u/_Poopity_Scoop_11

Hey all!
My little rescue dog named Tita is approximately 1 year old. she is a random mix of breeds and looks similar to a mexican street dog. we've only had her for about 2 coming up on 3 months and she is so smart and doing super super well given her situation in the past.

My fiance and I both work 5 days a week, but one of us is usually home before the other, so Tita is really only left home alone for about 6 hours in the day. We used to have this wooden shoe rack near the front of our door. Whenever we would leave, she decided it was a really great thing to chew on. To deter this, we would bring her on long walks in the morning before leaving and made sure she had an enrichment toy along with enough chew toys and balls to keep her entertained. despite this, some days we would come home to nothing destroyed, and some days where she just went crazy on the wooden shoe rack and had pieces of it everywhere. I was getting worried she would get a splinter in her mouth from chewing, so we threw the shoe rack away.

Next, she started chewing on the legs of the papasan chair as it is made out of wood. I tried to get her a coffee wood stick that she did like for a while, and some yak chews as I had read that they're great, long lasting chewy stick thats good for dogs. She still really enjoys her yak chews, and its really the only thing she continues to go back to but the wood stick was short lived. Other things that were short lived was the kong, a chew ball with ropes sticking out of it, and heavy duty squeaky chew toy. My crocs are another thing she tries to go back to, and I have yet to find something of similar texture for her, but otherwise she really loves hard to chew things like the yak chew and wood.

We recently bought a camera as well to be able to watch her at home while we are away, talk to her if shes doing something naughty, and leave on puppy T.v. for her so she doesn't feel alone.

Today her choice of chew was a bit of a shock. She has been really good overall with her chewing as of late, but today she decided to chew on the baseboard trim in our rental apartment near the front entrance. Thankfully, this is an easy fix for us, but my worry here is just wanting to help her out in the case that she is chewing like this because she is stressed. I've tried to deter her chewing, especially when we catch her in the act and can deter her on the spot with another chew, but not being at home while shes doing it to distract her to something else is clearly a struggle. Mainly, I am just wondering if anyone has experienced similar habits from their dog and if you have any tips on how to help miss Tita out in terms of how you would approach this chewing behaviour

Any tips really help! and thank you if you read all of this lol

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Rescue Dog constantly biting wood/no-no objects when we leave the house.