my doodle is 6 months old and she has just gotten into chewing things. we have
her crate trained and she is in it at night for bed and then when ever I have
to leave the house or can not watch her(I am a stay at home mom to thee small
kids) she goes in the crate. we have a big wire crate. I do lots of
rawhides,cow hooves, and chewies. I did the kong and she did not like it. we
also have an older dog as well . he is a lap dog and is crate trained but after
having him trained we took the door off(its a plastic crate)and he goes in and
out as he wants. he was never a chewer and is free in the house when we are not
home. I feel bad but till the puppy is more trusted the crate is the safest
place for them. this way they will not eat something and get hurt or sick ect.
in the summer time I give them bone marrow bones you get at the meat dept. that
is healthy and they love it. its just messy so for me its an outdoor treat.
some give it in the crate but I give it outside.
good luck
steff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You know - they find it secure. Our older one could totally not be crated but
I don't think she minds. Our younger one needs it - I am ever hopeful that we
can leave them out during the day but not for a while - :)
----- Original Message -----
From: dennis schulz
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [labradoodles] Re: Riley's Destructive Chewing
Many thanks for the reply. We crated our shepherd until she was 1, and
she still sleeps in her crate at night but we removed the door so she can
move about is she chooses. Riley was crated until he outgrew his crate, so
at that time we thought it wasn't fair to him to be crated and Lexi free
during the day. We were thinking with our hearts and not our brains. Since
the wire cage isn't working, we will buy an extra large crate for Riley and
try that.
Thanks again.
Dennis Schulz
----- Original Message ----
From: lauren zeligson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2007 8:50:54 AM
Subject: [labradoodles] Re: Riley's Destructive Chewing
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 labradoodles@ yahoogroups. com, "magooandcompany"
<imperialpaper2001@ ...> 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.
>
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