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04/09/2026

🦷 PUPPY CHEWS: 16–20 WEEKS 🦷

Welcome to the serious teething stage… 😬

Between around 16–20 weeks, things can get a little more challenging. Your puppy’s baby teeth are falling out, their adult teeth are coming through, their gums can be sore and uncomfortable, and you may notice increased frustration, chewing, grabbing and general bitey behaviour.

Basically, if it’s within reach, there’s a fairly good chance they’ll try to put it in their mouth. 😂

You might even find one of those tiny puppy teeth on the floor or stuck in a toy — although lots are swallowed without you ever noticing. And don’t panic if you spot a little blood on a toy or chew while they’re teething. A small amount can be completely normal as those baby teeth loosen and fall out.

At this age, I want puppies to have plenty of appropriate chewing opportunities, with different textures and levels of resistance.

Some of my favourites for 16–20 weeks are:
🐟 Skipper’s Fish Throw Sticks – I’ve shown both cod skin and wolffish skin in the video. The cod is a little easier, while the wolffish is slightly tougher and gives them a bit more to work at.
🥩 Beef tendons – a great longer-lasting natural chew with plenty of texture.
🐂 Pizzles – chewy, satisfying and brilliant for puppies who really want to get their teeth into something.
🧀 Yak bars – these can start to come into the picture for some puppies at this stage, but supervise carefully and choose an appropriate size.
🍖 Brothies bars – I LOVE the way these change texture. As your puppy works on them, they soften and become almost gummy, which can be lovely for sore teething mouths.
🐪🐃 Braided camel & buffalo – tougher, textured chews for puppies who need something a little more substantial.

Give them appropriate outlets, supervise chews, choose sizes suitable for your individual puppy and regularly check chews for small pieces or sharp edges

03/09/2026

🐶 PUPPY TEEFS: CHEWS FOR 12–16 WEEKS 🦷
Your puppy might be getting bigger (and considerably more bitey 😂), but at 12–16 weeks we still need to be careful about the chews we give them.

🚫 Still a NO from me:
🦌 Stag bars & antlers
🧀 Yak bars
🐂 Bull horns

They’re simply too hard for baby puppy teefs.
My easy rule? The fingernail test. 👇
If you can scrape your nail across the chew and make a dent, great. If you can’t, it’s too hard for those little teeth.

So what CAN they have at 12–16 weeks?
🐄 Beef gullet – softer and easy to chew
🐄 Beef tendons – a bit more chew without being rock hard
🐂 Twisted or braided pizzles – great for puppies who really want to get their teeth into something
🥓 Beef rashers – made from gullet and collagen
🌱 Whimzees – a vegetable-based option if you don’t want to feed meat chews

At this age, those tiny puppy teeth are getting ready to make way for their adult set, and you may start finding the odd little tooth appearing on the floor over the coming weeks! 🦷

Chewing gives your puppy an appropriate outlet for something they are VERY motivated to do right now – so give them plenty of suitable textures and things they’re actually allowed to get their teeth into.

Any questions, pop them in the comments! 👇

And because I already know someone will ask… 😂
💚 The green dachshund jumper is from Next.

02/09/2026

🐶 PUPPY CHEWS: What CAN you give an 8–12 week old puppy? 🦷

At this age, puppies explore everything with their mouths, and their tiny, needle-sharp puppy teeth need plenty of appropriate outlets for chewing.

However, not every chew is suitable for a young puppy.

Chews such as antlers, bull horns, and yak bars are simply too firm for young puppy teeth at this stage and may risk damaging or fracturing them.

👉 My quick test?

Use your fingernail.

If you can scrape the chew with your nail and make a slight indentation, it is generally soft enough to consider for your puppy.

If you cannot, put it aside for another day.

In the video, I show you some of my favourite natural chews for puppies aged around 8–12 weeks:

🐾 Ostrich braids
🐾 Beef twists – made from beef bladder
🐾 Lamb and beef tracheas – these are excellent because you can stuff and freeze them for additional enrichment
🐾 Ostrich discs
🐾 Ostrich truffles – made with tapioca and ostrich meat
🐾 Lamb and beef te**es

Remember, chewing is not just about keeping your puppy occupied. It provides an appropriate outlet for their natural need to mouth, bite, investigate, and chew as they learn about their new world.

Always supervise your puppy with a chew, particularly when introducing something new, and choose an option appropriate for their individual size and chewing style.

I buy my chews from Calvin at The Dogs Deli in Weybridge. He is extremely knowledgeable and offers an excellent range of natural chews and food. ❤️

Next up in my puppy series, we will be moving towards 12–16 weeks, when things start getting even more interesting! 😂🦈

If you have any questions about puppy chews, please leave them in the comments below. 👇

Clickers, hooves, treats can only mean one thing...🐾 PUPPY CLASSES ARE BACK! 🐾And tonight’s classes are officially SOLD ...
01/09/2026

Clickers, hooves, treats can only mean one thing...

