dog chronicles: bad behavior

Submitted by mivox on 27 April, 2006 - 1:08pm.

So. The dog ate my seatbelts. Both front seatbelts are half-or-more severed. Obviously, the short lead is not short enough to keep her head from reaching over the front seats. Hopeful solution: a shorter seatbelt tether, and soaking everything in bitter spray. *sigh*

And. The dog really likes the ferrets. In an over-enthusiastic, don't know if she wants to eat them or play with them kinda way. Repeated exposure was not diminishing her excitement at all. Hopeful solution: a muzzle. Moderate success last night. The ferrets distracted her enough to stop her from incessantly pawing her face, and the muzzle prevented her from 'mouthing' the live toys.

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Way to stop her chewing stuff.....
Submitted by colin (not verified) on 30 April, 2006 - 1:10am.

It worked for Grom, anyway.

Buy some cheap mens cologne (something nasty).
Soak a balled-up tissue in the cologne.
Soak another balled up tissue in a load of nasty stuff (chili, mustard, be creative)

Hold the cologne tissue near to her nose and when she moves to sniff it properly, quickly force the 'nasty tissue' into her mouth.

Now you can dilute the mens cologne down to REALLY low levels and spray it on anything you don't want her to chew.

Sounds evil, but its one short sharp shock instead of loads of minor discipline sessions.

(best choose a cologne that none of your friends are likely to wear, methinks)

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Eeewww.
Submitted by mivox on 30 April, 2006 - 8:20am.

That's awful. hahaha. I bet it would work though. hahahahahah.

Well, for now the bitter spray seems to be working OK for the seatbelts... and there are a few things in the house that are getting a spray (my yarn basket, the shoe rack, etc.), but otherwise, I'm afraid I'd have to spray everything, 'cause she doesn't chew in the house often but when she does it's always something totally random... like this morning she decided to nibble on a business card!

Although none of my friends wear cologne, AFAIK, I think they're even less likely to wear bitter spray... heh.

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