can anyone help i have to staffie bitches 6 months and 4 months they have distroyed my patio fence plant pots decking u name it they chew it any advice they are for the high jump if not we are moving abroad and can not take them with this behaviour i dont want to part with them but am the end of my tether please help.

Don't blame puppies for doing puppy-stuff! If you are with them when they are awake you'll be able to stop them. If you can't give them the attention that all puppies need ....

Puppies chew, its a fact of life.

Could you not give them any other activities to do in the garden. Like get them some raw meaty bones from the butchers, that should keep them away from the fence :)

Train them not to chew up your fence, or give them their own space in the garden!

Twink - puppies chew -they do grow out of it but at this stage they will chew anything they can get their teeth into - if you don't want them to chew up your fence etc then give them alternatives and keep changing them so they don't get bored. As for not taking them with you  - would you leave your kids behind because they made a mess with their toys ? and what will you do with your pups - put them on rescue ? - I'm sorry but it makes my blood boil - why get TWO pups when you know that you are planning to move abroad - what did you think pups would be like - cute stuffed toys ?

Calming down a bit -have you tried crating them when you cannot supervise them ( no longer than a couple of hours though !) or buying some puppy panels to restrict them to an area where they cannot do much damage. I have had dogs for 20 odd years and ALL my pups chewed at this age it's perfectly natural and lasts about 12 -18 months in general.
Chilli paste, bitter apple spray or Vicks vapour rub spread on surfaces you don't want chewed works sometimes too.

i only asked god no need to bite my head off i have never had dogs before and i didnt know what to expect when we got the pups we was not going abroad it has only been a recent decision and i would not put them on rescue thats cruel what do u take me for i asked for help not a lecture

>they are for the high jump if not

I think everybody assumed you meant what you wrote - after all, why write it otherwise? And that sounds like a very harsh response for normal behaviour.

my staffy chewed things its a puppies nature especially as they are getting teeth.
some big nuckle bones did the trick for us.

thanx shelly that sounds like good advice i will try that

The black kongs filled with goodies are also a good way of occupying their time.

Hi Twink Join the club ive a 14 wk old pup who with his litter brothers and sisters totally destroyed most of my plants, thankfully the other six went to new homes but i ended up keeping one, up until thursday of last week when he had a accident and broke his thigh bone he would still find something to chew on plant pots anything if i left him playing with my older dogs, try the bones but it is coming the bad weather season so your two pups shouldnt be out all that long to destroy anything, I  can reccomend the puppy pley pens are panels it does stop them from being destructive, but after all pups will be pups lol and they really do soon grow up and loose all their puppy mischief far to quickly just try and enjoy them.
regards polly_45

Hello Twink
I have a GSD pup now 9 months old. I have had a crate for her since she was 2 mths old. I don't know how I would have coped without it. She still attacked all my pot plants in my yard but after having soil and gravel all over the yard once or twice I decided that it was not worth the fight and gave them all away. Just kept hanging baskets and window boxes. Accidents will always happen no matter how much time you devote to watching and playing. My house is now pretty much pup proof. Having learnt the hard way it is easier to remove everything you can that could tempt a mini tornadoe. If she manages to get hold of something I realised that it was my or my partners fault for leaving the item about where she could get it. We have a baby gate in the hall so that she can't get upstairs or to the front door. I close all doors of any rooms that I am not occupying and so she is always in my sight. If I need to go upstairs to shower or housework I pop her in her crate. She also sleeps in her crate when we go to bed. It took her a week to get used to the crate. She cried every night but we just ignored her, after making sure that she had emptied her bladder and had her supper first of course. Now she loves her crate and will go in there on her own for a snooze during the day. If she does manage to get something she shouldn't you always know where to look. She will have taken it to her den and hidden it under her vet bed. Make sure they have bones to chew, take for a walk twice a day, have half hour play times with them but with toys that are only for this purpose and put away afterwards. If the toys are left with them all the time they get bored with them and does not have the same effect. You will find as they get older that the time you have to spend on them will decrease and also the chewing. Now at 9 months old she very rarely chews anything she shouldn't and understands that No means No. We can take her anywhere with confidence so long as we have her crate with us. You are obviously a dog lover to have purchased two pups so stick with it. You have been through the worst, things can only get better. All pups behave as yours do and I'm sure you would miss them if you did not take them with you and have to start all over again with another dog. Admittedly you have taken on a lot with two pups at the same time but there not pups forever. Good Luck.