One of our Miss Whippets once destroyed a guaranteed indestructible dog bed. Mobile phones are even better – aaargh! my new Blackberry. Plastic makes such a good crunch – another remote control gone. It’s even nicer to shred a cushion – watch that foam fly! These shoes smell of my special person – I ‘ll rip them up before I bury them. It’s a satisfying feeling to gnaw on a piece of wood ( my 18th century bookcase you crazy dog!). Why do dogs chew? Many reasons – it may be boredom – it gives them something to do – I’ll just trim the cover of this library book. What dog sees anything wrong in chewing? They must think we’re mad for telling them off for doing something that, for them, is so natural and satisfying. It’s expensive, upsetting and downright anti-social behaviour but this in our eyes only. Most other dogs cause mayhem through the growing up stages and never quite lose the desire to chomp away at things they shouldn’t ever consider licking. There are a minority of dogs who never chew anything, even as a puppy they are not really interested. They like to chew and gnaw at pieces of almost anything – it used to be animals they’d caught, now it’s more likely to be the remote control or your best loved trainers. The short answer is that you can’t stop a dog chewing things up. So what can we do to stop them? After all, if they didn’t wreck the joint they would still be at home sweet home. It’s obvious that a lot of our stray dogs have been thrown out because they are so destructive. We get calls most weeks telling us horror stories about ruined kitchens, ripped up flooring, shredded car seats. He still loves to destroy a dog bed especially if it’s brand new and a particularly nice or expensive one. It’s not a puppy thing either because our Spratt is nearly seven years old. Doesn’t he look innocent! Jack Spratt has his destructive moments though, not quite all of the sofa but the edges certainly and, if he can get to them, he loves nibbling on the cushions.
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