Hello, we currently have a 20 week old Husky. We got him at 8 weeks and honestly has been rather easy to train until this point. Recently we started trying to leave him out of his crate while we are gone for a couple hours, instead of always putting him in his crate. The first couple short trips (2 hours) were fine. We put him in our spare bathroom with toys and his bed. We would come back home and all would be fine. The last time we did it for a longer duration (4 hours) and he started chewing on the door frame and managed to do a decent amount of damage. Before just trying whatever ideas my girlfriend and I can come up with, I was wondering if anyone has had any previous ideas that worked on getting him not to chew on things like this.

We have never had any issues with him chewing furniture, pillows, blankets, etc in the past. So this was a rare occurrence for us. Any help is appreciated!

In my experience...crate. until at least 2.5 years old or more. Really. Crate is not cruel, it's safer for house AND for pup!