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Old 03-15-2013, 02:45 AM   #3 (permalink)
Muneraven
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It sounds like you're doing fine. When your pup does chew on HER toys praise her and pet her . . .I found that worked even better on Jaeger than scolding him for chewing the wrong thing. They get so very many "no-nos" at that age, lol!

Do the same thing when she is going potty outside, BTW: Praise the heck out of her when she gets it right. Sometimes it feels silly to be outside cooing "Oh what a GOOD dog so smart for pottying outside!" but they love it.

A warning about shoes: Jaeger's only real chewing vice was shoes. Puppies like them because they smell like you. . . however, is forays into chewing shoes later on came about because, we suspect, he associates them with us leaving. Yeah, they really can be that smart. "If they don't have the shoes, they can't leave . . ."
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