Sorry about that. But I just know Golden retrievers. Chewing is their thing for entertainment. Friends of mine had had one. What great dog she was. But.....she did like to chew stuff. Fortunately for her, she knew where my Buddy dumped the carcasses of his deer, and Elk at. She would just go and select a nice bone, or two, bring them home, and lay down in the front yard, and be in Ecstasy! And those bone piles were her private stash! she would be lying on the deck, and if she would see crows or eagles at her bone pile,
she would get up, and run over to the bone pile, and run them off! She would sometimes just stay there for awhile, making sure they did not come back! Some other Friends had Goldens also, and the story was the same, and they all had the one endearing quality. Affection! You could pet her for an hour, and then put your hand in your pocket, or if you were in a chair, put it on the arm, and she would root it out, and let you know that you were not finished yet. If she saw you petting the cat, she would get up, and come over, and push the cat out of the way and put her head under your hand, as if to say, "if you have time to pet the cat, you have time to pet me!" And don't even think, you could pet her and the cat at the same time! Noooo, if you have two hands free, then use them on her! Enjoy, your dog, and just learn where you can put things, and where you can't. Oh, and it simply becomes a goal to reach something just out of reach.
