Help-I think I have a Marley lab!

[Snowshoe]

If he'snot teething now he soon will be and the chewing will likely get worse with the lovely addition of blood from his gums left on any fabric. You can give him cold things to chew on to soothe his sore gums. I used those white rope bones, soaked, lightly wrung out, frozen, rotated two. It was startling to see how red they got. Some folks use old wash clothes. You must supervise to be sure bits aren't swallowed, well not too many bits. Or, you could find him a Golden Retriever puppy to play with, their neck ruff is a great teething toy. And a puppy playmate helps use up a lot of energy.

[Labradorks]

Sounds like your pup has too much freedom. Just like a small child, without supervision they do all kinds of stuff that is fun for them, not so great for us. You know, like flushing toys down the toilet and drawing on walls. Like children, they can also hurt themselves when unsupervised, so that is something to take seriously. The truly bad thing about giving a pup too much freedom is that he is learning bad habits, so it's not necessarily true that he will grow out of it if you continue to let him create his own fun. A few months or years of chewing is one thing; a lifetime of destruction is something else entirely. Right now, he should not be given opportunities to create bad habits, and he should be taught what is appropriate.

Puppies and young dogs should be in one of two places: Supervised by a capable adult or in a crate. Period.

[4Thelove]

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