It is important that you do what you can to direct your kitten's chewing
towards acceptable objects and don't allow any chewing of people's shoes, clothes, or furniture.
If you want to teach your puppy to sit for petting and keep those teeth out of it, here's another effective training tip: «Redirect your puppy's chewing
onto acceptable objects by offering her a small rawhide chew bone or other type of chew toy whenever you pet her.
Redirect your puppy's chewing onto
acceptable objects by offering her a small rawhide chew bone or other type of chew toy whenever you pet her.
Redirect your puppy's penchant for nipping and biting by offering them
more acceptable objects (such as chew toys) whenever you pet them.
Redirect your kitten's aggressive behavior onto
acceptable objects like toys (see our handout: «Cat Toys and How To Use Them»).
Redirect your puppy's chewing
toward acceptable objects by offering her a small rawhide chew bone or other type of chew toy whenever she places her mouth on skin and when you pet her.
If you notice that a cat has begun scratching a piece of furniture, the furniture should be covered immediately to prevent further scratching, and it should be kept covered until the cat is regularly scratching
an acceptable object.
Some cats benefit from a dietary change to one with high fibre content or the introduction of softened hide sticks (usually given to small dogs) with a drop of fish oil added as
an acceptable object to chew.
Allow your pet to chew
acceptable objects.
Immediately give
him an acceptable object to chew and praise him when he does so.