I would suggest crating him - we have two doodles as well - both are crated - our girl is older - she doesn't mind the crate - our boy is younger and he doesn't either - and if he wasn't crated he would destroy our house while we are gone - crating is really important to their world. You have to do it. He is lonely and bored - bordeom is the #1 reason he is chewing. When you are home you have to give him things to chew - but more often than not he probalby won't chew if you are there -b/c he won't be bored. Try crating.
--- In [email protected], "magooandcompany" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Our boy Riley is a 10 month old chocolate labradoodle. We also have > a > female 2 year old german shepherd named Lexi. We are having a > problem > with Riley chewing anything and everything and this all started about > one month ago. We tried to leave Riley loose in the house because > Lexi > was loose and we have never had a problem with her destroying > anything. We thought they would at least play with each other if > they > got bored. However, after he ate a sneaker, then chewed the frame on > our box spring mattress, we decided we better crate him. He has all > kinds of chew bones, hard balls, etc. in his crate. He has figured > out > how to unlock the wire crate, so now we are using a heavy duty > bicycle > lock to keep it closed. When he got out, he chewed a wooden cue > stick > holder that is mounted on a post in the rec room, the arm of our > couch (cloth), > a wooden coaster holder and a tube of polysporin. We have tried > using > a kong and putting Cheerios in it while he is in the crate and well > you > guessed it, he has chewed the kong to the point where he was breaking > it into little pieces and eating them. The same with a hard plastic > ball that had a hole in it for putting treats into. He destroyed it > as > well. He has chewed the arm rest in our van. > > The dogs are home alone for about 3 hours in the am and about the > same > in the pm. One or both of us is home at lunch at which time they are > taken outside for a play session for about 3/4 of a hour. Often one > of > us is able to stop in mid way through the morning as well to take > them > outside for a play. They get fed twice a day, about 6:00 am and 6:00 > pm. > > We love Riley dearly and we don't want to break his fun loving spirit > as he is such a joy when he is not destroying things. We would > appreciate any suggestions from anyone. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/labradoodles/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/labradoodles/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
