How do I deal with dog chewing?

chris_n_tj

It could be a bit of both at that age. When you leave them are they crated or do they have a free run of your home?

Raksha

Having a puppy is a great way to teach the family to be tidy

bugbabe1970

"When you leave them are they crated or do they have a free run of your home?"

Well they're locked in the kitchen. They used to share a big basket but ive just bought them separate "soft" crates which they sleep in, i don't zip them in tho. shes even chewed the zip on that!

sarabe

She is bored I expect.

You say that you walk her nearly every day. Ideally she needs three walks a day and lots of brain work outs too.

What you don't want chewed needs to be out of her reach.

What games do you play with her?

Does she have access to lots of toys?

Errata

One of the difficulties with Patterdales is that they were bred as working terriers to seize and kill foxes in their earths as opposed to flushing the fox out.
This can mean they're very keen and enthusiastic but they can also be hard. I wonder if what she actually needs is some jobs to do in addition to exercise.
It may be that just now she considers anything and everything to be prey that needs to be bitten to death.
HTH

bugbabe1970

Thanks Errata, i was in the process of looking on the internet to find out what i could about Patterdales.

I'm definitely going to make a commitment to giving her more exercise, haven't got the time for 3 walks a day but one long one is better than nothing, as for most of the walk she is off the lead and running through country land.

she has got lots of toys, all the raw hide stuff i tend to give her though just gets hidden around the house, and the soft stuff gets "killed"!!

sarabe

If she has lots of toys that she can have whenever then everything will be a chew toy to her.

You need to give her just one thing at a time to chew, something that is suitable for chewing such as a nylabone, a kong or similar or even a raw meaty bone.

Keep back the toys and play with her with them as often as you can. I would recommend that these games take place outside so that she learns to be calm indoors and excited outdoors.

Training and brain games during play will tire her and satisfy her needs as much as the running and walking will.

Errata

bugbabe1970 wrote: »

Thanks Errata, i was in the process of looking on the internet to find out what i could about Patterdales.

I'm definitely going to make a commitment to giving her more exercise, haven't got the time for 3 walks a day but one long one is better than nothing, as for most of the walk she is off the lead and running through country land.

she has got lots of toys, all the raw hide stuff i tend to give her though just gets hidden around the house, and the soft stuff gets "killed"!!

Have a good read up on the net, especially about temperament which is different to a JRT's. Patterdales can be very challenging and need to be challenged hard by their owners. They're tough dogs, bred to never back down or give in, but with hard work are trainable. On the plus side, she's still a pup so will still be learning and willing to learn. She just needs to learn some manners.

bugbabe1970

Again thx for advice.

she is a lovely dog, with a lovely temperament but I have noticed that she is very strong willed and tends to be quite dominant with my other dog so I do keep that in check.

I got her as a companion for my other JRT but sometimes my other dog looks at me as if to say "What have you done, bringing this pest to my house" lol .

Fire_Fox

You can get some cool intelligence toys for dogs:
http://www.traininglines.co.uk/interactive-dog-toys-treat-dispensing-toys-training-toys-activity-toys-treat-balls-515-0.html
Or you might try clicker training to try to stop the chewing and keep the pups brain active?