My little Patrick is 11 months old now and he has started destroying all of his toys. I understand that he is still very young and teething but I was wondering if this behavior will continue. If a toy has a squeaky thing in it he will take it his "lair", chews a little hole in the material, removes most of the stuffing, removes the "squeaky thing" and finally removes the thing that makes the squeaky thing
squeak! It is as if Patrick thinks the whole point of the toy is to get the squeaky out and kill it!
He doesn't eat any of the toy, just makes it look like it exploded!!
I have started putting the damaged toy under his nose and saying "What did you do?" in my "you were bad" voice. He seems to understand that this behavior is unexceptable, but he has continued doing this for weeks now.
One of the sad parts of all this is that I have a seven year old rescue who loves and cherishes his toys like no other dog that I have ever owned. Niko carries his favorites around the house, making a happy little grunting noise, which is so touching. But the "evil" Patrick has pretty much de-stuffed all of Niko's toys too. What can I do to insure that this is not going to be a lifetime habit? Any suggestions?