LOL at covering the toilet paper roll with chilli. You wouldn't want to use that roll by mistake.

If it's the only thing she bites then I think you're quite lucky. My puppy goes from one item to the next; watches, spectacles, shoes, slippers, socks, paper, laptops, etc. I would just put the roll out of reach for a while and see if she goes after something else. Make sure she has her toys with her, puppies tend to do lots of biting so they need something to chew.

EDIT: Disclaimer: I'm not the most experienced dog owner on here, so others will chime in with better advice.

 

What you're doing is never going to work. She doesn't KNOW chewing toilet paper is bad - she knows that when you come home and open the bathroom door, you sometimes scold her, hence her 'guilty' response. She's responding that way out of fear, not actual guilt. Guilt is a human emotion, not a dog emotion.

Either buy her a crate or put your toilet paper away where she can't reach it. Constantly setting her up for failure by leaving it within her reach and then punishing her when she takes advantage of the opportunity you foolishly left her with is cruel.

 

Agreed.

Either put the toilet paper on a shelf that she cannot reach or purchase a toilet paper roll cover (think like the kind used in public restrooms or the ones to keep the paper from getting wet by the shower spray)

 

Like Hiraeth said, she does not understand what she is getting scolded for. If she knew you didn't like it, she wouldn't do it. All she knows is sometimes you come into the bathroom when you get home and yell at her.

Instead of allowing her opportunities to destroy the toilet paper, either put her in a crate when you are away or simply put the toilet paper where she can't reach it. Since she is a young puppy, I would be willing to bet that she is going to find other things to chew/destroy. If you don't want it destroyed, put it away where she can't reach it.

 

Just take the toilet paper roll off while she's in there and put it away. Keep the door shut when you're home and she doesn't need to be in there. Lots of puppies do this and most grow out of it. You really can't stop it if you aren't there, but if you put it away she'll get over it eventually and you'll be able to put it back

 

Oh boy does this sound familiar. Yup, just move the TP into a cupboard or on a high shelf when you have to shut her in there. Every time she gets to shred it reinforces the idea that its super fun! and makes it more likely to happen again. If she doesn't get the chance to reinforce the behavior, she'll likely get over it once she's a little more mature. Sam was like this with socks and underwear when he was a pup. We moved our laundry from a basket on the floor to something high-sided and were careful not to leave anything lying around for a few months, and these days he'll reliably ignore the stray dropped sock.

As for the scolding, dogs don't connect cause and effect the same way we do. Any correction would have to come while the dog is performing the behavior or seconds after to be effective, so scolding her minutes to hours after the fact is just confusing. She might connect "toilet paper all over when owner gets home" to "scolding", but not that her playing that super fun destroy-the-tp game leads to toilet paper all over which leads to scolding. And she may just think that you're randomly scary when you come home, which is no good for your bond either. Skip the corrections, manage the behavior for the time being, and build value in the toys she does have by rotating them regularly, filling them with tasty treats, and rewarding her when she plays with or chews on them. That and time will probably fix the issue on its own - it's a very typical puppy thing to do, and thankfully puppy brain doesn't last forever!

 

Well, thanks for your recommendation and personal experiences, I'll have to hide tp from her then. I was kind of concerned as I see many videos of adult dogs doing that, nut I guess as long as I follow your recommendations she will not grow to be one of those naughty dogs lol. Thanks again n.n