Destructive chewing in dogs starts when they are cutting their first set of teeth and will often continue until their second set of teeth are fully in. Dogs being dogs will chew on anything left within their reach. Plastic bottle caps that have fallen on the floor to that table leg that you forgot to shut the door to the room it was in. We can go around and pick up everything in sight and give the do it's own chew toy but be careful what type of toy you give the dog. If you give the dog a small stuffed dog toy and you have children that have stuffed animal toys you might find that the dog will not know the difference from chewing it's own toy to chewing on you daughter's favorite teddy bear.
Chewing and digging up parts of your rugs is a matter more of smell than chewing. The dog finds an interesting smell in the rug or carpet and wants to find out more about it. Very often the rug destroying act is a one time only deal since we often get so upset with the result the dog can tell from our tone and attitude not to do it again.
The only way to prevent destructive chewing and destruction of your items in your home is by training and not leaving the dog alone in the home.
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