Ok so it may be a good idea to redirect this chewing on to object that are safe?

Nature abhors a vacuum.

So

Don't give him his meals in a bowl for free, put them in kongs, buster cubes, tug a jugs, wobblers

This will occupy his mouth, his brain and his body.

Provide a Busy Buddy, Nylabone, Knuckle bone (raw), to chew

The trick is to find out whether it is anxiety or boredom, in any case chewing releases endorphins which makes the dog feel good (even if the results don't do the same for you)!

Also he's not keen on his food the last few days....

Maybe he needs a vet check up?

Yes I think I'll book one as he's not eaten this morning either

Apparently young Labs are notorious chewers. Mine isn't too bad, he limits his chewing to paper and cardboard and stuffed toys (not good given that I have over 800 books and a large collection of soft toys ). I use a crate with him as he will actually climb or open doors to get books, magazines etc, I put him in there with a couple of stuffed and frozen Kongs, a couple of other toys and his stag bar and usually come home to find him asleep with the Kongs half finished.

My last dog was a nightmare chewer. Furniture, walls, floor, windowsills, doors, door frames. Basically if he could find a way to chew it he would. Wasn't anxiety with him as far as I could tell. He simply enjoyed tearing things to bits and had learned it was safe to do so when he was alone.

What did you do about that Sarah. I know they can be chewers but the walls and doorframes are going to be costly lol

Rupert ended up crated whenever we went out. I really didn't want to go down that route as I didn't like crates but I couldn't afford for him to chew through walls, doors etc.

Now though I wouldn't be without the crate. And with my hubby being in the army I need my dog crate trained in case of flights anyway. Spen loves his crate as long as I don't put bedding in there. If I put bedding in there he spends a lot of time moving it all to one end of the crate so he doesn't have to lie on it And oh boy, the looks I get!

I just dunno where I'd put a crate... What size would I need?

Not sure, I got the largest possible so mine has plenty of room. The one I have folds down so if necessary I could just set it up when I was going out but I have space to leave it up all the time so it just sits in my living room.

Definitely crate train him. Safer for him and for your house.....