How do you break a puppy from eating EVERYTHING in its path??

Chewing on, I understand...puppies do this. My dog (6 month old pug) EATS anything that exists in his realm. Pine cones, dirty tissues from the bathroom trash, questionable fungi growing in the yard, toys, crayons, cardboard, rotten mung in the compost pile...I can't keep up! I can't put everything in my house above pug-level. I just know he's gonna end up puking his guts out and dropping dead one day from eating some toxic substance that I haven't moved out of his way because it's like...the refrigerator or something...x(

The only thing I know to do it to firmly say "NO!" and put something in his mouth that he's allowed to chew on...thus far this has been to no avail...:(

Help?? :shrug:

On a serious note. I got from my vet something called Bitter orange. Trained my puppy just great!

Consistency and repetition. And repetition. And repetition. :)

The sad truth is you may have to get everything above pug-level for the forseeable future. It's just kinda part of the puppy process.

I also have a 4 yr old. Which means my entire day is spent picking up things she throws on the floor so he doesn't get them, which means she promptly goes and gets something else to throw on the floor, which I pick up so he doesn't get, which means....:crazy: :D

I'm glad to know that at least I'm doing the right thing, I just hope it *takes* soon, before he gets into trouble.

Dogs hate getting squirted, and it doesn't hurt 'em.

it's a game to him and the point is to catch the water in his mouth...gets him very excited. :)

I didn't attempt it as negative reinforcement though. I was playing with my daughter at the time and Wellstone (dog) decided the fun was just too good to pass up.

I'm looking up obedient schools now because Wellstone just isn't listening to me anymore. Must be going through a teenage doggie phase.

blower. IN THE FACE! Guess it simulates the "head out the car window" effect.

You would think that the noise would freak her out, like when she barks at the vacuum cleaner.

Except Wal-mart - you can't get anything there

It comes in spray or gel (the gel is so you can spread it on things like table legs.)

I do the "NO" thing, and hope that after a decade or so, he'll finally understand...

As an aside, to you folks with the "If that doesn't work" pix...hahahahahahahaha!!!

my dog is 4 years old and has never stopped eating crap. She will eat some of the nastiest stuff I have ever seen (a lot of the same stuff you mention in your post). Luckily, she really only gets sick if she swallows plastic (in particular, she likes to rip apart tennis balls and swallow the bits.) So I try to make sure she does not eat plastic and everything else....I just had to give up on. There's no stopping her. good luck :pals:

Give the can a hard shake every time the dog gets into something...it works with some dogs. Also the Bitter Apple is good but I have a friend whose 18 month old Golden loves the stuff!

you can use baby gates if you have to .
keep all doors in your house closed .
invest about fifty dollars in chew toys .

Teething is painful and soothed by chewing .
praise good chewing with positive reinforcement .
remove all things that are precious to you from
the puppy's path .

Good luck and remember All Dogs Want to Please .
Set your puppy up for success at pleasing you .