Protect Your Valuable Furniture From Your New Puppy
Defending new furniture from a puppy is something that doesnt just happen by accident .Pay strict attention to prevent sofa cushions being chewed or the corner of your wooden table gnawed on.
The key for how to stop puppy chewing is to teach a technique for stopping puppy chewing that still meets your puppies needs. Because puppy is growing in new teeth, it is consoling for him to chew on furniture.Your k9 doesn’t do this because he’s bad.
Puppies gnaw to eliminate pain from teething.Puppies also chew to relieve boredom. So by using a technique to stop puppy chewing that still permits him to chew, while also allowing him to amuse himself is very significant.
Make sure that you take inventory of things your puppy likes to chew on, and then buy toys with like textures.
Buy plush toys, if your puppy seems to love shredding soft things, like pillows. Or, if you have a puppy who likes to chew on harder things like sticks or rocks, you might consider buying an assortment of hard plastic toys.You can purchase toys such as these at websites such as Petsmart.com, or at most any pet store.
After youve stocked up on an assortment of toys its time to put them to work.Place toys beside furniture you are worried about.Place plush toys next to pillows. Put the hard toys next to things like table legs.
If you have to, you might also consider limiting how much free access your dog has to your home as well.It can be easier sometimes to work on teaching your puppy what things he can or cannot chew on one room at a time, rather than the whole house at once.
The next thing you want to do is train your dog whats called a replacement behavior.Watch him to see when he is about to go chew on something.Simply say “No” in a firm voice, when you notice your dog is going to chew on something, and give him the toy that is the best replacement.
This also has the added benefit of preventing your puppy from developing food aggression or becoming possessive of resources, since the method does not rely on punishing your puppy.
Your dog will learn that you accept his desire to chew on some things and not on others with repletion.Most dogs will be more than happy to chew on their toys, instead of your furniture, as long as you stay stocked up in toys.
Using this process, it can take a month or two to train your dog. You need to be consistent, but I promise you your furniture will thank you for it.
PUPPY TRAINING AT PETSMART (REV)