Your puppy might also be sleep deprived ( you’ll be surprised at how much sleep a puppy really needs!), exercise deprived, or possessive because of competition with other animals in the household. Nobody really knows the true cause of pica, and there might be many things that can make a dog start eating strange things.Ī dog may get pica because it feels separation anxiety, is bored, is lonely, has a medical condition, has been abused in the past, or is stressed out. Most experts think that pica is an eating disorder based on compulsive behavior. Many dog owners have spent a lot of money on surgeries to remove objects from their dog’s intestines. Pica can be an expensive condition to deal with. If your puppy obsessively eats dirt or grass and your dog isn’t on any preventive medication, then your puppy could eat a worm or go near fleas, and get sick from that. Pica isn’t dangerous, unless your puppy eats something that is poisonous to dogs or swallows something that gets stuck in the digestive system. Different dog breeds take longer to reach adulthood than others, with most smaller dogs reaching their maturity at 12 months and larger breeds taking 24 months to officially be an adult. Pica usually starts in teenage dogs between 6 and 18 months of age, or even when the dog is an ‘adult’. Or trade the item in your puppy’s mouth with a healthy puppy treat.īut what begins as innocent puppy chewing may turn into pica – the obsessive eating of non-food objects. If your puppy is chewing something it shouldn’t eat, try to stay calm and walk away so your puppy follows you. Or your dog might enjoy all the attention, even if it’s negative attention. If you scream, chase and run after your puppy for chewing, your dog will learn to grab and run away with things to chew or to swallow things whole. Your reaction to puppy chewing often has an influence on how a dog learns to behave. Chewing on hard things also helps their adult teeth to break through their gums, which can be a painful time for your puppy. Puppies chew on things because of their curious nature to discover the world around them, such as what’s yummy and what isn’t. You can read all about puppy teething (and what happens to those teeth) by clicking HERE. This is all part of being a puppy and is completely normal. Most puppies will chew on and may swallow non-food items as they grow up, especially when their adult teeth are coming out when they are between 3 and 6 months old.
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