Aside from the occasional (and to-be-expected) accident inside, there has only been one big No No so far a few weeks in when Scout wandered out of sight for a second or two and came trotting back into the room with a tiny piece of our bedroom carpet in his mouth. A couple of days of scouring led me to discover he'd torn it from a spot under the bed that nobody will ever, ever see. Whew. We lucked out a little there.
I've been reading about teething and waiting for our little pup to hit that milestone. [Side note: By "little" I mean he's now 30 pounds and almost as tall as Danny.] I can tell we've hit it hard now because suddenly he must have his mouth on any and everything all the time. Before it was just something to do coupled with curiosity; now it has become a compulsion.
It only took getting my hands, pants, legs, shoes, feet, and toes all chewed on in the matter of a 10 second time span after getting home from work to know we've got a teether on our hands.
I can only liken it to Ryan Stiles' head in this legendary segment from "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
Yup, just like Scout.
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| Frozen washcloths are his favorite teething toy -- chewy, soothing fun! |
Add this to the list of reasons why puppies are really just training babies...
