| Is your pitbull chewing up your house? If is | | | | taking anything you don't want your pitbull to chew |
| destroying your favourite chair, ripping the arms off | | | | on and putting it out of reach. Furniture is difficult, but |
| your sofa, destroying your mobile phones, cameras, | | | | anything like books, shoes, rubbish, small appliances, |
| and remote controls? Chewing can be extremely | | | | phones, remote controls etc. should be removed |
| frustrating, but it doesn't have to be. | | | | from access. |
| Your pitbull (although it might not seem like it right | | | | - 2. Stop him before he even learns. The longer your |
| now) is perfectly capable of learning not to chew | | | | pitbull continues chewing before you scold him the |
| your furniture and your house to pieces, it just take | | | | harder it will be. As soon as you see your dog |
| a little time and some key training principles: | | | | chewing scold him / her. If they learn they will get |
| - 1. Take full control. Learn to control the situation. | | | | told off and punished straight away they will soon |
| While training it is important to dog proof your home | | | | stop it. If you can prevent your dog from chewing |
| as much as possible. Don't test your dog's self control | | | | to begin with it will learn your expectations - the |
| - especially to start with. Take control your self as if | | | | chewing won't spread to other items, or get worse, |
| there are less distractions and possible things to | | | | and you should be able to stop it before it really gets |
| chew you will have more success.This basically means | | | | out of control. |