Good luck with the chewing I have a 4 1/2 year old lab that chewed everything till he was about 15 months old now he only chews if he is ignored for several days (not taken out and worked hard) . As for taking things off the counter ,I set up the vidio camera in the kit. and hooked a tv up so I could watch him while I worked elsware . I used the "N" word and a touch on the shock collar that cured the counter surfing in 2 days.