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Expert: - 11/8/2011


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We got our first dog -a beagle- in April. He's now 10 months old, but he's still teething a lot. I don't think it's because he's bored because he gets a lot of exercise each day, and if he doesn't, the teething doesn't get worse. He often lays on my lap whilst i'm holding a chew toy for him, so it might be comfort? We can usually tell if his teeth are bothering him because his ears heat up. He doesn't chew up possessions as such, just things that are hard, like the handles of draws or cupboards. He went through a bad phase a few months back, and we saw he lost some of his baby teeth, but we've had a look and cant see any left, or any coming through. I was just wondering when the chewing would stop.
Hope you can help?

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This is the age where their back molars come in, they have two periods of intense chewing, when they are a few months old and the permanent teeth come in and then again between 9-12 months when the molars come in. This is the time to provide him with some serious chew toys, rawhide, kongs, nylabones etc. And yes, it is time to dog proof the house again for awhile!

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I am happy to answer BEAGLE BREED SPECIFIC behavioral questions. Please DO NOT ask CRATE TRAINING OR MEDICAL questions! I am not a vet nor an expert in the use of crates.

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I currently have one beagle, a male age 5, an 12 month old Pit Bull, and a 8 year old min. poodle. I have had to let go of three of my dogs, 2 beagles and 1 whippet/rat terrier mix in the past 5 years, most recently my whippet mix. The two beagles lived to 15 and the whippet mix to 13.5, it has been hard to say goodbye to them. I have done rescue work on and off for years as well as fund-raising for the local animal shelter. I worked for a dog magazine in the past (Southern California Dog Magazine). Being a psychotherapist has encouraged me to do in depth studying of animal behavior as well. I have worked with many people to help curb undesirable behaviors in their dogs (or them!) or to form good behaviors. My life is devoted to and surrounded by my dogs........The picture you see here is Zeppelin but we also call him the "miracle dog". He was hit by a car April 2010 while out with the dog walker and had very serious injuries... 4 surgeries and $17,000 later my boy is whole again and back to loving life. He is so special to me and he weathered a lot of pain and trauma yet is still the sweet boy he always was! I also work to stop Breed Specific Legislation and help to get pit bulls adopted.

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