New Puppy

zaksmum

When my dog Lucy still belonged to my daughter, she ate the skirting board in my daughter's house. And when she was put on antibiotics for a stomach infection, she managed to get the tablets from my daughter's handbag and munch a month's supply in 5 minutes.

Funny enough, that lot certainly cured the stomach trouble!!!

And when my dog Jack was a puppy he snacked on the stair carpet...!!

The_Next_Verse

I read this and laughed because the thing my lady chews (she's just a month under 2) isn't on your list and it's something we can't get away from right now.

It's Carpet!

The Lady has learned how to thread our living room carpet (after destroying the sofas we had when we first got her (all three!).

Luckily we are changing it soon for laminate flooring... but seriously... it's not even long pile carpet... it's the really short/no pile carpet you get in student/rented houses! How she does it is completely beyond me...

Our other boy used to eat wallpaper which wasn't quite so bad in comparison but we hated it at the time!

~The Next Verse

suki1964

Rosie75 wrote: »

This is good advice. It only takes a sharp bit of plastic or some fibres to cut through the intestine, killing the dog. My dog had to go in for surgery a couple of months ago to remove a washing-up sponge he'd swallowed - he obviously couldn't pass it as it was too big, but if it had been left it would have started rotting in his stomach and he'd have died of toxic shock. The operation was not only expensive (£1500) but it also carried a 20% chance of dying from stomach / bowel leakage afterwards.

You need to make sure your floors are completely clear and that the pup can't get hold of anything he can swallow. Often trying to take something off a dog will make the dog swallow it so that you can't get it (that's what happened with my dog and the sponge). Electrical cables are another hazard that the pup needs to be kept away from. If you are having trouble keeping him out of mischief it would be worth considering a puppy pen.

Its not just in the home you need to be careful of.

One of the wee pups I fostered had learned to amuse himself by playing with stones and whilst I was training him out of the habit he did have the odd lapse and go get them. One time I just wasnt quick enough and he swallowed one which caused a blockage. We very nearly lost him.

Keeping everything out of pups way and teaching them "leave" "drop" as soon as possible can save a pups life

Zara33

Jenny_Wren wrote: »

I think I must be lucky, my 15 week old pup hardly chews anything. It could be that she's just so small (Bichon Frishe/ Cav King charles cross) or that she will get worse! She loves chasing my children though when they run and she runs faster than them even with her little legs!

I have a 9 week old Lasha Apso that chews everything in sight :eek: especially toes! Mine is so cute and funny when he runs with the kids sounds just like yours'. My dad said he looks like one of those battery operated dogs that you get when he runs :rotfl:

Errata

Zara33 wrote: »

I have a 9 week old Lasha Apso that chews everything in sight :eek: especially toes! Mine is so cute and funny when he runs with the kids sounds just like yours'. My dad said he looks like one of those battery operated dogs that you get when he runs :rotfl:

My Apso, now 2, sprawls next to my feet and idly chews on my toes ! Must be a Tibet thing
When he was teething he chewed skirtings, door frame and the plaster on the wall ! And lots of other things - if it was in his eyeline, it was in his mouth :eek:

2boysmum

welshmoneylover wrote: »

My 10 week old pup has chewed nothing.. cos nothing is left in his way!

All my plugs are pulled up and then tucked behind something, but he does have a habit of pulling my throws off the sofa. once they're on the floor he's happy!

We are like this too, everything was moved out of the way before our puppy arrived, she would chew everything if she had the chance. Don't think that it's a small dog thing either, our little puppy is a Weimaraner!

welshmoneylover

My kids have also learnt to move things out of the way. When we got our first family dog nearly 9 years ago, they had action man with missing limbs, shoes with bite marks, lego all mangled up.

Now they're toys are a lot more expensive think mobile phones ipods, they make sure this time round nothing is left on the floor/sofa/chair.

Now all I got to do is housetrain them into doing a few dishes for me!

foxy-roxy

I've been quite lucky with my 2 staffies, got told they chew the worst out of dog breeds but this is not true in my case.
Bruno who is nearly too opens the fridge and doors, (had to remove handles) but has never chewed shoes or skirting or anything like that.
My pup who is 5 months is really good too, if she is left on her own she just goes to sleep, unless she is going to get worse but she is showing no signs of it.
I have always made sure they have plenty of chew toys around.

Stixx

My two are coming up to 18 months and they've eaten everything!! Doesn't matter if we put things away because they can open doors and reach the surfaces, we've had to resort to putting elastic round the doors handles so they don't spring open when jumped on. Now they are quite happy eating the stairs and any corner wall they can find - argg!

supermezzo

I have to ask - why on earth are they still chewing at 18 months old?