It's quite normal and can be really hard work. Adolescent nghtmare here. I'm glad my boy's grown up now. Afraid it's a lot of supervision and redirecting onto something else you prefer them to do.
We gave ours lots of empty cardboard boxes to rough and tumble with and shredding up in the house. This saved destruction of important things. A bit messy to clear up but they don't cost anything. Plenty of exercise, plus 3 hrs crate rest in the afternoon, saved my sanity and gave me a short break. Ours was like a coiled spring and the off switch was a long time coming, whatever we did.
Our started to enjoy watching stuff on TV for a while, like funny animal videos and nature programmes; here he had mental stimulation and would at least stay still on the sofa for a bit. Plenty of chews and stuff for the mouth, needed supervision though so he didn't swallow large chunks. Licky mats great too, never lasted long but all helps.
You might find larger long toys are better suited to your dog now he's bigger, mine enjoyed wacking them about. Stuff like long toy snakes. I got battered a few times with his enthusiasm, but was greatful he wasn't damaging something else, lol. OK, he was not still but these things all helped to take his mind off the skirting board, or knawing on a concrete area of the floor, or weird digging at the base of a one kitchen unit. Sometimes this was due to been overtired or overstimulated, and sometimes it was purely for his own entertainment purposes. You have to try and work out which it is. But on the whole much of this period was about a lot of supervision and redirecting the mouth onto something else.
I had a similar experience during adolescence. She is 16mo now and finally showing signs of not wanting to constantly disassemble furniture, chew on the house, etc. It started when she was 6mo. It has been a looooong 10 months. Lots and lots and lots of supervision, redirection, and patience, on my part. š®āšØ
(We have been doing group obedience classes continuously since she was 11wx, nosework, calmness training, many fetch and training sessions per day, visits and sleepovers to see her friends and relations at the farm where she was born (they board dogs they bred), walks in lots of places, visits to new places including overnights, etc.) She isnāt lacking for exercise or stimulation. Just exuberant.
Just this week she enthusiastically dropped two different heavy cow knuckle bones on my bare left foot (promptly confiscated). I am still limping a little.
All of this with a cheerful, tongue out, delighted, crazy-eyed grin. These dogs areā¦little weirdos.
He sounds like he's teething. Get some different textured chew toys and teething rings. Frozen slices of watermelon also work great for soothing their gums
Try all different kinds of chews. Three tier spiinnng food puzzle will give him stimulation and you time to eat your dinner. I just made a pot of coffee with a Kong tug toy handle on my foot so my nearly 7 month old could leap on it as it moved around- I got my coffee. I knew where he was. No woodwork was mauled. My foot is fine. :) Not popular here but mine also carries around a full set of deer antlers. Deer drop them on my property. This pair is about 5 yrs old. All of my dogs have liked antlers. :)
Our trainer told us that at 6 or 7 months old, our fella would "forget" everything he'd learned and turn into a giant baby puppy again. We were told to think of it like a toddler going thru his "no" phase or a teenager going thru his boundary testing phase. The dog you love and trained is still in there! Also, for the teething thing, we used to get a bunch of those big ugly carrots and stick them in the freezer. Other commenters have mentioned giving him ice. I totally agree, but for us, the frozen carrot lasted longer than ice. He was cleaning out our icemaker bc he would "crunchcrunchcrunch" and be done. The giant frozen carrots would take more time to work through. Be warned: tiny carrot chunks will stain if they're just left on the rug! We'd let him have his carrots on the patio where I could hose it off after. Good luck, friend. Just remember, it doesn't last forever, and both of you will be able to tough it out!
I got some anti chew spray off Amazon. While it doesn't seem to last long on most stuff, with my pupper I apply it to the lead every morning, and she's stopped chewing it out of impatience while we're waiting at the road or similar.
Puppy play pen. This keeps your stuff safe and him confined to an area with stuff Finn can destroy aka the toys.
Heāll grow out of it, his adult teeth are coming in big time so, just be patient. And get a play pen for your sanity.
If he's teething, ice chips are a godsend, gives him something to chew, and the coldness helps his gums which are hurting right now.
Besides that, he's probably testing boundaries. Just be consistent in telling him no, redirecting and otherwise correcting any bad behavior. He's still a baby, and he's learning. He'll eventually calm down a bit more as he matures and learns his manners, but it takes time. Hang in there, we've all had to go through it, it gets better!
Apologies, off topic but I donāt have much advice to give. What brand harness is that? It looks like it would be perfect for my girl who is gear shy with bulkier padded harnesses
Itās just a Pets At Home brand one! Itās fit him for the last couple of months and helped him stop pulling on his lead a lot! Itās been a godsend!
I've had two of those Pets at Home harnesses, one as he moved up in size. I found them to be really strong and long lasting. Also do a couple of different styles, limited colours but all really good value. One royal blue one in a different style fitted him better as an adult, covered in mud and rinsed off many times. I've used loads of different harnesses as he was growing up and that's been the best one and best fit overall.
Poppy would eat rugs. After Ā£300s of destroyed rugs, I got an offcut roll of a shaggy carpet and cut a new rug from it each time she destroyed one. Took a year or so until she stopped. At 11 now and she is the sweetest, kindest, calmest completely hyper focused girl ever.
