<human>: Hi,  Our dog Jack is a 2.5 yr old german shepherd mix.  We rescued him about 5 weeks ago.  He's a super sweet dog and is incredibly well behaved "out of the box".  His only real issue has been some recent chewing on the house (!) while my boyfriend and I are at work.  Up until this week, he's had free range of the laundry room (where his crate is) and large backyard via a dog door.

Last Monday, he chewed a little on the back door.  I chalked it up to the drastic change between our weekend and weekday routines and him not getting enough exercise on Sunday; we (him included) ran a lot of errands and had a dinner to go to so he didn't get his normal jog.  He was fine outside the rest of the week.  This Monday, it happened again, but he chewed on the door from the laundry room to the inside of the house as well as more on the back door.

Since we can't have him destroying the house, we put him in his crate with a nylabone for the day yesterday out of desperation.  He sounded pretty unhappy all day on the dog monitor app we have.  Today, we left him with a more delicious cow kneecap in the crate and things are going a little better, but this is clearly not sustainable.

I think the chewing is boredom related moreso than anxiety.  Would a chewing deterrent spray be helpful in this situation?  We plan to let him back into his full area once he seems to settle down a little in the crate.  Also, we're going to start leaving him for moderate periods (~1 hour) on the weekends to help maintain a more consistent routine for him.  Does this sound like a reasonable strategy?

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<bot>: Dog's chewing out of boredom, we put him in the crate, but we're desperate to let him back out.  What can we do to transition back to his full laundry room/yard privileges?