HELP!
Crate training is the obvious answer. I know this, but I do not have the money or space for a crate the size he would need, although saying that Whippy really could do with a new tray for her crate and/or a smaller crate since we thought she was a whippet and so bought a medium crate, meaning she now has a toileting area and a sleeping area in her crate 
so I could buy Whippy a smaller crate and give pup hers (with a new tray) but space issues means it would have to be folded down during the day - would crate training still work? How could you do it without the crate being up as his safe space during the day?
He has plenty to chew, I only bought him a new nyla bone yesterday to add to his Kong and his dental chew, plus he gets those marrow bone thingys you buy from pet shops.
He has plenty of exercise, 40 mins - 1hr on a morning half of this off lead and then another 20 mins off lead on a tea time. Plus 15 - 20 mins training most days. Two or three times a week he has a massive 2hr off lead walk, with five other dogs to tear about with, he also likes swimming during this time, so it is not, imo, an exercise issue.
It could be anxiety, but he shows no other signs of being anxious and is in the same room as Whippy, so not totally alone.
So far this week he has eaten two packed lunch boxes (as in the actual box, not the food from inside it - they were empty), a packet of loo rolls, a training lead, the laces off of my walking boots and a bottle of shampoo. Oh and I suspect it is him who is eating the pleather coating off my dining chairs.
He is a 10 month old Lurcher pup (Grey X with something)
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Puppy chewing EVERYTHING.
D0oinMeCleanin · 14/09/2012 08:56
wow! that is some appetite he has 
. I hope you get some help soon as I am not 'in the know'. It sounds like he is chewing pretty much the entire day, except when he is walking etc. I hope you get some help soon.
Yup. He's either chewing something he shouldn't be chewing or bouncing. I suspect he is part kangeroo
I don't think I would cope with him if it wasn't for the pleasure I get in watching him off lead. His utter joy and enthusiasm for life is infectious. If I ever feel a bit down during the day I take him out for a run, he's sure to bring a smile to my face. He is really lovely apart from the chewing and jumping.
The bouncing is improving, he now understands I will not open a door until he is sitting/laying, so I am no longer mauled by him every time I need to leave the room. His chewing is getting worse 
I also think his last home hit him for chewing, when I found my boots in his bed and leaned down to "swap" them for something he is allowed, he tried to hide under the desk, cowering He has never and will never be hit in my house.
On the bright side he has now learnt "down" watching him throw himself to the floor with great enthusiasm and then wag his tail furiously because he is so proud of himself is hilarious.
Can you tell I am going to have real problems giving him up when he finds his forever sofa?
I'm fairly sure if I never let him out of the crate he would just eat his way out anyway
When I am here during the day I can supervise and train, so he only gets chance to chew things he is not allowed for a minute or two before we swap.
It's on a night when we are sleeping that he destroys things. I wish my kids would learn to put things away. My boots were in the bathroom, but he has now learnt to open the bathroom door, where he will steal loo roll and toiletries to chew/shred.
It's not when we swap that he cowers, normally when I swap him something he is standing or stands up when he sees me and what he has is still in his mouth. So I don't need to lean down to him. I just swap. We initially taught swap using food, we'd swap him what he had for a treat and then once he taken the treat and we'd retrieved what he shouldn't have he was offered a toy of his own.
The time with the boots he was laying down and the boots were beside him, so I had to bend down to him, it was when I did that that he cowered, he must have thought I was leaning over to hurt him
Feeding his dinner from a chew toy is a good idea. We might have to find something bigger than a Kong, however, he is one big puppy
but a right little bugger by the sounds of him . As I often say to my children when they are driving me to distraction, It's a good job I love you so much!"
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