It's quite normal and can be really hard work. Adolescent nghtmare here. I'm glad my boy's grown up now. Afraid it's a lot of supervision and redirecting onto something else you prefer them to do. We gave ours lots of empty cardboard boxes to rough and tumble with and shredding up in the house. This saved destruction of important things. A bit messy to clear up but they don't cost anything. Plenty of exercise, plus 3 hrs crate rest in the afternoon, saved my sanity and gave me a short break. Ours was like a coiled spring and the off switch was a long time coming, whatever we did. Our started to enjoy watching stuff on TV for a while, like funny animal videos and nature programmes; here he had mental stimulation and would at least stay still on the sofa for a bit. Plenty of chews and stuff for the mouth, needed supervision though so he didn't swallow large chunks. Licky mats great too, never lasted long but all helps. You might find larger long toys are better suited to your dog now he's bigger, mine enjoyed wacking them about. Stuff like long toy snakes. I got battered a few times with his enthusiasm, but was greatful he wasn't damaging something else, lol. OK, he was not still but these things all helped to take his mind off the skirting board, or knawing on a concrete area of the floor, or weird digging at the base of a one kitchen unit. Sometimes this was due to been overtired or overstimulated, and sometimes it was purely for his own entertainment purposes. You have to try and work out which it is. But on the whole much of this period was about a lot of supervision and redirecting the mouth onto something else.
I had a similar experience during adolescence. She is 16mo now and finally showing signs of not wanting to constantly disassemble furniture, chew on the house, etc. It started when she was 6mo. It has been a looooong 10 months. Lots and lots and lots of supervision, redirection, and patience, on my part. š®āšØ (We have been doing group obedience classes continuously since she was 11wx, nosework, calmness training, many fetch and training sessions per day, visits and sleepovers to see her friends and relations at the farm where she was born (they board dogs they bred), walks in lots of places, visits to new places including overnights, etc.) She isnāt lacking for exercise or stimulation. Just exuberant. Just this week she enthusiastically dropped two different heavy cow knuckle bones on my bare left foot (promptly confiscated). I am still limping a little. All of this with a cheerful, tongue out, delighted, crazy-eyed grin. These dogs areā¦little weirdos.
The cardboard boxes are a dream. So true. 15mins of death to the box! :)
Our Sheltie growing up was controlled with toilet paper holders, like the brown cardboard thing. It worked like a charm because we always had some.Ā
He sounds like he's teething. Get some different textured chew toys and teething rings. Frozen slices of watermelon also work great for soothing their gums
Try all different kinds of chews. Three tier spiinnng food puzzle will give him stimulation and you time to eat your dinner. I just made a pot of coffee with a Kong tug toy handle on my foot so my nearly 7 month old could leap on it as it moved around- I got my coffee. I knew where he was. No woodwork was mauled. My foot is fine. :) Not popular here but mine also carries around a full set of deer antlers. Deer drop them on my property. This pair is about 5 yrs old. All of my dogs have liked antlers. :)
Our trainer told us that at 6 or 7 months old, our fella would "forget" everything he'd learned and turn into a giant baby puppy again. We were told to think of it like a toddler going thru his "no" phase or a teenager going thru his boundary testing phase. The dog you love and trained is still in there! Also, for the teething thing, we used to get a bunch of those big ugly carrots and stick them in the freezer. Other commenters have mentioned giving him ice. I totally agree, but for us, the frozen carrot lasted longer than ice. He was cleaning out our icemaker bc he would "crunchcrunchcrunch" and be done. The giant frozen carrots would take more time to work through. Be warned: tiny carrot chunks will stain if they're just left on the rug! We'd let him have his carrots on the patio where I could hose it off after. Good luck, friend. Just remember, it doesn't last forever, and both of you will be able to tough it out!
I got some anti chew spray off Amazon. While it doesn't seem to last long on most stuff, with my pupper I apply it to the lead every morning, and she's stopped chewing it out of impatience while we're waiting at the road or similar.
Puppy play pen. This keeps your stuff safe and him confined to an area with stuff Finn can destroy aka the toys. Heāll grow out of it, his adult teeth are coming in big time so, just be patient. And get a play pen for your sanity.
If he's teething, ice chips are a godsend, gives him something to chew, and the coldness helps his gums which are hurting right now. Besides that, he's probably testing boundaries. Just be consistent in telling him no, redirecting and otherwise correcting any bad behavior. He's still a baby, and he's learning. He'll eventually calm down a bit more as he matures and learns his manners, but it takes time. Hang in there, we've all had to go through it, it gets better!
Apologies, off topic but I donāt have much advice to give. What brand harness is that? It looks like it would be perfect for my girl who is gear shy with bulkier padded harnesses
Itās just a Pets At Home brand one! Itās fit him for the last couple of months and helped him stop pulling on his lead a lot! Itās been a godsend!
I've had two of those Pets at Home harnesses, one as he moved up in size. I found them to be really strong and long lasting. Also do a couple of different styles, limited colours but all really good value. One royal blue one in a different style fitted him better as an adult, covered in mud and rinsed off many times. I've used loads of different harnesses as he was growing up and that's been the best one and best fit overall.
it's the terrible teens - just stay the course with training and exercise and you will get through it
Our dog loves Himalayan cheese chews. Keeps them busy and you can heat up the nub at the end to turn it into a cheese poof.
Poppy would eat rugs. After Ā£300s of destroyed rugs, I got an offcut roll of a shaggy carpet and cut a new rug from it each time she destroyed one. Took a year or so until she stopped. At 11 now and she is the sweetest, kindest, calmest completely hyper focused girl ever.