Things You'll Need
- Toys
- Treats
- Crate
- Flying disk
Instructions
Supervise your puppy at all times. If you are away from home or cannot keep a close watch on your puppy, keep it in a crate. Make the crate a place the puppy wants to be by offering it treats and toys as a way to introduce the area.
Distract the puppy from the rug by offering him a toy or a treat. Make sure to change toys every few days so that the puppy does not become bored with the selection.
Remove the rugs until the puppy is either trained to stop chewing or grows out of the destructive puppy stage.
Give your puppy at least one to two hours of outdoor playtime every day. Active games such as fetching a flying disk will help give your puppy an alternative to chewing the rug and will tire your puppy out so she will be too tired to chew.
Correct your puppy with a stern ̶0;No̶1; when you catch him chewing on the rug. Never scold the puppy after the fact because the lesson will go unlearned.
Take your puppy to agility courses or the local dog park. This will also help run out some of the energy that plays a part in the destructive chewing. Make sure to only take your puppy around other dogs after he is fully vaccinated, which is at around 16 weeks of age.