Biting and knawing on stone and grout?
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| give him plenty to gnaw on that is okay (no rawhide) and make sure not to over stimulate him with too much play - he is still a baby.
And enroll him in puppy class as soon as you can so you can work with a goood trainer to overcome the issue. |
| The gnawing is partial emotional release of being separated from his litter mates and mum, and teething issues. Oh, I suspect there's the "gee what's this" in there too.
When he bites or tries, give him a chew item instead. Immediately substituting an approriate items will.......eventually.....teach him the urge to chew is for inanimate objects only......approvied inanimate objects. He's teething so anything hard and cold feels great on those sore gums. Then there's the instant gratification of gnawing......baby pacifier. You will invest in many different types of chew/gnaw toys to get him thru the next year and beyond. Expect many nips in the next few months until you learn how to train him. It's too early for puppy class as his immune system isn't up for mixed company. In mean time when he nips, you yelp and then walk away from him. In his litter when he would nip someone, they'd yelp and walk away. Quickly they learn play sessions end if one nips and hurts another. Puppies don't want to be out of the game so quickly learn the rules. |
 Thanks you guys! The yipping seems to be working really well. I went and dug out all the chewy toys that we have. I sit right by the hearth on the fireplace and just continually give him different chewies,LOL . Just like a baby!  We love him so much .  |
| When we first got Barney we kept him in the kitchen when we couldn't be right there supervising him and he ate a large section of tile/grout. I can't remember what we did to stop it, though. I'm pretty sure he just outgrew it. We were lucky b/c we had extra tiles to replace them with so it wasn't that big of a deal. |
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