Puppy chewing her (expensive) bed

Tried vet bed but it still got chewed. I had to keep buying new bedding until my lab stopped chewing it. I’ve found Kong Classic that you put treats inside to be very good - my previous lab had it before my nearly 5 year old. The Kong squeaky bone has also proved to be long lasting.

Careful of the squeakers if a toy gets shredded!

First photo - butter wouldn't melt!

Second photo - reminds me of DS's and DIL's dogs after a frantic session of shredding 😁

She is lovely, you have to forgive her.

We have the same problem with our Spanner who is 1, we haven’t yet found a toy as such that he can’t destroy but are having success with Scoobie balls and chew bones which also light up and squeak.B&M for a couple of pounds.
Squeaks grind after 6 hours though

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She says "Thank you very much for all your help".

Puppies always chew its something they do. You've done everything you can just make sure you dont leave anything important including paperwork around until they out grow it. Most of them do. Its basically teething. Although some don't outgrow it and that can be a nuisance. Give plenty of SAFE chewy things. Also my daughters dog knows he can chew his own soft toys.

I've never found a solution to stop puppies chewing and I've had multiple dogs over my whole life. Chewy toys were useful but didn't stop my dogs from chewing expensive stuff. Some puppies are worse than others but the good news is that eventually they all do stop, thank goodness!

If your dog is a chewer then you may have to be prepared for everything being chewed, even the expensive stuff. It's just the way it is unfortunately. But it will end at some point.

All puppies chew their beds. Use cardboard boxes and a blanket until they grow up.

I bought a lovely bed from pets,at home,it's quite a heavy, sturdy thing. My 9 year old spaniel doesn't chew it. How ever he has a 30 minute session after his tea, when he looks for mischief, and drags it around the room, and even flings it about, knocking over smaller furniture, and sweeping cups etc off the dining room table. I have given up, and gone back to a plastic bed with blankets, which don't do as much damage when they are dragged around the room.

My cocker used to chew the wallpaper when he was younger. He will not chew his toys, he's not interested in anything he's supposed to have, just things he can thieve.
Surprisingly good around food now, but although he's 3 he will still chew toilet rolls and paper left in reach if he feels short of attention, and is rarely to be seen without one of our good socks in his mouth.
He chews as much when we're here as when he's home alone.They do improve eventually.
He left the builders' things alone & never chews in other peoples' homes or holiday lets.

Puppies chew. Partly from teething, but also from boredom. They nap and do not sleep a full night through, so toys.

Ours have always loved to shred the covering off tennis balls, so if you are near a tennis club you could ask for their throways. The rope type are good and quite resilient.

Yes, hard bed and fill with old towels, blankets from the charity shop/friends for the next 18 months at least. Pup may actually chew the plastic too.

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I bought a muzzle when my boxer chewed corner of kitchen cupboard. I showed him what he'd done with a stern voice, put muzzle on for a short while ,removed and carried on as normal. He went to chew something else and I just showed him it and said,"no". Fortunately he understood and never chewed again.

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Are you called Graham?!

I bought a muzzle when my boxer chewed corner of kitchen cupboard. I showed him what he'd done with a stern voice, put muzzle on for a short while ,removed and carried on as normal. He went to chew something else and I just showed him it and said,"no". Fortunately he understood and never chewed again.

She is probably bored. Need lots mental stimulation

Our rescue pup (he's 10 now) was a real chewer of his own stuff when young, switch to plastic bed for now as others have suggested. Also try her with a black Kong, that was the one thing he has never been able to destroy. You can smear the inside with peanut butter or anything tasty to keep her occupied.

Puppies chew more often when they don’t have people with them, like overnight or if we go into another room
Yes they can be taught drop it or leave it but that’s not much use if you aren’t there

Also pups need to chew and as this thread shows, can be creative about they’re choices

Drop and leave only work when you can see them. And as mentioned by others pups need to chew to ease the discomfort of teething the generic term of NO works pretty well

Need to teach her the command " Drop it " or " Leave it " or have a professional dog trainer do the honors.

Then the 2nd step is replace the item with a hard chew toy.

When she listens give her a treat of peanut butter with NO XYLITOL ( toxic for dogs and cats & humans ) ..

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Puppies chew…they should. Take the bed away for now…give her cardboard boxes.

My cocker used to chew his bed including vet bed On one occasion when I took it to wash I replaced it with a piece I used to use for comfort at Pilates. Even though it had been washed he seemed to respect it and didn’t chew it just snuggled down

some dogs are prone to being chewers! can I tell you a funny story? when I was a child our family dog was a spaniel who was full of mischief. she chewed all her beds, hard plastic ones, cushions, made no difference. My aunt gave us a lovely wicker one which she chewed right down the sides then she ended up sitting on a circle of wicker! in the end grandad gave her a drawer from a cupboard with a pillow in which she did have a bit of chew on but due to the thickness, this was 55 years ago so was made of good wood not chipboard, so apart from a few teeth marks it survived!

My mum's lab chewed the wallpaper at the bottom of the wall, until she grew out of it

have you tried a plug in infuser such as Feliway - alleged to remove stress

Been there. I got a hard bed too, and put lovely soft blankets in it.
My puppy is now 11 months and isn't chewing as much. I use lots of chew toys, licky mats, snuffle mats and anything else I can find to keep him occupied.
The staff at Pets at Home are very knowledgeable and will be happy to help you.

When Winnie was a youngster I used to hide treats in toilet roll cardboard and hide them round the house and garden. She used to like ripping the cardboard up. I’ve never found a commercial dog chew that works and I won’t give my dogs bones.