Every puppy will eventually start chewing something, but there are ways to prevent or help to stop them when they start. RAW HIDE CHEW'S :- These are a perfect Teething Tool, they are a must for all Puppy Owners and should be left in any room where your puppy will be in, as when your puppy is chewing on it's chew, your everything else will be safe !!!! I only give the hard Rawhide Chews as I have found that the Bitty ones can break up and a small puppy may choke on them ???
Though Charlie my Black Pug would actually make a whole Raw-Hide completely soggy and then swallow the entire chew WHOLE !!! Which is something that I have never seen before and he would sit there with a little bit of chew sticking out of his mouth and when you pulled on the end, the whole chew would come out from his throat in one soggy piece !!!!! So he is now not allowed to have small chews he's only allowed pig ears or cow hooves as he hasn't managed to swallow one of them whole YET !!! It goes to show though how every dog is different !!!!RAW CARROT STICKS :- Make sure they are cut into stick shapes and not rounds as a puppy may choke on a circle shaped Carrot Piece !! I recommend Carrot's to my new Puppy Home's when they collect their Puglet because Raw Carrot has a Chemical in it that actually Soothes Teething Gums !! So not only is it a healthy snack but it will help with a Teething Baby ! Which works out wonderfully as when your puppy is Chewing on a Carrot Stick is also a puppy NOT Chewing on your Shoe's / Chair's.
DEODORANT:- Not to be used under your dogs arms ! I use Deodorant when you find a place where your devoted little devil has found somewhere to chew on !!!! Like a chair, table etc I actually spray the area with deodorant and a puppy will not go back to his chewing place and he will taste the deodorant and he will then make sure he finds a much tastier thing to chew like a Rawhide Chew or Carrots !
OIL OF CLOVES:- Can be used in the same way as long as you don't mind the smell and the chewed area will not be stained by the Oil of Cloves being placed there ???
HARD TOYS / KONG TOYS:- These are a useful puppy chewing helpers as a puppy will want a hard thing to chew on as it's teeth are cutting in !! It's worth paying a little bit more for a really good hard chew toy as a cheaper one will be CHEAPER ?? But it may break into smaller parts or not last as long !! So you would need to buy more cheaper toys instead of one decent one KONG make really good ones and they will be safer and last a lot longer !!
HUMAN TEETHING RINGS :- You can actually give Puppies a human Teething Ring for Babies just make sure its a basic plain one ( Not one with bells or things hanging off it ) But one of the hard Plastic Plain Rings will work for a Puppy just as well and you can put it in the fridge as well to help your puppy and it's cutting gums.
ICE-CUBES :- Not only will these drive a Puppy to distraction trying to chase them around the place and throwing them around !! But they will also be a good hard cold thing that will soothe a Puppies sore gums and help with the teething !! They are also non-fattening and a good source of fun !!
STOPPING A DOG CHEWING IT'S STITCHES OUT !
When or if your dog or cat
gets stitches, the normal thing for them to want to do is Chew them out !!!But if you have a NORMAL Dog/Cat then they are like Fizz !! and they will hate a massive Flower Pot attached to their head ( not that you can blame them ) I personally would not like to have a Flower Pot stuck around my neck ???
It's a bit like having an itch you can't reach, which is very annoying !!!
When Fizz had her leg removed with the Bone Cancer, the need for healing and not chewing out stitches was Critical !! Well she came home with a Flower Pot and promptly smashed it into piece's by whacking it into my leg !! She did this to the next one as well ??
So I began thinking I would have to sellotape her mouth together !!! As I was so paniced that she would open the incision I was willing to try anything.
I tried the normal things Flower Pot Collar she just either smashed them up or whacked them off. Then I tried Oil of Cloves she just licked it off ............. I was nearing hysteric's
I then had a brain wave I suddenly thought of things that taste disgusting ( I didn't think Faggots would offend Fizz as much as they do me ??? ) So the next thing that came to me was BiCarbonate of Soda ( the white powder which is used in cooking )
If in doubt taste it yourself !!!!
My daughter Emma doubted and I made her taste some on the tip of her finger !!! wish I had done it while filming !!!!
What I did next was to rub some BiCarbonate of Soda around the area NOT on the stitches themselves as it may have stung her ??? But I rubbed some around the scar and as its a powder it didn't run into the incision and it stayed on the skin like Talcolm powder on us !!
I looked her straight in the eye and removed her sellotaped Flower Pot off her head !! She looked at me and almost shrugged her shoulders and promptly turned around to lick at the stitches !!! Well Walt Disney would have been proud of her !!!
She scrunched up her entire face and her whole body just shuddered , she turned away from her Minus Leg !!! Glared at me, huffed and then she lay her head down and closed her eyes and ignored me for the rest of the day !!!!!
It was the funniest thing I have ever seen and it makes me smile just to think of it !!
I then put some more on the next day but to my knowledge she never even turned her head towards her leg, let alone chewed it !
If it could stop a Rottweiler ripping out stitches I think it would work on anything .......
If any of you have any other Teething or Chewing Tip's then Please send them in.
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