So far I've had relatively decent results with a quiet but lower-pitched and disappointed sounding "NO" and then a distraction with a cool chew toy like a bully stick. They smell a little gross, but I keep one non-chewed side down into my pocket like all the time for this reason. The second chewing commences with the bully stick instead of the bad object, I praise the crap out of my boy: "oooooo it's so delicious oooooo you just love it so much oooooo you're such a good boy." I've started noticing now that when he just chooses on his own to chew on a bully stick, he looks up at me like, "aren't I doing good mommy?" Hahaha, and we've only had him a little less than two weeks. :-)
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