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Totally agree with the others - crate and then consistent redirection training when you're there - have a toy of hers in every room so you can always go ah-ah remove the item she's got and give her the toys that is hers instead, like with children its a pain at first and can seem like you have to do it every 5 seconds but they soon get the idea. My Sam soon learnt to go and fetch his own toys from his toybox, yous will too - patience and time. He still is crated when I go out because he prefers it - funny dog - cried for me when I left him wandering but sleeps or chews his bone perfectly happily in his crate - I know I filmed him to see! 
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| Topseyt wrote: | | By around 18 months he had outgrown the real chewing stage (many dogs do, but some may not) and could be left un-crated. Both my dogs still use a crate when travelling in the car though, and always will. |
Yes, they are all different - Dylan is only crated now when we are out - and that's more to stop him harrassing the girls than because he is a chewer - and he's not 15 months yet - Dream OTOH is 26 months and Moz just over 3, and I wouldn't trust them further than I could throw them - if I let them have free reign, I wouldn't have a house left - and Vicki will testify that Moz is a houdini even in the car when it comes to things to chew - he can 'breathe' things into the crate 
Last year, the garage rang me to tell me the car had failed the MOT - there was hesitation when I asked why - with this little voice saying - well "someone has eaten your rear seatbelts" - £350 it cost me and a valuable lesson learnt 
Bronte was only fully de-crated when she was 2, and it's still not unusual for her to sometimes 'find' something overnight (aided by the Dyl I suspect  ) and even Clover is not beyond finding something if she is in a strop and full view of me  it was £15 a couple of weeks ago and she's 6 in February 
Hally OTOH only ever grated her teeth on my walls (we had a new house then) - the only thing she ever actually chewed was my parents James Last Concert Tickets at least it gave the staff at the NIA a chuckle
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I agree totally with the crate idea, be aware though she will take some adjusting to being confined and will express her fustration at that vocally, so you will have to give it some time, don't just give up because she barks a bit (or a lot!). Pups not used to a crate can be pretty vocal about their disatisfaction at the new routine 
IF you happen not to want/afford or like the idea of a crate, please please stop setting her up to fail by giving her the run of rooms where she can cause damage. Maybe pick one room, ideally with a hard, wipeable floor, such as the kitchen, a conservatory, a utility room etc where you can confine her to it when you aren't there and pluck everything at pup height and ut it out the way. They will upset bins, they will rip up magazines, eat remote controls, rip up cushions if they CAN, so stop her being able to. A crate will do that but if you struggle wanting or using one, just pick a room and make a giant crate. They will always find *something* to chew up, but put the bin on a work surface, move teatowels to counter height and push everything to the back of the work surfaces. Pick up doormats. Remove hanging coats they can pull down and put shoes in another room.
Each time she chews and you aren't there she is learning she CAN and it must be RIGHT because noone is telling her not to. So take that opportunity away, crate or confined room depending. Use baby gates or shut doors.
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