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Originally Posted by gresyl  Actually mine was five months old when she started to chew the smitherines out of her puppy pad while I was at work. I addressed the situation to confined in small area, boring toy, and being alone longer than 4 hours. I fixed it by buying her a portable kennel that I set up in my front hall that allows me to put her bed, puppy pad and all her toys and still have room to run around. I also taped the puppy pad to the floor with with wide clear tape so she couldn'd lift the edges and chew on it. Worked like a charm. Most days shes alone for 5 hours put some days it 7 to 8 hours and all is good. After 2 weeks didn't have to tape down the pad anymore either. She's will be 8 months old next week. |
The tape is a good idea. I have not seen that as a solution before.
I would still recommend to you that you get a dog walker or something like that to break up your dog's day. Dogs are like kids - maybe one deals with isolation by acting out, and one suffers in silence. Eight hours is a really long time for a dog to be alone, and I'm sure it would improve her quality of life to get a little more contact during the day.