SophieStaffy

When Sophie really gets into chewing on a toy on rawhide, she'll grip the toy all the way down to the carpet and sometimes catches her teeth on the carpet itself. Then when she goes to rip the toy up, she rips the carpet up too! I don't know how to keep her from doing this. I don't want to yell at her, as she's not doing it on purpose and she might think I'm yelling at her for chewing her toys. But I need to do something, as she's wrecking the carpet!

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I talk to him when I'm lonesome like; and I'm sure he understands.
When he looks at me so attentively, and gently licks my hands;
Then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes, but I never say naught thereat.
For the good Lord knows I can buy more clothes, but never a friend like that.
- W. Dayton Wedgefarth

BoxMeIn21

How about putting a mat or a blanket underneath her while she chews?

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KatzNK9

Eeeekgads! This is a tough one. I hope somebody pops in with a great idea. The best idea I can think of is to put mats down on the carpet & teach Sophie to chew on the mats. I'd work on down/stay & give her chewy toy treats on the mat.

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SophieStaffy

That's a pretty good idea... now hopefully I can make it work! She catches on to commands quickly (she understood 'sit' within 5 minutes of me starting to teach it), but is still under the impression that they are optional to follow. Sigh.

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I talk to him when I'm lonesome like; and I'm sure he understands.
When he looks at me so attentively, and gently licks my hands;
Then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes, but I never say naught thereat.
For the good Lord knows I can buy more clothes, but never a friend like that.
- W. Dayton Wedgefarth

KatzNK9

LOL, time, patience & consistency with her training will fix that "optional" issue. Hehehehe, a pup's gotta do what a pup's gotta do until she learns the difference.

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The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. - Anonymous

I've been sprung, scorched, boo'd, hugged, sniffed, admired, gobbled, frosted & HoHoHo'd.