Literally eating my walls!

[Tiffany Bailey]

Baby has now gone to eating the walls. I try telling her in a firm voice "no" and then I take her to the restroom and leave her there for 30 sec and bring her out. I live in an apt so it makes it even more necessary that she does not eat the walls. She has plenty of chew toys (some of which are new, because I read that she could get bored of her old ones) but sometimes she would rather chew on the wall. I've tried putting stuff infront of her favorite areas but she just finds another new "favorite" spot. I've tried spraying the walls with Hartz® Stay off stuff but it doesn't seem to be working...

Any suggestions?

[aussiesmum]

Well my gut instinct says "Hartz® Stay off" is no good. Aussie chews the wall every once and a while and it is sheer boredom. A few solutions:

1.) go to homedepot (or lowes or whatever) and buy corner protectors (I assume he is eating the corners). This will make the wall less intersting.

2.) A tired dog is a good dog! Take her for a long walk/play time. A walk isn't enough, your pup needs to run and chase and play.

3.) When at home, find some intesting interactive toys. A kong frozen. A food ball. a piece of food in a coke bottle. Anything that makes your pup think.

I don't know, but I think something like bitter apple is better than anything by hartz.

[Sheryl]

Does he only do this while you are with him? Or is it when you are away too? (In which case it could be separation anxiety?)
I agree with the idea about exercise, also to give him things that make him think. I am finding that clicker training is making my guy think, and then he's actually tired afterwards!

[Susan Medlin]

Sammy hasn't discovered walls yet, but he likes grout! He's always chewing on the fireplace! I was wondering if it was a vitamin defiency, but I think it's just teething!

[Vanessa Lee]

Instead of giving her a time out redirect her to a more appropriate chewing item and make a big fuss over it to get her interested. You could also redirect her to an interactive game with you. To keep her toys/chews interesting don't leave them all out at once. Put out a few today and then tomorrow put those away and bring out a few others. Keep rotating so she does'nt become bored with them.
I agree that more exercise would likely be beneficial too. If you can tire her out really good she'll be less likely to engage in wall chewing.