Eating skirting boards

[gashley]

Hi everyone,

Scooby 9 months has been with us 2 weeks tomorrow. We have just had loads of time with Scooby helping him settle in etc DH was off on hols from work this morning we took the boys to school and left Jakey and Scooby in the kitchen with the door shut. This we have always done this with Jakey with no problems, we've come back after an hour to find Scooby had eaten a nice chunk of skirting board by the door. I don't want to leave him him the cage and Jakey in the kitchen whenever we got out which is never for very long but obviously the dogs can't go everywhere with us.

Anyone got any ideas how to stop this distruction ?

Gail

[Cazzie]

Id crate him whenever you cant be with him, id never leave one of my young dogs out free when I have to go out for this very reason and more importantly for their own safety 

[millerman]

Ditto i would also crate him every time i left the house, untill he's older and more settled.

[emms]

Does Scooby have things available like toys, rawhides, bones etc as an alternative to chewing the skirting board?

[Nicola]

I'd also recommend crating although I didn't take my own advice when Alfie was younger. He wasn't crated and he did eat a massive chunk out of my skirting boards and also out of the plaster on the kitchen wall. He was quite bad for chewing as a pup but thankfully he did grow out of it and now never chews. Rodaidh has been used to being crated from day 1 (I got him at 6 months old) so haven't had the same problem with him and that's definitely what I will do with any future pups as well.

[EmmaA]

Groove used to eat skirting boards, door frames and walls before we got a crate. He did grow out of it and we spent about £1000 putting the whole of the downstairs back together. Then the unthinkable happened  and I am just dreading the OH's face if Eric starts to do the same 

[suzysu]

Oh dear .... I remember that well, my previous cocker Bilbo loved skirting boards too    He grew out of it hope Scooby does too 

[bracken]

Bailey chewed my skirting boards and door frames from about 9 months to 14 months. She had loads of toys and chews to occupy her and company of my other dogs.

She has stopped it all now thank goodness  and we have nice new skirting board and doors 

Jo

[tracyd]

Bailey chewed everything in sight untill we got a crate.  We still crate him now when we go out as he feels safe and secure, he likes going in there.

[gashley]

Thanks everyone. Maybe we will just have to crate scooby when we go out and leave jakey in the kitchen like he is used to. Jakey has eaten the hall wall but that was when hubby and I went out and my children were home but didn't keep as close an eye on him as they should have.
There are plenty of toys in the kitchen for them to play with tend not to leave rawhide stuff as jakey will eat the lot if he is allowed to which scooby does.

Thanks again

Gail