Your puppy explores his environment with his mouth and there will be a time when your puppy is teething. Thus there is no way you can completely prevent chewing. However, you can control what is chewed. Go through your home and make sure anything that you wouldn’t want chewed is put away or out of reach from your puppy. If the item is too large to store such as furniture, you will need to supervise your puppy whenever he is in the room with these items. Whenever your puppy touches these items with his mouth, say NO and redirect him to an appropriate chew bone or squeaky toy. If you or another household member cannot supervise your puppy, secure him in a puppy-safe area or his crate. Do not leave your puppy in these areas for long periods of time since your puppy needs socialization as well. Contact your Ellicott City, MD veterinarian the Claws N Paws Animal Hospital to learn more.