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Dog Days/Afternoons...
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George has just been for a shampoo and trim. You can now see his eyes. Was previously a bit shaggy.
You mean like chewing the rungs on the dining room chairs? That's just additional charm, like the crayon marks on the wall behind the door that you can't bring yourself to paint over because your child did this 'masterpiece' when they were two.
We also have a corner baseboard molding that's pretty much destroyed, but all this happened during puppy teething. We do provide plenty of chewing objects for our dogs, because dogs chew, and they will find something.
Our first dog (a Siberian Husky) chewed the basement steps into splinters, but that was an anxiety issue, because he only did that when we were at work.
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You mean like chewing the rungs on the dining room chairs? That's just additional charm, like the crayon marks on the wall behind the door that you can't bring yourself to paint over because your child did this 'masterpiece' when they were two.
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We also have a corner baseboard molding that's pretty much destroyed, but all this happened during puppy teething. We do provide plenty of chewing objects for our dogs, because dogs chew, and they will find something.
Our first dog (a Siberian Husky) chewed the basement steps into splinters, but that was an anxiety issue, because he only did that when we were at work.
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The dining table and chairs are pretty much destroyed. Our dog will try to eat most things left around the house and accessible, and when outside will happily graze on grass. We do buy lots of dog chews, and bought a supposedly indestructible one for 'heavy' chewers. It lasted less than a day before he'd managed to bite a chunk of plastic off it!We have to apply this stuff to anything we want to protect. He can't stand it.
We used to buy a product called "Bitter Apple" and came in a small spray bottle. Non-toxic and a very bad taste. It did work as well as anything else.
When our husky was young (until he was 8 or 9) my mother would buy him a full cow shin bone, including the knuckles and we'd slow roast it and then spread an old blanket for him to chew it. Kept him busy for at least a week.
When our husky was young (until he was 8 or 9) my mother would buy him a full cow shin bone, including the knuckles and we'd slow roast it and then spread an old blanket for him to chew it. Kept him busy for at least a week.
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George is enjoying our brand new lawn. Please don't start digging! 
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We used to buy a product called "Bitter Apple" and came in a small spray bottle. Non-toxic and a very bad taste. It did work as well as anything else.
When our husky was young (until he was 8 or 9) my mother would buy him a full cow shin bone, including the knuckles and we'd slow roast it and then spread an old blanket for him to chew it. Kept him busy for at least a week.
Many moons ago we had a very stubborn Beagle, Syd, who liked to chew anything and everything. We bought some Bitter Apple spray but it didn't seem to work. I took a Saltine cracker and saturated it with the Bitter Apple spray and gave it to Syd. He sniffed the cracker and the look on his face made it evident that he was repulsed by the smell...but he ate the cracker anyway. He was a real butt-head.
I'm sure Bitter Apple works for most dogs/cats unless it's a reincarnation of Beelzebub...which Syd was. We've put down many dogs due to illness or old age and I would love to have all them back...except for Syd. I hope he's in a better place and I hope wherever that is...he stays there.
