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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  
I thought the Bitter Apple worked great. I'd leave Joey out of the pen and anything he chewed on, I'd douse with Bitter Apple. He learned very fast not to chew. I think it doesn’t work for some because they use too little too late and the dog has already learned to love that particular piece. I had plenty of chewing toys and sticks available for him to chew and this helps. By the way, the chewing everything continues as long as they are teething, and even after that. dogs do have a lifetime need to chew, so provide her with something. |
I'm glad the bitter apple worked for you-your theory might be right (why the bitter apple doesn't work) for some dogs, but there might be another answer. I am inclined to think that maybe some dogs just can't taste it, or it's a mind over matter thing. We coated EVERYTHING within puppy reach of that stuff daily, as soon as we brought him home, even our hands, and our dog just didn't care. It worked the first 3 days, then he must have gotten used to it.
If she's confined to her pen, can't you give her something while she's in it to keep her attention? Puzzle toys, antlers, kongs, bully sticks?
Jaeger is almost 7 months and has been much calmer about chewing things from maybe 4 monthish to now, but he's starting to get "mouthy" again. He's not really destroying the house as much as before but has started going after rocks and stuff now-I hear they go through a second phase of chewing around his age.