We had a dog prior to this, but he did not play with toys much at all and was totally uninterested in our toddler's things, so this is really new to us!

I understand that the dog probably needs training to encourage her to chew on her toys and not on other things, but it doesn't seem like there's any logical way that we could expect her to differentiate between her toys and kids' toys (i.e. balls, brightly colored things, etc.).  Maybe there is...?  So far, we have been taking things away and giving her a dog toy whenever she goes after something that's not hers, but it doesn't result in her ignoring the toddler's toys, and he quickly moves on to something new that she will then experiment with, too.

We did create a basket just for the dog's toys, and the dog happily got everything out of it and seemed to understand the concept, but once they were out of the bin, it was a little more confusing to differentiate.  Advice?[/quote]

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