Cool! It’s a dog named after me. Almost the right shade of hair color, too. And shaggy, too. I like it. 
Yeah, it’s possible. It just takes a while. Who am I kidding? It takes a long while, but it can be done.
You need to monitor them closely during play. If you see them go for a shoe, take it away with a stern “NO!” and immediately give them something else to chew. When they do, praise them.
When you’re not home, keep them contained in an area where they can’t do damage, or take them to doggy day-care.
Make sure they have lots and lots of toys. Some dogs have short attention spans and will tire of playing with a few toys rather quickly. Give them lots of things so they can go from item to item.
You can also scent train a dog as to what belongs to them. Put a drop of lemon juice or vanilla on all of their toys. They’ll learn after a while that they can only play with things that have that scent.
Never give them anything of yours to play with-- no old socks, shoes or T-shirts. It just confuses them.
WARNING – THE DOG WILL DESTROY THE BLANKET!!! He/she won’t merely chew it. So if you are going to try this, I suggest buying one especially for the dog (using a moving pad instead also seems like a very good idea). The only problem you might have is that your dog may think your bedspread is fair game. Mine hasn’t, but I have heard stories.
On a side note, I also take the blanket to the kennel when the dog needs to be boarded. I figure my baby won’t miss me so much – whether or not it works, I have no idea.
It’s always comforting for the dog to have something that smells like home. Plush toys work, too, or an old towel.
I just wanted to mention that I tried another bone from the pet store, this time a dry “sterilized beef bone” without any meat or stuffings. (I go to Petsmart more often than the grocery store because it’s within walking distance and I can go in there with my dog. So she eats better than I do.) Zoe loves it! And it’s lasting a lot longer than the other bones and treats I’ve bought. I hope these things are safer for her teeth than hooves?
I’ve had two dogs so far that rendered hooves into long, sharp splinters. So my current dog gets no hooves.
Pig’s ears, cow snouts, and cattle bones, so far, have been OK.
Also smoked pig tails with a bit of spine left on the thick end. He loves them and they keep him busy for a few hours.
Just keep an eye on her while she’s chewing. If you don’t see any bood on the end of the bone, or don’t hear any cracking sounds while she’s chewing (indicating she’s either breaking off chunks or trying to) you should be fine.
After she gets all the marrow out, you can always restuff the bone with either peanut butter, or Kong filling. (It comes in a can like Cheez-Whiz).
Sounds like my dog, Snoopy. She had a large, roughly human-shaped plush toy with a squeaker inside. It was listed in the catalog as “Big Ted,” so that’s what we called it…if we told her “Go find Big Ted!” she would immediately go find this toy. She had plenty of other toys that she played with – rope bones, towels, a smallish soccer ball, and other plush toys – but she was really attached to Big Ted. When Big Ted’s squeaker gave out, Mom found a “replacement” toy in another catalog. Snoopy was still partial to her old Big Ted, but she enjoyed the squeaker in the new toy. Sometimes she would sit in the floor with the two toys side by side, alternately nuzzling Big Ted and chomping on the “new Ted” to make him squeak.
She was very fond of cow ears. She liked pig ears too, but they didn’t last very long with her. She liked chewing on rawhide, but once it turned into a gooey mess she liked to bury it in the backyard, and then dig it up a year later.