HELP!!!
My 8mth old Beagle has just started to chew the kitchen cupboard doors when she is shut in there when everyone is out. She has all her toys and we stuff a kong with cream cheese which we freeze before we go out.
We spray some anti chew spray on the bottoms of the cupboards.
We don't quite know how to stop it.

Any ideas greatly welcomed!!
xx

Hi. Dogs usually destroy because they are bored. How long a walk are you giving before leaving her? The less energy she has, then the less she will chew. Even if you succeed in her stopping chewing the doors, the chances are she will chew something else.

The key is draining energy!

Good luck x

I take her for a walk in the morning before work. then shes left in the kitchen while im at work. when i get in from work, i take her out again. i stuff a kong wiv cream cheese and freeze it but it just doesnt last.
i dont know how else to stop her being bored

what about a buster cube or similar - another treat based toy for her to get going at.

How long are you at work for?

shes on her own for about 7.5hrs twice a week and about 4hrs the rest of the week
i dont think she likes being in the kitchen but dont want to let her out and have the whole downstairs incase she wreaks more

Probably better to concentrate the damage to just one area.

Apart from caging her, im not sure what to suggest. I dont think crating would be an option for the 2 days you are gone for over 7 hours either.

How big of a walk does she get before you go?

she has a half hour walk in the morning. if im home, she can mainly sleep most of the day. so part of me thinks shes lonely.
shes also just realised that she can chew the knobs off the oven.
think it has just tipped me over the edge today. just dont know what to do

Is there anyway you could walk her longer? Get her really tired out?

You could try a dog cage on the days when you are out for 4 hours, i used to crate mine for that amount of time, and they were fine aslong as they had had a good run before hand.

Could you afford a dog walker? Get someone to take her out and break up her day. Destruction is usually the result of boredom and frustration.

Or you could try and make some sort of indoor pen. That way she has more room, but cant access anything to chew it.

Its not an easy one to deal with.

i have a crate already. she sleeps in it at night perfectly. when we first started to leave her in the kitchen when we are out she didnt chew. just this last week or so. the first 2 weeks were fine