🐾 PUPPY CLASSES ARE BACK! 🐾
And tonight’s classes are officially SOLD OUT! 🎉

I’m so excited to welcome a brand new group of puppies (and their humans!) to Superhounds tonight for the start of their 5-week course.

Here's what the next 5 weeks has in store!

🐶 Learning to focus around other dogs
🐶 Building confidence in new situations
🐶 Recall and lead walking foundations
🐶 Handling, grooming and cooperative care
🐶 Managing excitement, frustration and those VERY sharp puppy teeth
🐶 Settling and learning how to switch off
🐶 Understanding what your puppy is communicating
🐶 And, most importantly, building a brilliant relationship between you and your puppy

There’ll be training. There’ll be play. There’ll probably be a bit of chaos. And there will DEFINITELY be treats. 😂

Because puppyhood is messy, exhausting, hilarious and over far too quickly and good puppy training should help you enjoy it, not spend the whole time worrying about whether you’re getting everything right.

Tonight’s course is full, but if you’ve got a puppy joining your family soon or one already causing mayhem at home, keep an eye out for details of the next Superhounds Puppy Course starting in October. 🐾

I can’t wait to meet tonight’s little Superhounds. ❤️

31/08/2026

🦷 20 WEEKS+… THE PUPPY TEETH ARE GOING, BUT THE CHEWING ISN’T! 🐶

We’ve made it through those tiny razor-blade puppy teeth, the incisors have gone, the premolars and molars have changed and those big pointy canines are making their appearance…
But don’t pack the chews away just yet!

By around 6–7 months, most puppies will have their full set of 42 adult teeth but they are still very much puppies, and chewing, grabbing and mouthing can continue well beyond teething.

Chewing is a completely normal canine behaviour, so rather than constantly telling them what they can’t chew, make sure they have plenty of things they can.
🦴 Appropriate chews
🧸 Toys of different shapes and textures
🥕 Food-based enrichment
📦 Safe things to shred and investigate
🎾 Toys they can grab, carry and interact with
👃 Plenty of opportunities to sniff, search and forage
And remember mouthiness at this age isn’t necessarily about their teeth.

Your puppy may be overtired, overstimulated, frustrated, bored, overhandled or simply looking for interaction.

One final thing to check as those adult teeth come through… 👀
Occasionally a puppy tooth, particularly a canine, doesn’t fall out when the adult tooth erupts. This is called a retained deciduous tooth and you may notice what looks like two teeth sitting alongside each other.
If you spot one, speak to your vet. Retained teeth can cause crowding and dental problems and sometimes need to be removed under general anaesthetic.

And once those adult teeth are in?
That’s it. There isn’t another set coming!
So if your adolescent dog suddenly becomes chewier again later on, don’t assume they’re “teething again”. Look at what else is going on - their age, arousal, exercise, enrichment, sleep and environment.

🐶 Teething finishes. The need to chew doesn’t.
So keep providing appropriate outlets for it — right through puppyhood, adolescence and into adulthood. ❤️

29/08/2026

🦷 16–20 WEEKS: WELCOME TO PEAK TEETHING! 🦷
If your previously delightful puppy has suddenly turned into a small, furry demolition machine… there may be a very good reason.
Between around 16–20 weeks, teething is well and truly underway. Those tiny, razor-sharp puppy teeth are falling out and their 42 adult teeth are beginning to take their place.
You might find a tiny tooth on the floor or stuck in a toy but don’t worry if you never find any. Puppies very commonly swallow them while eating or chewing.
And teething isn’t just about chewing.
Your puppy may be:
🐾 More agitated or restless
🦈 Mouthier and desperate to chew
🍽️ A little less enthusiastic about food because their mouth is sore
🩸 Leaving the occasional tiny spot of blood on a toy
😴 More unsettled or grumpy than usual

Give them plenty of appropriate things they CAN chew:
🦴 A variety of safe chews with different textures
❄️ Chilled puppy-safe chew toys to soothe sore gums
🥕 Chilled or frozen puppy-safe foods such as carrots
🧸 Softer toys for days when their mouth is particularly tender
🦷 A puppy-safe teething gel, if appropriate

Cold and appropriate chewing can be particularly soothing for uncomfortable gums.
And remember, if they suddenly seem a little more difficult, chewy, bitey or unsettled, look at the WHY before you look at the behaviour.
They’re not giving you a hard time. Their mouth is going through a HUGE amount of change.

❤️ Give them something appropriate to chew, protect the furniture, and ride it out, those shark teeth won’t be around forever!

28/08/2026

PUPPIES 12–16 WEEKS: “Why has my puppy suddenly become a tiny vandal?”

