Paper chewing , I may not be the most experienced , but I've been there with this ... At 4 months old - you should crate train the 'poo & that means get rid of the Pee papers ... bring him out to go .
When you aren't watching him closely ... crate him . puppy proof the areas he'd be free to roam .. When he does get something you don't want him to have - Say "No", not his name ... just NO. then offer him a good chewy toy ( not a treat ) when he drops the Bad for the toy ... say " Good Boy " a few times & a good pat on the head too . Teaching him to drop what ever it is he has that you want might save his life ... or a trip to the Vet.... try playin ball fetch & say drop ... using hand motions & reward with treats til he gets it ... I'm a one word guy LOL rarely do I speak more than a few to them .. I say " IN " my dogs go to their own crates & sit there waiting for me to close their doors .. I say "Out" ( after opening the door & they run down the stairs to go out ...) If one is getting into something in the house & I don't want him/her to I firmly say (not yell) "OUT" ... and they stop & walk away Hope that helps Tim http://ourcockapoos.homestead.com/ <http://ourcockapoos.homestead.com/> --- In [email protected], "Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Our 16 week old cockapoo grabs any paper he can. He pulls it into his > crate and shreds it. He won't let go of it when we say drop it and he > holds on tighter. We try prying his mouth open, but even that doesn't > stop him. The worst part is that he does it with the newspaper that > was newly peed on. This happens when we are sitting on a chair when > he's on the floor or if we're upstairs and he's downstairs. Any ideas > of what we can do? Thanks >
