Time Out...Please
By Sharon
@simone10 (54189)
Louisville, Kentucky
October 3, 2015 7:57am CST
Daisy (my 3 month old dachshund puppy) is evidently having a bad day. Most days she will play quietly by herself while I am on the computer. Not today.
She played with Bella (7 yr old dachshund) for a while until Bella got tired and climbed under her blanket to sleep. I guess Daisy was bored as she has tried to chew on wood on the wall three times, tried to chew on the dishwasher, tried to chew on the cabinet, climbed on the bottom shelf (three times) of a shelf unit and knocked stuff over, tried to chew on the dining room chair which is metal, tried to chew the fridge and finally climbed under the recliner/rocker five times to chew whatever is under the chair. Each time I scolded her and gave her a toy to play with. Normally this will work but not today. She just went on to the next thing to chew. I'm sure she is teething.
So, she is in time out right now. We have a playpen type thing that my brother built that we can put her in when needed. It is huge and she has her bed, toys and pee pads there if needed. I keep her OUT of the playpen 99% of the time as she is usually good and I can't stand to see her sweet little face looking at me so sadly. But there are times like today when she goes and has to have a little time out for about 30 minutes. By then she is usually calm and will climb in my lap to take a nap.
I don't which I would rather have. A baby who cries all the time while teething or a puppy who tries to chew everything in the house.
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19 responses
@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
3 Oct 15
To answer your doubt, neither of them are better. 
Hopefully she is calm and comfortable now. Puppies can be restless, they aren't tired out like the older ones.
Hopefully she is calm and comfortable now. Puppies can be restless, they aren't tired out like the older ones.5 people like this
@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
9 Oct 15
@simone10 it definitely reminds me of babies who put anything and everything in their mouth, except food that is
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
14 Oct 15
@ria1606roy 
This is very true. I have to pick up even the tiniest bit of fuzz on the floor because she will find it and in her mouth it goes.
This is very true. I have to pick up even the tiniest bit of fuzz on the floor because she will find it and in her mouth it goes.1 person likes this
@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
3 Oct 15
Small creatures, be they human or otherwise require lots of patience.
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. I guess all I can do is pray that she gets through this really fast. Daisy will be fixed after the first of the year so maybe that will help her as well. We can only hope, right?
@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
8 Oct 15
@simone10 Our Bosun will be a year old in November and he still chews anything he can get his mouth on. So it doesn't happen that soon lol... Still in
November when he is a year old he will be fixed and they say that quietens them down a lot. At the moment he still has more energy that a barrel of monkeys
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
3 Oct 15
That playpen that your brother made sounds ideal. I wish we had one when our Bosun was three months old, in fact I could still do with one right now as he is still biting and chewing on things if you don't watch him closely. The trouble is they are so cute especially when they are small dogs like ours. My kids were a lot less trouble than the pups I've had lol...
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
23 Oct 15
That sounds like Ciara when she was a puppy. She would chew on everything, including the dry wall my husband had stored away and yep, she went into time out when she did that.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
30 Oct 15
@simone10 Yeah, I think once she got her adult teeth, in about a year, she stopped.
@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
7 Oct 15
Never had a puppy so I wouldn't know what it's like to have a teething puppy. But a teething baby keeps you awake at night that's for sure.
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
11 Oct 15
@cahaya1983 Lol...hopefully a baby wouldn't destroy a house but you never know 
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
9 Oct 15
@simone10 Oh okay that's something a teething baby wouldn't do. I think.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
4 Oct 15
aw the joys 'f teethin' - not! i dunno which i'd rather 've either. i feel fer 'em both. yepperz, that playpen's a grand idea. ne'er had such with these pups 'n it prolly would'a come in handy.
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
8 Oct 15
I do feel sorry for Daisy as I know it has to be painful and they don't cry like babies do. The playpen has been heaven at times. It is huge and she can have room to play, eat and potty but she isn't in there too much anymore. Only when she eats or needs a time out.
@fawkes62 (1276)
• United States
4 Oct 15
My kitten is chewing and biting a lot too, also teething I think. He really likes to chew boxes, so I try to leave any I'm going to recycle out for a day or two for him to chew on. Do you have toys that are hard for her to chew on, like a Nylabone? That might help prevent her chewing on the chair legs.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
4 Oct 15
I think babies and puppies are so similar. I'm not interested in having another baby at my age or another puppy. But I do love my grand-dogs. Good luck with that and I like the sound of your timeout space.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
4 Oct 15
Lol I think I might prefer the crying baby
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
4 Oct 15
I'll take a teething puppy any day!
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@wetnosedogs (1533)
• United States
3 Oct 15
That playpen is a great idea for time-outs
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