RE: [PyrNet-L] Chewing

["Ferreira, Elaine" <FerreiraE@aetna.com>]

I think you just have to keep after him. My last Pyr developed quite the
shoe fetish and I ended up replacing hundreds of dollars of shoes. Any shoe
left unattended was his, closet doors were no obstacle. One day,  I went out
and bought 3 new pairs of pumps, walked into the house, dropped the bag on
the floor and went into the office to check messages. stupid stupid stupid
When I came out, the bag was open, there was a shoe box, tissue paper trail
directly to Garth laying in the bedroom delicately sampling my new blue
leather pumps. Oh well, thank god the chewing stage only lasts for a year or
so.

One thing that did work when he started to eat the couch was tabasco sauce.
A drop or 2 is a discrete spot kept him from dining there again.  

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> From: 	Merrilie[SMTP:Grammy@biddeford.com]
> Reply To: 	pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> Sent: 	Monday, December 13, 1999 5:51 AM
> To: 	pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> Subject: 	[PyrNet-L] Chewing
> 
> Do they ever grow out of this CHEW EVERYTHING IN SITE thing? I give
> rawhides, etc... tons of toys to chew, but nothing seems to be as much fun
> as my husband's pillows this weekend, a couple of Christmas ornaments
> (wooden) chair leg, arm of couch, and assorted other things........ and he
> just got ahold of another pillow!  I keep hoping that this teenage phase
> is just that- a phase......... it's not that he is ignored, in fact, quite
> the opposite!  He can't be hungry....... how long is this phase? He is 8
> mos now........  any suggestions? He LIKES bitter apple..... squirt bottle
> doesn't really deter this..... HELP!
>  
> Merrilie
>