Beardie owners --- especially owners of Beardie puppies --- will quickly learn that
most Beardies like to chew. This will be
especially pronounced as puppies grow and transistion from puppy teeth to adult
teeth. But the chewing tendency can stay with some Beardies their entire
lives. So take precautions with things
that you definitely don’t want to be chewed (such as shoes, elegant woodwork,
etc.) And be prepared to discover that
things you never thought could be chewed could be. Things like base boards, door lintels, even
drywall itself, can fall into this category.
While there are various concoctions, both commercial and
home-made, that purport to help prevent chewing --- or at least help to prevent
certain items from being chewed --- the best way to handle this behavior is to
provide your Beardie with plenty of things that are OK to be chewed, such as
soft dog toys. This won’t stop all
destructive chewing --- I am careful to always keep my shoes in a closet that
the dogs cannot reach ---- but it will help.
Just be resigned to the fact --- especially if you are
raising a young Beardie --- that some items you really really really really
don’t want to be chewed up will be.