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yorkiezfamily · 11-09-2008, 02:28 PM

Our Addison has decided he LOVES to chew, a LOT. Toys, a sock toy I made from the instructions i found for a homemade one on YT. Paper-of any kind - any where.

A couple questions:
We rescued him-was told approx one year old. Does his aggressive adoration of chewing suggest closer to a year than say 1 1/2-2 yrs?

I worry about him ingesting a foreign object so we have done what we have done with all of our past additions. (granted much larger dogs but he seems to be no different) a box of ALL chew items that are OK to chew. Whenever he chews something inappropriate I say a stern no and grab a toy from his OK box. There is a box in every room, to date to furniture chewed ect. Thank goodness.

My question: any way to tell his age through his chewing behaviors?

We have decided his birthday will be OCt 17 the day we adopted but I feel this must be pretty close to accurate due to his chewing activity?

Any opinion on this? I know they chew-many times there entire life. But I just wondered if this no-preference aggressive chewing may help determine his age.

How long did your babies chew anything and everything?

Once again-thanks again for the information!

11-09-2008, 02:28 PM	#1
yorkiezfamily Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: great lakes state Posts: 154	Chewing - Age or simple activity related? Our Addison has decided he LOVES to chew, a LOT. Toys, a sock toy I made from the instructions i found for a homemade one on YT. Paper-of any kind - any where. A couple questions: We rescued him-was told approx one year old. Does his aggressive adoration of chewing suggest closer to a year than say 1 1/2-2 yrs? I worry about him ingesting a foreign object so we have done what we have done with all of our past additions. (granted much larger dogs but he seems to be no different) a box of ALL chew items that are OK to chew. Whenever he chews something inappropriate I say a stern no and grab a toy from his OK box. There is a box in every room, to date to furniture chewed ect. Thank goodness. My question: any way to tell his age through his chewing behaviors? We have decided his birthday will be OCt 17 the day we adopted but I feel this must be pretty close to accurate due to his chewing activity? Any opinion on this? I know they chew-many times there entire life. But I just wondered if this no-preference aggressive chewing may help determine his age. How long did your babies chew anything and everything? Once again-thanks again for the information! __________________ Addsion & JessicaAdopted 10/17/08 Consider a rescue! I always love to talk Yorkies!