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12 Week Cairn Terrier loves to eat branches, grass etc
We have a fenced in back yard with plenty of trees / bushes. My puppy
loves to pick up branches and chew them along with stones, leaves , grass etc. Can this behaviour be changed? Does it need to be changed? or will he just out grow this? Thanks for any answers. |
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On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 19:40:32 -0400 Chief Tecumseh whittled these words:
We have a fenced in back yard with plenty of trees / bushes. My puppy loves to pick up branches and chew them along with stones, leaves , grass etc. Can this behaviour be changed? Does it need to be changed? or will he just out grow this? Thanks for any answers. Have you checked what you have in the yard against the list of plants that are toxic to dogs? Are the branches prone to splintering? What kind of grass? Does it have awns that could become embedded in the eyes. ears, nose, etc? Stones break teeth and cause obstructions if swallowed. Supervise, call the puppy away from unsafe items and redirect to acceptable items. Make the acceptable items interesting by engaging in play with the puppy with the item. The behavior may or may not change over time. Dogs are not wolves - they are more like perpetual wolf puppies - sort of. Anyway, chewing on inappropriate items is a problem for some dogs, a fatal one for some who end up with blockages or intenstinal tearing. -- Diane Blackman http://dog-play.com/ http://dogplay.com/Shop/dogplayshop.htm |
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