The Dog Ate Part Of My Chair

Really? Bear has been given free rein of the house for about 6 months now and has done very well until the last couple of weeks. After two hardback books being chewed up, and today part of my leather chair, he will be going back into his crate while we're gone for awhile. How do we figure out what has brought on the book and chair chewing when he hadn't done so for months?

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Permalink Reply by Bob and SparkPlug on May 10, 2011 at 8:14pm

I wish I could figure it out. Sparky is going through the same thing. He's been great most of the time. The other day he chewed up a very visible piece of carpet while I was working in the garage. Teen age growing pains maybe? Spark is 10 months old.

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Permalink Reply by Danika White on May 10, 2011 at 9:09pm

Bear is a year and 8 months. He knows better! I've got a call into the trainer...

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Mitchell on May 10, 2011 at 9:04pm

I'm slightly worried about books. I have a LOT of books, and the ones lowest to the ground (because the bookcase's largest slots are lowest to the ground) are my expensive art books. Almost all my friends say they've never had a book problem though.....

Good luck figuring out the chewing issue.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle on May 10, 2011 at 9:22pm

Move the books!!! Trust me on this! ^,,^

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Permalink Reply by Danika White on May 10, 2011 at 9:23pm

The weird thing is he hasn't eaten the low books. He pulled them both down off of the top of the book case. Both were ones that I had read recently so I wonder if it has something to do with smells?

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Permalink Reply by Ellen Andersen on May 10, 2011 at 10:14pm

When Annie was a puppy, she chewed up into tiny bits Cesar Milan's "Be the Pack Leader".....after that I moved books but it was hilarious, don't you think?

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Mitchell on May 10, 2011 at 11:04pm

Ani better not try that because my Cesar Millan book is on my Nook. :)

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Permalink Reply by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on May 10, 2011 at 11:13pm

I would say that I would wait til he is closer to 2, leaving him uncrated. Bear is still young, relapses happen.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on May 11, 2011 at 9:00am

Hi Danika, how old is bear? How often does he get on leash outdoor walk a week and for how long daily?

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Permalink Reply by Danika White on May 11, 2011 at 1:50pm

Bear is a year and 8 months and he gets outside to run at least twice a day every day. On average he's out for 25-45 minutes. He's off leash in our yard and chasing rabbits like a mad man so generally he's ready to come in when we decide it's time.

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Permalink Reply by Jane on May 11, 2011 at 2:07pm

Does he get walked? Running around in the yard just isn't the same sort of mental stimulation IMO.

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Permalink Reply by Danika White on May 11, 2011 at 8:29pm

We used to only walk him but when he became reliable to returning when he was off leash we've been giving him the freedom of running around the yard with us out there with him. You're telling me that a walk is more mental stimulation then chasing rabbits, cats, and box turtles? We live out in the country on two acres so a walk is basically seeing more open land.