Understanding the cause of your dog s behavior can help you to put an end to it and save your carpet in the process.
Dog chewing carpet on stairs.
Dogs particularly puppies often have a bad habit of chewing on carpets.
We have a bottom stair carpet that has been chewed by a puppy.
I would wait until your puppy has grown out of the chewing stage before having a new carpet.
A dog may chew up carpet for a variety of reasons.
The dog that did it would be 14 by now.
He may have too much energy and be looking for a way to work it off he may be scared or anxious or he may be playing and not realize it s wrong.
How to make dog stop chewing carpet on stairs.
Only the first step.
He has now destroyed the carpet on our staircase.
Dogs chew carpet for many different reasons including.
Is your dog creating bare carpet spots torn carpeting and chewed edges or sections.
Now he sits on the stairs and just stares.
Whatever his reason for acting badly you want to stop him and redirect his attention before he destroys your carpets.
While it might initially seem preferable to chewing on your new shoes or the furniture carpet destruction can get expensive.
Our yorkie is 5 yrs old.
Teaching your dog to not chew on the carpet can take a little while depending on the root cause of the chewing behavior.
We swat him every time we catch him.
If he doesn t think we are home he ll start scratching away at it again.
Puppies chew as their way of exploring their world young dogs chew to relieve the pain of teething and older dogs will chew to help keep their teeth clean and jaw muscles tuned up.