After to hearing all these stories and others makes me thankful we trained both our labs early. Honestly have never had these issues with either of our labs. 1st lived almost 12 years and the new one is just a little over a year old. She will not chew on anything that is not “her” toy. We do keep her busy and active but even on the days she’s not she still doesn’t chew. Proper training was the key for us. Bless you guys. Invest in a good training collar and use it.