Damn you puppy... another $50 bed down the drain

[Jeeebus]

The "puppy" (who is now 150 lbs) was doing great for the past three months. Nothing being chewed, no shitting all over the room - we thought we were through the destructive phase and finally had a dog we could trust. We were wrong. Very wrong.

Went to put the kids to sleep the other night, left the dogs out. About 15 minutes later my wife walks back out and this is what she sees. The bed was a spring-less crib mattress off Amazon - the 4th one now he has decimated in a year. The stupid bastard has water pockets on his elbows from sleeping on the tile, but apparently is still not ready for a bed.

Couple notes - the dog in the picture is our older dog. That's the 'seriously dude, I didn't do this!!!' look.

The paper towel roll in the front of the picture - that's to clean up the urine he was shooting out when I chased him around the living room trying to beat him to death.

 

[techs]

Release him in the Everglades and let him learn a life lesson from a python.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Buy some of that bitter apple spray at petsmart and spray it on shit you don't want chewed up. I remember the look my dog had once he started chewing some stuff up he wasn't supposed to and got a taste of that stuff.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Dogs love trucks, get puppy a truck.

 

[007ELmO]

Doctor Fosters and Smith site has some beds made for dogs like this. I have a 20lb beagle who also tears anything up she wants, has a massively strong bite. They have special bones and special beds for dogs like these. Try them out. Some don't have any padding at all, but that's their penalty...lol.

 

[Jaepheth]

Do they make kevlar pillow cases?

 

[007ELmO]

Actually you would laugh, but that is pretty much what they are. Probably uncomfortable as hell, but they still sit on it.

It wasnt' Dr. Fosters Smith, it was this (Kuranda Dog Beds):
http://kuranda.com/

they probably photoshopped the dog smiling while it's on it

Slip cover

Dog might need to be crated and on that type of bed at night to learn...

 

[momeNt]

I've sewed tough corduroy or canvas fabric onto beds that look like the seams are weak and would invite chewing / tearing. Will help them last.

Also helps to not leave them alone with it for a while, and ease them into being alone with it, and making sure they have something else to use up their energy on. They do it out of boredom, so either make sure they are tired when they are going to be left alone with it, or give them something more enticing to chew on.

 

[Nintendesert]

Let the beatings continue!

 

[SunnyD]

When does he get fitted for a saddle?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

My dog would do that with pretty much everything. He carried around a teddy bear for 6 months like a baby, and then one day just tore it to pieces.

Prozac.

 

[jumpncrash]

seriously, I wouldn't get him another bed for a long time, we let the dog sleep on the bars of his cage for a good 6-8 months before getting him a new bed after he ate the first 2. Now he's pretty good with it

 

[highland145]

The paper towel roll in the front of the picture - that's to clean up the urine he was shooting out when I chased him around the living room trying to beat him to death.

LOL, all 2 gallons of it. Been there but it was a 20lb spaniel. SOB ate the remote to the TV. Couldn't find half of it.

 

[Zeze]

My dog did this.

We were too stupid to not learn the first time when he ate my fiancee's precious expensive heels. He ate no less than $500+ worth of damage.

Now we hide our shoes.

It's been another year and he's a full grown adult at almost 3 years. No problem right? Nope.

The fvcker reached up and chewed up my fiancee's invisilign teeth molding. That's another $200. You should've seen the fire in her eyes. My dog felt the first fear of his life of becoming a Korean stew that night.

Here is the fvcker:

 

[highland145]

The fvcker reached up and chewed up my fiancee's invisilign teeth molding.

Yep, the spaniel did that too. I was more upset about the $30 remote.

 

[Zeze]

Yep, the spaniel did that too. I was more upset about the $30 remote.

YES my comcast's remote is all chewed up with the bare circuit board showing in the corner. It still works surprisingly.

 

[momeNt]

The animal neglect is high in this thread. Dog's need to be occupied otherwise they occupy themselves, which usually involves them ruining your stuff!

 

[Mixolydian]

/dogproblems.

 

[preslove]

My dog did this.

We were too stupid to not learn the first time when he ate my fiancee's precious expensive heels. He ate no less than $500+ worth of damage.

Now we hide our shoes.

It's been another year and he's a full grown adult at almost 3 years. No problem right? Nope.

The fvcker reached up and chewed up my fiancee's invisilign teeth molding. That's another $200. You should've seen the fire in her eyes. My dog felt the first fear of his life of becoming a Korean stew that night.

Here is the fvcker:

Are you giving him enough chew toys & bones? My corgi needs a raw hide every other day to keep occupied & he's 4.5 years old.

 

[surfsatwerk]

The animal neglect is high in this thread. Dog's need to be occupied otherwise they occupy themselves, which usually involves them ruining your stuff!

Please elaborate on this topic, I'm riveted.

 

[Zeze]

Are you giving him enough chew toys & bones? My corgi needs a raw hide every other day to keep occupied & he's 4.5 years old.

Yup. He has tons of them lying around now.

 

[Sixguns]

Mine loves wires. She has chewed up

-cell charger
-phone line x3
-scentsy
-outside internet line

All within the first two monhts of getting her. She has since calmed down on the chewing of my things.

 

[007ELmO]

Please elaborate on this topic, I'm riveted.

I pay $250 a month to have my dog go to the puppy daycare whenever she wants. This usually amounts to 3 hours a day of playing, and sleeping most of the day. Without this, she definitely begins to chew/rip, and be bad. She does it on purpose. She'll bite the drywall, and look at you while doing it. She'll bite the carpet,and turn her head sideways to watch how you react. It's her indication she is bored.

You have to feel bad for them. They are little people who for the most part are loved more than fellow humans.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I learned and get my dog beds from Costco on the cheap, now.

One of my old ridgebacks was an alpha. I remember when she was about 8 months, she would try and challenge me like getting off the dog bed and standing between me and the tv. As she was looking at me, just start peeing on the floor. After a showing her who the boss was, no more issues.

My current ridgeback for about six months chewed thru about 8 comcast remotes. I learned to always put them out of reach if I left the house and the last time I went to the comcast office, they gave me a bag full of them since I was coming in every week for a new one.

 

[momeNt]

Dogs learn best by playing. Look to Tamar Geller for more insight, but basically she studied how wolves train their pups, it is behavior reinforced through playing, not dominance as Cesar and others would have you believe.

Considering dogs have been domesticated to the point that they do not mature like wolves, the aggressive training that adult wolves do should never really be a part of dog training, dogs have been bred to stay like puppy wolves, so it makes sense that we treat them more like a wolf treats a pup, not how an alpha treats a beta/omega.