photo credit: Matt McGee

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3. You need to clearly set the boundaries between what is acceptable and what is not. Your dog cannot tell the difference between a new pair of shoes and an old pair of shoes. Blurring the lines by offering your dog old clothes, shoes or other household items to play with is setting them up for a fall. Don’t do it!

4. Your dog needs to chew, so you need to provide them with something to chew on. If you don’t they will chew on whatever is available. To keep them interested in their chews as opposed to your stuff you need to keep them interested by providing variety. Make sure that there is always a choice of 2 or 3 things for your dog to chew on and make sure that you rotate these out regularly so that boredom doesn’t set in.

Remember also that puppy chewing and adolescent chewing will be even more pronounced.

To be continued…