I am at my wits end!

[rolland]

Renee

I would say you had it pretty easy also! Lucky you!! I on the other hand had a little chewer until he was over 1 year. Crating helped keep him safe and me sane. Now he is free to roam for the most part. He will also run to his crate to get a treat when we leave the house, it is just part of his routine now. I hope that you can figure something out.

LOL! Yeah I know I had it very easy with Pugweiser & Junior. I guess I am definately due for some torture. Funny, no matter how bad Frito is I still think about getting another Pug in the future!

[Pugsleigh]

Well, I know you don't like the idea.. but I think I'd crate the little guy while you're away. Miss Emma is a massive chewer and loves to get on counters and tables, so she's crated when we're gone. I offered her treats every time she went in there, so now (she's like 11 months I think.. guessing), if I say 'crate' or she sees us getting our keys, that pug races for that crate, she goes in so fast she bounces off the back. LOL If I'm slow, she'll run out, find me, "uff" at me, and with each "uff" she hops backwards a foot, heading for her crate. She cracks me up. Keep in mind, this is a pug that did not like the crate in the beginning. So if nothing else works for ya, give it a shot.

marnie, how in the world does a little pug get on top of a counter??

[jwestoverpug]

Willy's favorite place in the world to be is the counter. He doesn't have one bit of trouble getting up there. I have to make sure there are no chairs anywhere near the island...I guess all his agility training has paid off!!

Renee, I sympathize, Willy was a chewer for well over his first year. He loved the taste of bitter apple almost as much as he loved the taste of wood!! The only thing that worked was a product I bought at pet supplies plus called "bitter end". He did out grow this stage...so there's hope for all the bad little puglets out there.

Jesse

[bezrk]

our male is a little chewer i was not a fan of crating eather but i finaly broke down and got a crate unstead of buying one for his size i bought one that is about 3 times the size he needs that way he has room to play

[Penny]

Renee-
Have you checked his teeth out? Edie was 8 mo when I started fostering her. Her issue ended up being 2 baby teeth that hadn't come out on their own.
Even though Edie lives in her forever home somewhere in NC- she will always be with me- especially when I look at my missing window sill, pulled up carpet on the stairs, the missing catdoor (she chewed it right out of the door one day) oh, and the lovely decorative etchings she left all over my coffee table