Stop Chewing Dogs – Why do they do it?
Dogs that dont get enough exercise will often turn to chewing as a means to use up nervous energy and also to give themselves something to do to pass the time. For a nervous, bored or lonely dog, chewing provides the canine version of comfort food. The repetition of the action is soothing to them and provides an outlet for their emotions. Above all, most dogs have a natural desire to chew things. If you have a look back to when wild dogs hunted in packs, if they didnt have good teeth, their ability to hunt, kill and eat would have been limited, and their lives would have been short. Chewing could well be one of natures methods of ensuring the teeth stayed as clean and well exercised as possible. To a dog, chewing is fun, and if shes chewing something nice, its self-rewarding. How To Stop Chewing Dogs Firstly, please believe, as you peak out from beneath a pile of destroyed shoes and books, that it is possible to teach a dog not to chew your things; but it will take some time and persis
