The pup i mentioned in earlier thread about eating sticks he has progressed to small trees as in tearing the bark of them i think all readers know im new to training had one race dog but never started with pup proberly sound paranoid but dont want to take any chances if dog is deficient in any way i just have not heard of dogs ringbarking trees??? Regards billybones

How is he getting access to the trees bb ?? If you have him in a kennel and a muzzle on him when he's being exercised that should help! Maybe get him a marrow bone to chew on during the day to keep him occupied?

what age is the pup? if its just a young pup it maybe boredom?

the other question is how many pups are there? if its just one pup on its own then every chance it is boredom