Biting and tearing up carpet corners
So Hiro has a problem... he likes to bite me... not serious biting but I guess I'll call it nipping at me. He likes to bite me everytime he's near me. I don't get it because he doesn't do it to my husband only me! The back of my ankles are all scratched up from him biting me when I walk and my arms and hands. We have bought him TONS of toys and chewing bones, so I dont' get when I'm near him, he goes to bite me. I tell him no but he just barks at me... Could it be b/c he's teething? I just don't get why it's only me he does it to!
He also likes to tear up corners of our carpet... I have put tape down (heavy duty) to try and save our carpet and to make him stop, but he keeps going at it and I think he's eating it!
Does anyone know why he is acting like this? We walk him all the time and play with him a lot so he's not bored...
He also likes to tear up corners of our carpet... I have put tape down (heavy duty) to try and save our carpet and to make him stop, but he keeps going at it and I think he's eating it!
Does anyone know why he is acting like this? We walk him all the time and play with him a lot so he's not bored...
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When you catch him in the act of eating carpet, redirect him to something you would rather him chew. Again raising your voice and getting angry gives him too much attention. When he does chew on something you want him to chew praise the heck out of him. He knows he wants to chew, but you have to teach him what is okay to chew and what isn't. It all is the same to him until you teach him otherwise.
as i've watched him i think the problem is that he thinks everything is his, i bring home plants, i bring home books he thinks its all a fun new toy for him
so i agree gotta teach him what he can have and can not have
if your carpets can't hold up through the teaching process, a quick fix is to cover the edges with something big and heavy (mine is his crate) and then this becomes his new focus
but if you ever move that big and heavy object he may go after that carpet again so training would be the most sustainable way of handling it
maybe the big and heavy object can sit on the carpet when you can't be nearby to catch the behavior
let me know how it goes or if you come across any better ideas please share