they are chewing EVERYTHING what is causing this and how do I stop it?
Please forgive me if I have posted in the wrong place. I have 2 sister (same litter) Black Labs. Loretta (inside dog) and Patsy (outside dog). They were born May 24th 2013. We got them from a friend when they were 8 weeks old and Until recently they were the only 4 legged family members. About 2 weeks ago we rescued a 5 or 6 month old kitten. Before kitten we had absolutely no problems out of Loretta. We could leave her in the house for 5 hours and she would do awesome. Shortly after we got kitten we had to go to the store and a few other places and was gone for maybe 3 hours. We came home to a demolished house. It had litterally looked like a tornado had gone thru the house. Loretta had chewed up every thing from a phone book to stuffed animals to what ever she could get a hold of including dvd's. Now we can't even go to bed and wake up the next morning without waking up to a mess. We had a similar problem like this and we started giving them clean milk gallons to chew on and then it stopped. She has never done this before we got the kitten. Is the cat the reason she has started chewing everything? How do I stop her from doing this? I have a friend who is going to give me a kennel so we can put her in that at night and when we leave. However I am not a fan of kennels and would much rather be able to let her run the house. I am stumped as to how to get her out of this cycle and to some how make her understand that the cat is not going any where and that they have to deal with each other. All 4 legged family members get the same amount of attention so it is not like we are favoring the cat over the dogs. Any ideas, advice, would be very welcomed. thank you.:confusion::(