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    Does Your Dog Chew Excessively ?

    By pet-careJuly 8, 2017Updated:July 8, 2017No Comments3 Mins Read
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    If your dog chews excessively, dog bones may not be the answer. I am often asked
    to help with dogs that eat furniture, clothing, and often expensive household items.
    Typically the owner will attempt to cure the problem by stocking up on chew toys
    and doggie bones. It is also normal that this does not remedy the problem.

    It is a pervasive myth that all dogs love bones and love to chew. For a very short
    period during their puppy stage, chewing is normal. But it is not normal in adult dogs.
    In fact, with few exceptions, excessive chewing is a symptom of stress in your dog
    and should be treated with a strategy to reduce stress.

    In handling any dog behavioral problem, it is essential that we address the cause
    rather than dwell on a particular symptom.

    Reducing your dog’s stress levels often involves a little detective work. First, we need
    to examine our interactions with our dog to determine what may be causing the
    anxiety. All dogs need exercise. Depending on the dog’s breed, age, and individual
    temperament, the amount of exercise needed will vary. If you don’t know your dog’s
    breed characteristics, then do some research. As an example, if you have a herding dog, like a Border Collie,
    and you only walk him a short distance on rare occasions, and then it doesn’t take much
    deduction to assume you probably have created a stressful situation for your dog.
    However, each dog will have a different temperament or personality. Even if your
    dog was bred to be a coach potato, he still might have a need for greater activity. Try
    increasing your dog’s activity as the first step in reducing his stress.

    Another common cause of stress is the lack of leadership. Often in the contemporary
    household, the dog is given love and affection without any corresponding rules and
    boundaries. This is behavior the dog would interpret as a leadership vacuum. Dogs
    have not evolved to comprehend all our modern gadgetry like TV’s talking and
    microwaves beeping. They look to their owner for clues as to whether this array of
    strangeness should elicit either ignoring or fright behavior. Without a clear leader for
    the dog, stress is often created. Accordingly, you can reduce the dogs’ stress by
    using activities such as training to communicate that you are a capable leader that
    he can look to for guidance in our alien world.

    Sandy
    Perfect Manners Dog Training

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