Every dogs like to bite and chew. Be prepared for this if you are not a dog owner yet and going to get one. If your dog has destroyed part of your favorite furniture, don’t blame your dog. This wrong behaviour mostly due to lack of proper training since early puppy hood.

1. Biting and chewing is a natural process for puppy or dog, we as owner need to understand that and provide sufficient chewing toy for them.

2. Start early is good as biting is a process of teething, teaching the puppies what is allowed and what is not at an early stage is very important.

3. Never try to stop a puppy’s biting by hitting the puppy. Say “No” when he start to bite on your shoe or furniture. Pass him a chew toy and praise him or reward him when he does the right thing.

4 . Make him understand that biting on furniture will result in bad consequences such as you leaving him or put him in the crate let him associate treats with a chew toy.

5. Some toy manufacturing company has come up with better chew toy idea which called Active Toys. This include the Amazing GoDogGo that allows your dog to play fetch on his own. Also, the infamous Kong and snack activity balls which allow your dog to seek out food in an active way and Hide-a-toy plush toys where smaller toys are hidden inside one larger toy. Keeping your dog busy by using these toys will often prevent chewing on your furniture.

Rachel is a long time dog owner/lover. She has study about dog training, dog grooming, dog’s diet and dog’s psychology for several years. Recently there has been new member added to her doggy family, a Miniature Schnauzer. She has decided to start sharing her experiences as the training starts. If you’d like to know more please visit http://www.rachelanddogs.com