English Español Deutsch Français 日本語

What to do if a dog bites your shoes

Pet Knowledge
This article is provided by Veterinarian Dr. Ava Williams
If a dog bites shoes, if it is in the teething period, the owner can prepare a molar stick or a teething toy for it instead of shoes to allow it to grind its teeth. If the dog is still biting shoes after the teething period, the owner can provide appropriate training to the dog and tell it that biting shoes is wrong. At the same time, you can also spray odors that dogs hate on the shoes, such as essential oils, perfume, toilet water, etc., so that the dogs will not touch the shoes again.

1. Prepare teething sticks or teething toys

Dogs usually grind their teeth at three to four months. Due to itchy teeth, dogs will bite things indiscriminately to relieve discomfort. At this time, the owner needs to put away the things that the dog likes to bite, and prepare some teething sticks or teething toys for the dog to grind its teeth. This can not only relieve the dog’s discomfort, but also prevent it from chewing other things and causing Unnecessary destruction.

2. Provide appropriate teaching

If the dog is still biting shoes after the molar period, then appropriate teaching is needed. When you find that the dog is biting shoes, speak loudly immediately Scold and take away the shoes, you can also give appropriate punishment, such as gently patting its butt, to let it know that doing so is wrong. This is a long-term process, so the owner must have enough patience and never use violence.

3. Spray odors that dogs hate on shoes

Odors such as essential oil, perfume, toilet water, citrus, etc. are all odors that dogs hate, so if the owner doesn’t mind If so, you can spray the smell that your dog hates on the shoes. If the dog doesn’t like these smells, it will naturally stay away from the shoes.

TAG: