Stop Dog From Chewing Furniture

If you want to stop your dog from chewing furniture, there are many things you can do. First all realize that some breeds are much more prone to chewing than others. These are primarily retrievers, spaniels, and beagles, but all dogs will chew if bored.

1.  More Exercise

Almost any breed of dog will chew when they are bored and have pent-up energy. This is one of the primary causes of dogs chewing furniture. If this is the cause behind it, the easiest way to decrease the amount of chewing that is going on is to simply give your dog a lot more exercise.

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When your dog is getting lots of exercise and running around, it will have much less time and energy to be chewing your furniture and shoes.

2.  Offer Alternatives

Another great way to save your furniture is to give your dog lots of alternative things to chew on. Chewing is a natural behavior from many dogs, so let them express it!

There are many true toys available on the market today like rawhide chews.  But several different types of chew toys and let your dog find out which ones are most tempting to them.

Another way to make these chew toys more tempting for your dog is to buy flavored ones, or to sprinkle a little bit of oil and salt on them as well.

3.  Protect Furniture

Lastly you should try and protect your furniture. Today there are many plastic furniture guards you can put on the corners of your couches and chairs to prevent your dog from chewing on them.

There are also foul tasting substances do you can spray on corners of furniture's to make them less appealing for pets as well. Some people use cayenne pepper or Tabasco sauce, but there are many other compounds like Bitter Apple spray which also works too.

Whatever compound you choose to spray on your furniture, make sure that it is non-toxic and practice on a small corner of the furniture first to make sure that it is non-sustaining to any fabric you might have.

Summary

So if you do want to stop dog from chewing furniture, put all of these tips into use immediately in order to get the best results. And as a last resort you can always prevent your dog from entering rooms with furniture by using doggie gates.