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With 3 kids at home and me working, the amount of time the dog would be able to be "directly supervised" outside would be about 45 minutes a day.
I choose to allow my dog to be outside more than that. It really isn't an issue unless you leave something destructible on the deck.
I am going to try the suggestion above and do more walks. Maybe tiring her out will do her some good and I'll get my cardio in at the same time.
Honestly, unless you have had a lab puppy before you cannot understand how much they chew. Labs are orally fixated dogs, they were bred that way so they would be great retrievers and love having things in their mouths. Check on any lab forum and you will find numerous threads about chewing lab puppies. It just happens. The key is to minimize the destruction as much as possible and wait it out. The behavior usually disappears by the age of 2 and then you have a fabulous dog for the next 10 years.
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