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Name: Kyra

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my collie/shep X (about 8months old) is driving me nuts!! She chews every schoe in my house every night or anytime she's home alone. At first I passed it off as teething so made sure now that she always has a supply of her own chew bones and kongs at her access but that doesn't seem to make a difference. Once she chewwed my FOURTH pair of leather boots! (and by chewwed I mean half of a knee length boot is GONE) I'm ready to get rid of her but my BF loves her and says no. She rarely chews his stuff, mostly mine and my daughters. She's cost us about $1000 in items ruined. Does anyone know why she would be doing this and what is the proper way to discipline it. Right now my BF always enters the house first--shes knows when shes in trouble so she run and hide when she hears him coming and he'll drag her around the house and hit her over the face/nose with every single item that she misplaced. She is perfectly mannered in every other aspect--Help Please or I'm going to throw her over a bridge when BF's not looking! ↓

Name: Hiddy | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 7:20 AM

Im lucky....I have a breed that doesnt do that....

I know some breeds chew and wreak havoc...I couldnt deal with a dog like that...

My shelties might pick up a shoe or something....they carry it across the room and drop it....then go pick up something else..
they dont sit there and gnaw like a lot of breeds do ↑

Name: momof3 | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 2:39 PM

Is there any way you could kennel her up, or keep her in one area? Not just for the safety of you belongings, but for her safety too? ↑

Name: lindalu | Date: Apr 18th, 2007 10:08 PM

Kyra
I have to say I dont think your dog will run and hide because she knows she has done some thing wrong. I think she runs and hides because she knows she is going to get a negative response when BF comes in. That could be why she chews on every thing when no one is home(stress) she may be afrad of your boy friend and intisapating his arival home.

If every day your boy friend comes home and drages her around the house slapping her of the nose for things she has chewed earlier in the day she will begin to identafy it with a every day routine. She should only be scolded when seen chewing and NEVER NEVER hit her. By hitting her this will only cause further problems.

Try starting of by not allowing your BF to drag her around hitting her on the nose for every thing she has chewed that day. Also keep small items up out of reack of her. She is still young, at the chewing stage. Put some thing down that you dont mind if it gets chewed a bit when you see her start chewing then tell her no leave it and pick it up.

I do think from what you have said there is a vicious circle going on. It may have started when she chewed some thing she was not supose to. Then BF comes home brings her to it hits her of the nose. The next day the same thing, eventually she hears him comming she runs and hides. Now after the same thing each day she knows she is going to get dragged around and hit. Not that she even realises what she has done or that she has done some thing wrong that day. All she knows is that she is going to recieve a bad introduction from him! ↑

Name: Dreamsofchild | Date: Apr 21st, 2007 11:33 PM

Hey our dog is the same mix he will not stay out of the trash he gets into the cuboards and steal cat food Not the dog food mind you. LOL he is Trashing my home. We have tried to make it so he cannot get to the trash he still finds it somehow. He is a chewer and he will Herd anything People. children, cats etc, LOL
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