Leash Chewers

[lovemymaltese]

baby gates work great, that's a good idea!

[wolf_Q]

Yes he has a large crate that's in my room, which he goes in to sleep sometimes, and he sleeps there at night. He has a dog run in the backyard with a doghouse and I leave him there or in the crate when I can't watch him.

He's only tied up in the house when I'm right there with him. Like in the kitchen. I have to keep a leash on him in the house quite a bit, because he just won't leave Smokey and Reggie alone. I'm working on teaching him how to nicely greet dogs, not jump on their heads like he does lol. He is offleash in the house quite a bit too...sometimes he won't bother the dogs, but when he just won't stop jumping at them, I have to stop him. I take him on a leash around the rest of the house too.

I would like to get a baby gate, but I live with my parents. According to them, the kind that has a door that can swing has to be literally attached to the walls, and they don't know if they want that. The only place I could really leave him where he couldn't destroy anything is the kitchen, which would require 3 gates---one by the front room (which has an extra large opening) and the others right in front of stairs. I really think we should at least get one by the front room though. It's stupid in my opinion---they've always got pissed if Reggie and Smokey went in that room. But they need to have something to actually stop them, because they go in there all the time anyway. And I want to teach Nebo to not run and bark at the door like they do--yeah that's real fun trying to hold back 3 dogs everytime the doorbell rings! Ugh. He thinks--if they can run and bark, why can't I?

[Dixieland Dancer]

I believe positive reinforcement by redirecting his desire to chew the leash to something else is the best solution, however; if you are looking for a "Taste" that will distract him, try a very hot tabasco sauce. I am not talking about Louisiana hot sauce, but something even hotter. It needs to be hot enough that he won't build up a tolerance for it.

[anna_66]

Originally posted by wolf_Q

I'm working on teaching him how to nicely greet dogs, not jump on their heads like he does lol.

Good luck with that one! Roxey is over a year old and sometimes she still does that, and did it to Angus until we got Huney! And now she does it to Huney ALL the time! But she don't do it to other dogs, unless they want to play. Just our dogs