Thinking of Getting a Boston

by Chris
(Washington DC)

I want a Boston, they are such comedians!! Great dogs...

I am renting an apt. Are Boston's destructive with apartments, say chewing molding/furniture, or is it mostly small inanimate squeaky toys? Wondering if they chew like labs do.

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Thinking of Getting a Boston

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Mar 09, 2010
 My Boston chews...
by: Anonymous

My 3 year old Boston/Pug mix, George, loves to chew. The good thing is that he's never destroyed any furniture since I keep him supplied with a kong, bones and stuffy toys for him to destroy. He also raids the recycling bin when he's bored and shreds cardboard and plastic containers.

Definitely keep anything you don't want destroyed out of reach until you figure out what your Boston prefers!
Feb 10, 2009
 my bt's with chewing
by: Leisa

Jack who's almost 1 1/2 yrs old doesn't chew, but Emma who's almost 7mos is starting to grow out of chewing. She doesn't chew nearly as much as she did.

When she was a chewer, she loved shoes. There's been times that I've been on a scavanger hunt trying to find the other one of my shoes. Of course, once I caught her, she looked up at me with that innocent face as if to say, "This isn't want it looks like! I don't know how that shoe mysteriously appeared in front of me."
Oct 25, 2008
 Boston's grow out of it..
by: Anonymous

My three chewed up things left on the floor. They ate EVERYTHING that was small enough, so just keep small objects (esp. my eye glasses) off the floor. Also, make sure to keep the bathroom door closed. I came home one day and my new puppy got a hold of the toilet paper roll and ripped it into mini pieces!! It looked like it had snowed!!! As for large objects, like furniture, I've had 3 Boston's and they never chewed that. But, if yours did, you could simply purchase some apple bitter spray from the pet store and that would end that! On the plus side, it made me keep my house clean!! They grow out of it in the first year and they are not like large breeds, who are in the 'puppy stage' for about two years. They are so comical, even when they do bad things. They are worth every mishap!!
May 27, 2008
 Boston Terrier Chewing
by: Kathleen

Hi Chris -

Bostons typically do love to chew. Mine aren't too destructive now that they're a bit older, but when they were puppies, I did lose a wooden drawer pull, and the corners of two different upholstered chairs.

As long as we keep them supplied with nylabones and kongs now, they're pretty good. We do have to keep shoes out of sight, too. ;-)

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