I had the same problem with my dog, who is also about a year, welll 13 month old lab. When we would leave him alone in the house he would chew, boots, books, cd's,dvd's,anything really, even my coffee table!!!! i put pepper on the coffee table where he had chewed and he never chewed it after, he does have a kong, he used to have a rope toy but he distoyed that we went through 2 or 3 in like 2 weeks.!
We went away at christmas and he went to a really ince kennel for the time and since we have been back he has not chewed anything when we leave him alone, a part from last night he chewed one mitt. We usually try and clean up as much stuff as we can just incase, things that he would chew like books and cd's and stuff.
so i guess for my dog thankfully seems to have grown out of it.
When he did chew though if we were gone when we would get home we would take what he had chewed show him and tell him no. and he would not get a treat.. but if he didnt chew anything he got a treat. |