Pets Articles - How to Use Boston Terrier Training To Stop Destructive Chewing


by Richard Cussons - Date: 2010-01-13 - Word Count: 452 Share This!

The chewing instinct is 101% canine. For puppies, its a good tool for exploring the world around them, as well as part of the teething process. In the case of adolescent and adult dogs, chewing frees up the dog from boredom and can bring down stress. In order to chewing frustrations, you will simply need to teach your dog that it is ok to chew some things, while other objects are offlimits.

In Boston Terrier training tips, training begins the first time you bring home your puppy or adult rescue dog. Keep within reach a lot of acceptable chew items, e.g. bully sticks, nylabones, and sterilized bones. Then use any of these to redirect any of your dog's unacceptable chewing, then calmly praise the dog for the switch.

Aside from the deliberate redirection, its also important to catch your dog doing something good. So when you spot your dog lying down and enjoying a bone, praise it so it learns you like the way it sits quietly, chewing on the right kind of object. Soon enough your dog will want to chew this way often, which is also perfect for keeping it occupied.

Here is a quick boston terrier training idea: if your dog initially ignores digging into a nylabone, then swap it for a friend's dog's chewed bone. You don't know it, but used bones are more attractive than fresh ones!

Think also in terms of "a little and often" when it comes to training a dog. Training at home is essentially just a few short minutes several times a day.

But occasionally some dog owners will be wondering that it seems to be taking ages to get down to what is really eating the chewing-loving dog. But most of these investigating will end when separation anxiety is considered as the main motive.

We only have to recall the last time we got the 'knot-in-the-stomach' feeling, or the queasy emotions from knowing things are not right, and we can then relate very much to what a dog feels when separation anxiety strikes. But when dogs feel this way, they do not wring their hands, or smoke, or go around for some fresh air. Instead they chew!

If the dog chews only the possession of a family member that is not home at that time, then its all the more likely separation anxiety is at the root of its behavior. But the solutions here are indeed simple. Indeed, a tired dog is a good dog, and so daily exercise is the key, and plenty of it for that matter, aside from mental exercises.

Richard Cussons shares effective boston terrier training tips. For more boston terrier training, feel free to visit dalmatiansavvy.com.


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