I have recently bought a puppy/dog (under a year but not sure how old) from a rescue centre, he really is quite good except from 2 things one he keeps peeing up bags, black bags, carrier bags, laundry bags, luggage bags even hand bags. The other thing more seriously he keeps chewing through wires, luckily none so far have been plugged in but it could be very dangerous if he carries on, he is very nervous of us still so it is hard to punish him any advice would be appreciated.
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As suggested if you catch him in the act, (we used a coke bottle with pebbles in it, the noise startles them) I confess to telling ours to F*** off if caught chewing just be consistant with what you decide as a deterant Oi, No, ARrrrrgh whatever . After the event is no good, he will have forgotten as soon as he did it. If there is a particular place he favours smear Vick's sinex on the item does no harm, makes their eyes water....................
And dont listen to MOG, Bailey wants a playmate............Get him into a training class if nothing else to get him socialised. It will also teach him some manners in dog world and the human one : )
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Just looked at the picture again, I'm guessing a bit here but he could be teething.!
Get him a teething toy, Kongs are the best but expensive. Small bones, (please do not cook them) chicken carcass will keep him occupied, once again dont cook it. The bones only become brittle when cooked.
The chewing may also be a boredom problem, with Kongs you can fill them with treats and watch them work it out.
1. I leave her with a few treats in an empty card box (cereal, toothpaste or whatever) when I go out and she has great delight in shredding it to get at the treats and it distracts her from me going. Ok so it's a mess, but it goes in the recycling bin afterwards anyway. Never had much success with 'Kongs'.
2. To keep her away from wires etc. when she was young, I bought some plastic coated wire panels approx 50 x 70 cm from Homebase or a Garden Centre and tied three together to act as a fence around precious (you must not touch) areas. They weren't that expensive and fold up for storage.
The worse she will do now is shred a tissue if she finds one.
Sorry Sadie, I missed the peeing thing last night!
If I'm right and he's still a baby he will not have bladder control yet, therefore will only go 2 maybe 3 hours before wanting to go out, look for the signs :excessive circling, with nose down and arse up, after a drink/meal take him to the garden after exercise he will want to go.
We were woken every 2 hours by Bailey at 3 months, one suggestion if I may? Crate training............all dogs love a den get him a crate it will teach about where and where not to mess, when he wakes from a kip straight outside he goes and when he does, plenty of praise. He'll soon associate going outside for a dump/wee is a good thing. If like Bailey he loves his crate he'll go there when he wants a bit of piece and quiet, cover it with a blanket he'll turn into his safe place.
Obviously when you are not watching, but what I'm asking do you when you go out leave the dog in the lounge?
or has he done when you've just left him briefly to put the kettle on?