Destructive Pup

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Just wondering if anyone can help me, I have 2 cockers, one 9 years and the other 9 months. The pup as you can imagine is very playful and we get her out as much as possible during the day while out with the horses. She loves playing with her toys however in the past 2 weeks she has started chewing the skirting boards and the saddleboards! She's been scolded for this but in badness goes back at it again and again. We have never had this problem with any other dogs, so any help and advice would be greatfully received. TIA
 
She will be teething, contain her in a safe place when unsupervised (is she crate trained?) for her own safety, she may start on plugs and wires next. Give her things she can chew, stuffed kongs, bones, frozen carrots etc.
 
Echo the above - good advice.

My younger GSD was extremely destructive (walls and the dining room table amongst his victims).

I don't allow him a ball when we are home, as he got a bit weird about toys (he would chew with his eyes glazed). I got him a kong xtreme and I put peanut butter over the inside, and a load of beef jerky in, then add water and freeze it and he gets it when I go to work the next morning - it keeps him occupied for ages. Then I remove it when I come home and freeze it for the next day.

In our case, the big fix has been brain work and a lot of it. He chewed because he was bored, and I could never wear him out physically on our walks. So now he trains. We use a tennis ball when out - lie down, fetch, leave, heel, go find, wait while I throw it, go back and get it... everything and anything. I walk a lot less distance now, but he's quite relaxed and has ceased to chew!

Good luck, it's immensely frustrating.
 
I agree with all the posts above..but sometimes you have the utterly compulsive chewer that requires a little extra attention...we had a rOttie pup that would have demolished the house given the opportunity..soo......
Get some furniture wax polish,add some chili pepper powder and polish the skirting boards etc that she may well come across unsupervised...
For lead biting we used to polish the leather with Vick chest rub...or use eucalyptus oil....
The items will auto correct the pup from chewing inadvertently.
 
Also give lots of hard toys for pup to chew and ditto the advice about smearing Vicks vapour rub on particularly tasty areas of the skirting board! Once chewing becomes a habit it is very hard to break so don't give her the opportunity, if it means containing her for a little while.
 
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