I use this spray on all my fake plants and after one nibble my cat stops. After a solid month of spraying the plants constantly she doesn’t even bother anymore
Rocco & Roxie No Chew Spray for... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XCZ8KJJ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Early congrats on the shiba pup! My puppy is almost 6 months so I feel like I've learned a lot in the past couple of months, here's some things that I felt like really helped me:
- Get an anti-chew spray and get down on your puppy's level and spray everything you think they might want to chew (loose cords, corners/legs of furniture, shoes, etc)
We got the one by Rocco & Roxie (here's the Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XCZ8KJJ). I did a lot of research and found one that was alcohol free and effective (for me). Make sure to spray when your puppy's not watching, and spray BEFORE they chew something so they don't get into the habit of chewing that thing to begin with. Re-spray every couple of days if they're stubborn.
- Be consistent but patient and flexible with your training. My shiba wouldn't last more than 5 minutes doing the same things over and over again, so that's just how short our training sessions were. Sometimes he'd like treats, other times he'd like toys, so I would flip flop between the two for training. Sometimes I'd be trying to get him to do one thing, and he'd do something completely different but it would work and I would roll with it. He's learned probably 3 to 4 tricks on accident because I couldn't get him to do what I wanted him to do lol.
- Nothing in life is free. He wants to go outside? Needs to sit down and wait nicely. He wants to eat dinner? Needs to sit down and wait nicely. Establishing good manners in your shiba early will be a LOT easier than trying to reverse anything in the future.
- Socialization is SO IMPORTANT. My shiba was very skittish of everything and had to be socialized to everything. He's still kind of scared of plastic bags, but slowly getting better. Bring your puppy outside (provided that it's safe - can carry him if not), expose him to lots of different sights and sounds, anything you can think of. Take him to puppy playgroups. The better you socialize him, the more well adjusted he will be in the future.