You’ve survived those first few weeks. Your puppy has settled in, vaccinations are done, they can finally get out and explore the world…
And then the chaos begins. 😂
Chair legs. Skirting boards. Shoes. Socks. Twigs. Tissues. Random bits of rubbish.
And you certainly know when it’s bin collection day because your puppy will find EVERYTHING the bin men have missed. 🙄

At 12–16 weeks we often see an increase in mouthing, chewing, grabbing and general frustration.
Before simply trying to stop the behaviour, I want you to ask:
WHY is my puppy doing it?
Are they… 🐾 Overtired? 🐾 Overstimulated? 🐾 Getting too much exercise? 🐾 Not getting enough appropriate physical activity? 🐾 Frustrated? 🐾 Hungry? 🐾 Needing the toilet? 🐾 Looking for something to DO? 🐾 Struggling to regulate themselves after an exciting walk, play or interaction?
And a quick note on exercise…
I don’t follow the “5 minutes of exercise per month of age” rule. There are lots of reasons why, and exercise deserves a whole conversation of its own - so that’s coming in our next series.
For now, remember: when we understand the WHY, we can start changing the behaviour.
This is also the age to become really proactive.
Give your puppy plenty of appropriate things they ARE allowed to chew, bite, grab and investigate, with different textures and levels of resistance.
And start helping them learn one of the most important life skills of all:
How to come back down again.
It’s about teaching them how to navigate their world, manage frustration and eventually… manage themselves. ❤️

And yes, your skirting boards may survive. 😂

27/08/2026

PUPPY MOUTHING: 8–12 WEEKS 🐶🦈
If your tiny puppy seems to spend most of their day attached to your hands, sleeves, trouser legs or shoelaces… welcome to the 8–12 week stage.
At this age, mouthing is NORMAL.

Your puppy explores the world with their mouth. They’re learning how hard is too hard, what feels good to chew, how to interact with us and how to regulate their own arousal.
And this is why I’m not a huge fan of constantly waving another toy at them every single time they grab your clothes or hands.
Why?
Because if biting your sleeve makes you instantly produce an exciting tug toy, we can accidentally create a very simple pattern:
Bite human → human makes something fun happen.
Instead, I want puppies to learn what they CAN bite and chew in the first place.
Give them access to lots of appropriate textures throughout the day.
A puppy who suddenly turns into a tiny crocodile may be:
• Overtired
• Overstimulated
• Overhandled
• Frustrated
• Desperate for the toilet
• Struggling to come down from exciting play
So rather than constantly thinking:
“How do I stop the biting?”
Start asking:
“What is my puppy telling me right now?”
Sometimes the answer is an appropriate chew.
Sometimes it’s reducing the excitement.
Sometimes it’s giving them space.
And sometimes they desperately need to SLEEP.
Our job at this age is to teach them what they CAN put their mouth on, while gradually helping them learn that they don't need us to manage every single moment of excitement for them.

Share this to anyone you know with a young puppy!

25/08/2026

🐾 GOT A BITEY PUPPY? Before you decide they’re a tiny land shark… ask WHY. 🦈😂

Puppy mouthing and biting is completely normal — but when it suddenly ramps up, your puppy may actually be trying to tell you something.

They might be:

😴 Overtired – puppies need a LOT more sleep than we sometimes realise. A tired puppy can quickly become a bitey puppy.

🤯 Overstimulated – too much excitement, play, noise or activity can tip them over the edge.

🤗 Overhandled – sometimes they’ve simply had enough of being picked up, cuddled, stroked or fussed.

🦷 Teething – chewing helps relieve those sore gums, so make sure they have appropriate things they can get their teeth into.

🚽 Needing something – toilet, food, water or even just a bit of quiet time.

So rather than constantly saying “NO!”, redirecting them over and over again or assuming they need more exercise to tire them out, look at what happened before the biting started.

Sometimes the best thing you can give your puppy isn’t another game or another walk…

It’s a wee, something appropriate to chew and a nap! 😂💤

Understanding why the behaviour is happening makes it much easier to know what to do about it.

🐾 Save this for your next land-shark moment and send it to someone currently living with a bitey puppy!

22/08/2026

🐾 ONE TOY… SO MANY WAYS TO USE IT! 🐾

We've been putting the KONG Whirlz through its paces and it's safe to say we've found quite a few ways to play with it!
Because for me, a good dog toy isn't just about throwing it and hoping your dog brings it back. It's about how we can use that toy to play, train, enrich and build engagement with our dogs.
With the Whirlz we can:
🐾 Game of Tug
🐾 Reward recall
🐾 Work on impulse control
🐾 Build a great retrieve
🐾 Use play as a reward
🐾 Hide it and add some scentwork
🐾 Take it on walks for short bursts of interactive play
🐾 And most importantly… have FUN together!
I love finding ways to turn everyday play into training without our dogs even realising they're learning.
Because training doesn't always need treats, a training pouch or a formal session.
Sometimes it can simply be you, your dog and a really good toy. 💙
The KONG Whirlz gets a definite thumbs up from me.

Billy's verdict?
Yeah… I think he's keeping it! 😂🐾

What would YOUR dog do with it first - chase it, retrieve it or run off with it?! 😂

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