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My 6-month-old dog chews everything. Will another dog help?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered

My dog is a desexed male red cattle x approx 6 months and destroyes the yard and chews things up, would getting him a friend help in any way?

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Answered By Claudia Fioravanti

Veterinarian

Published on December 6th, 2016

I think at the moment he is probably bored and his overexcitable behaviour doesn't help much either. You should try to help him keep calm by giving him a place where he can settle, entertain himself , for example offering him a kong stuffed with some dog food , then put it in the freezer for a couple of hours. Make sure that the kong is not too small other ways he could ingest it.

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