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by hallix on 02 March 2009 - 00:03
In some of the books I've read, it says that chew toys are okay and that they take their attention away from chewing on other things, but at the place where I took my dog, Addie, for basic obedience, they said that it isn't ever good to give chew toys because dogs can't differentiate between something they're supposed to chew on and something they aren't.
I'm so confused I don't know whether to let my dog have chew toys or not.
Thanks.
p.s. When the people at the training place talked about chew toys they grouped bones in the same category.
by beetree on 02 March 2009 - 00:03
Tell them they are idiots and it is much better to give your dog a proper chew then have him seek his own. It is never anything you are too please about. Well, don't actually TELL them they are idiots, just think it in your head.
by JRANSOM on 02 March 2009 - 00:03
Halix,
I'm still a novice but you just have to be vigilant. I think you can give your dog toys/chew toys but still watch them. My dog is a year old now and I still have to watch her. If she's bored then, yes she's going to get into what she should'nt. You've just got to keep an eye on 'em.
I'm still a novice but you just have to be vigilant. I think you can give your dog toys/chew toys but still watch them. My dog is a year old now and I still have to watch her. If she's bored then, yes she's going to get into what she should'nt. You've just got to keep an eye on 'em.
by DKiah on 02 March 2009 - 01:03
Might I suggest a change of "training" (using the term loosely) place??
by hallix on 02 March 2009 - 01:03
Thanks.
beetree: I do think they're idiots. i don't like it there very much any more. Their facility is amazing, but I don't like the people.
xD
JRANSOM: yeah. Addie will be a year at the end of this month and she does chew a lot.
beetree: I do think they're idiots. i don't like it there very much any more. Their facility is amazing, but I don't like the people.
xD
JRANSOM: yeah. Addie will be a year at the end of this month and she does chew a lot.
by msdraglox on 02 March 2009 - 01:03
I have a puppy and from the first day I noticed she wanted to chew on my dresser I gave her a bone (not raw hide) and she never chewed on anything since then. Now I wish I would have known that as a child, I had two dogs that would chew everything even my uniform for school. Give your dog all the chew toys you can afford just make sure they dont swallow the toy chunks if they break it up
by VonIsengard on 02 March 2009 - 01:03
A "trainer" should know better, what a ridiculous thing to say. Of course your puppy needs things to chew on, dogs are certainly smart enough to know the difference between something you gave them and something you did not. Find a dog trainer that actually knows something about dogs.
by hallix on 02 March 2009 - 02:03
Thanks!
by mkennels on 02 March 2009 - 02:03
they don't know, I suggest not giving like a squeek shoe or paper for they will see the real thing as something they can chew but bones and such they can have
by Marisa on 02 March 2009 - 05:03
Wow, it's amazing to hear that advice coming out of a trainer. What a boob.
I mean, no, it's not fair to give a dog something like an old shoe or tennis ball and then expect him to distinguish between the ones he can have and the ones he can't, but no chew toys at all? Dogs have a powerful need to chew. Not providing anything safe to chew on is a good way to wind up with armless sofas and three-legged tables...
I mean, no, it's not fair to give a dog something like an old shoe or tennis ball and then expect him to distinguish between the ones he can have and the ones he can't, but no chew toys at all? Dogs have a powerful need to chew. Not providing anything safe to chew on is a good way to wind up with armless sofas and three-legged tables...
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