my dog is nearly 2 and he has always been a chewwer, i was told he would grow out of it but he's still doing it, my leather settee has been chewwed, my kitchen cupboards, my phone, anything hes not allowed, iv tried numerous methods, tapping his back, squirting him, shouting really loud, everything, what do i do? i cant even leave them out of the cage when were not in because the house is upside down, help!!!!!!

what breed have you got? i think this could be down to boredom my two can get bored very easily and as they are staffs they can do alot of damage especially bailey try givin them really hard toys and things they can chew.
is he well trained aswell he just may need something to occupy his mind basic training everyday can help so is he less bored and feel the need to destroy everything

same breed as yours, maybe this training idea is a good idea, the toy thing, i have probs with tho, we can spend a fortune on toys and bones, and he ia so distructful, he gets through them in no time, iv tried nylabone toys but because he cant get through them he leaves them, he has a thing for rubber toys but hes through them in a day, lol thanks

Then the edible chews are best.

The trick is to never let the chewing of inappropriate items become a habit, as bad habits are always hard to break.

An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure.

You will now have to be extra careful to make sure he never gets the chance to chew inappropriate items and give him loads to play with.  Also lots of mental stimulation with shrot trainign sessions.

My youngster has a whole collection of empty plastic containers to vent on as well as bones hooves and toys.

the disposable items are changed frequently. 

She has never been crated and as my kitchen was newly fitted I wanted to prevent any damage by minimising time she was left, and ensuring she had plenty alternatives.

thanks mod, so you say even plastic containers and things too, if i had of known that, now my recycle man wont be getting a look in, lol

pop bottles filled with water and frozen are good too as it takes longer to get through! just make sure you remove the lid before giving. Plus not one for when you are not at home....

excellent, keep them all coming, the great hting is, nothing costs, its gonna save me lots of cash, i mean i was spending 20, 30 pound every 2 weks or every week,

I wouldn't put water in them but empty plastic bottles with some of the days dry food ratation will keep the dog amused knocking it to get the food out.  You can smear pate on the inside of ahcewed out amrrow bone to keep the interest in it.

With the plastic bottles just remove when they get chewed up.  Mien are not swallower's of chunks of anything and if they chew them I will find the bits on the floor.  The empty milk ones hold interest as they like to get the drips of milk.

My breed isn't that toy orientated, and unless it is something to do with eating won't play with toys past the puppy stage.

yeah thats what i find, the funnt thing is, we have a ball that you fill up with kibble or something, and he loves that but he starts barking for more and sometimes im finding that i fill it up 7,8 maybe 9 times and he follows me round and barks behind me, scares the daylights out of me, its funny to see however its very annoying,

my staff was a terrible chewer as a pup and chewed the walls, ate part of a mobile phone charger and chewed electrical cables.  she was over one year before she was able to be left out of the crate. 

Now she only chews what she is allowed and I try to give her things that interest her.  she won't give nylabones a second look and will only play with a kong if it is stuffed. The kong stuffing you can buy is really expensive though and I didn't rate it, cheap pate or meat is a much better filling and many people swear by peanut butter although my staff doesn't like it.

I give her empty 2litre juice bottles and she goes crazy for them but they make a lot of noise -not one for a sunday morning.  she also gets toys where she has to work to get the treats e.g. balls with holes and I deliberately add things that are too big to get out of the holes as well as smaller things to keep her occupied.  This means she is not constantly on at me to provide more food for it.

Although she totally destroys them I also get her cuddly toys with squeakers and at xmas invested in a bag of 150 squeakers which we play with her with e.g hiding it a making it squeak so she has to find it.  Now that mine is nearly 5 she does spend a lot of her time loafing on the sofa and never chews anything although I do remember the horror days.

i have to be carefull what i stuff things with as he has skin allergies, however im sure ill find something, he is slightly undershot too so i wonder if that hAS something to do with it

My boys a chewer and recently posted on here about it and it was suggested to wipe a small amount of vicks on anything he is likely to chew - miraculously no more chewing furniture!

Put a tiny bit of vix or albaus oil on the things she is chewing it works a treat!

is that ok to put on leather settees?

I put it on our leather dining chairs and they were fine, just a bit shiny where it was but it does wipe off. It shouldn't do any harm to the furniture as you only need a tiny bit but your dog will hate it and stop chewing.

oh brilliant thankyou

My dog found both vicks and olbas oil simply delicious Didn't seem to mind chilli powder either!

i suppose i could give it ago,

Worth a try :-D Think mine is probably a bit abnormal!

you could try chews but i would always cage him if you can't supervise him, as previously mentioned once they get the chewing habit its really hard to cure good luck

Mine loved hot curry paste and chilli powder! VIX and albaus oil worked great! Each to their own i surpose like us! I couldn't believe she liked the cury powder and chilli?

chewing will become a habit for a dog if not stopped.  We had tried everything and in the end had a go with the vicks and it stopped immediately.

There is also a spray you can get from PAH spray it on the furniture or anything you don't want him to chew it seems to work, it tastes really bitter, I know this because I sprayed some on my hand without realising :)

The spray didn't work on my Rottie girl, Vicks vaporub worked a treat! She hasn't tripped the fuses in months. Now I just need to work out how to smear it on the carpet to stop her digging it up..........

I got through loads of Vick's vapour rub, my daughter bought a race-horse home who chewed through the fences (crib-biting) it did stop him.