My dog is a 16 month old corgi/GSD mix.
So the chewing isn't like the worst thing ever – it's usually a little bit of nibbling on the corner of the rug or something – but looking for some ideas because I can't figure out the trigger to her chewing.
The chewing always occurs very early in the morning. I don't know if she's just bored, or anxious to get out, or what. She doesn't exhibit this behaviour any other time during the day, and she has lots of things that are appropriate for her to chew on, which she will regularly use. We take her out three times per day, and she never does any inappropriate chewing before our afternoon and evening walks, only the morning one.
Once she starts exhibiting this behaviour, we'll crate her for a week or two during the evenings. After that, we can let her free-roam again in the evenings, and she won't chew anything inappropriately for a couple of weeks. And then the inappropriate nibbling starts up again, so we crate her again for a couple of weeks. This cycle has happened 3 times now.
Any ideas of what can be triggering this behaviour?
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