Ahhh please help! We've had our corgi for a month now. So far he hasn't had any issues with eating paper. I'm not the NEATEST person so I always have stuff lying around. I was so happy that Ralphie mainly ignored most of these things so far until the last 2 days. He's been caught eating an index card, kleenex and a postcard (hehe again, not the neatest person).
I walk him twice a day and give him plenty of attention (if not smother him a bit!). He is 6.5 months so I get that he is teething and dogs will be dogs. But he has so many delicious bones and stuff to chew plus a few other teething specific toys.
My very neat husband says "just clean up and don't leave stuff lying around" which yes, I of course would love to do. But still, is there anything I can do to prevent this?
Today we took him to the dog park too and he herded/chased/got chased by lots of dogs and was super pooped, but when we got home, I found him chewing on shredded paper. I said "no!" and took the paper away and gave him one of his chew toys... which he totally didnt care for and ignored. :(
Please, any advice??? I want to break the habit before it becomes a real problem.
Thanks in advance!!!
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Like you, and others, I've got this problem too- Potus LOVES paper. He knows how to check our pockets for tissues (not something we taught him or encourage), he'll eat any paper product he can get his paws on. Only this morning I caught him with a cheque book, which he had shredded- he'd found it in a bedroom where it had fallen behind a frame I had on the ground, little devil found a way to get it.
I am not a very neat person but you'll find the threat of having your things destroyed really motivates you to become neater. You may want to make sure that he doesn't have free range of all the rooms just yet if you don't want to have to check every room for potential targets of destruction. Potus for example was only allowed in the main living areas (kitchen, living room halwway etc.) so the bedrooms could be as messy as I wanted. He is almost 3 and now has access to one bedroom which is kept neat, though he still finds things to destory (like the chequebook). You just have to be vigilant, for instance before we all go to bed I make sure there is nothing in Corgi reach so we don't wake up to a pile of shredded paper (or socks, or pens etc.) Also, check out the list Sam linked to and have a laugh at how destructive our lovely Corgis can be.
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