We have a lovely 9 month out black lad, generally he is very good - still can be very exitable but our 3.5 year old choc lab was for a few years!

The problem is he has started to chew items that are not his, they have plenty of toys to play with & chew so I am wondering why he has start to choose other things.

This mainly happends when we go out BUT he does do it when left alone even if we are in the house. Obviously if we are about we can tell him NO. For example we bought some new cushion within a few days he had chewed a corner off one, whilst I was doing something in another room. I went out today and he had taken the towel we use to dry there feet on and chewed it whilst I popped out.

Oh and he also chewed a remote control which we think we left on a chair.

We appreciate he is young and we were very lucky with our other lab as he didn't touch anything of our however we would like to help our other one not eat our things.

When left alone both dogs are together.

Many Thanks

have you tried a stuffed kong, stuffed full of his favourite food, they can take hours to get the food out and if your lab is anything like mine, concentration on food is total.

If he can get it out too quick you could try freezing it

Also if its boredom setting in because he is on his own too much I would reccommend a dog walker to break up the time a bit.

Welcome to the joys of Labradors! I've had 'em all! The good, the bad and the ugly!! You seem to have had two, the good and the bad!!!

I'm afraid dogs don't think like humans. Material things are not in their minds, they have no concept of "Your's" and "Mine". Lets face it, material things are the product of money and dogs have no use for money. Their only thought is "Nice" and "Nasty". In the wild they would take what they want. If what they want is at present with another animal then comes the question, "Can I take it away from him without the effort being more than it's worth to me?"

With puppies it is very much a matter of tidiness. Putting everything away. If you don't then it will walk! I still have things around which my Beth chewed even now 6 years since she died! They are my constant little reminders of her and I'm glad she left them for me to remember her by.

Regards, John