Chewing problem

[darci]

Darci and Egan love their bully's...

[corgimom]

T-Gal,

you would just have to tell Leah, "dried up jerky"

[Corgis'R4me]

Originally Posted by jprechel

Nikki - Answer.....you will get.
Okay, we had no idea what a bully stick was until we found gocorgi! As funny as it may sound a bully stick is 100% real bull penis. It is completely digestable and does not splinter off like rawhides. Ace just loves them. He is chewing on one as I'm typing this!!

We're big Star Wars fans as well!

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*~* Okay, IF I do actually buy a bully stick...you do realize that I could NEVER tell my 13 year old son & my 11 year old daughter what it REALLY is...
don't cha' ??

I mean...it is, "just a bone" ! Right ?

>>>SHEESH<<<

I just HAD to ask...
( I guess it is not too bad...my corgis ARE girls ! )
{ Okay, BAD JOKE...! }

" Bully, Bully...Bully...Bully... "
There is even a SONG about this kinda bone ?
( Okay, I'll stop ! )

*~* Nikki

[Shelly]

Originally Posted by jprechel

I agree with using the bitter apple. Our corgi is almost seven months. Ace is a BIG chewer and the spray stopped him from chewing our kitchen cabinets! He doesn't get our shoes because I make it a point to pick them up and put them away. (Once I was babysitting for a friend and the little girl took her shoes off. I didn't think anything of it until I noticed Ace was being VERY good. He found the shoes and chewed right through them in 2 minutes flat!!!) We have to get heavy duty toys ,no more cute stuffed toys because they don't make it through the day. Ace loves the nylabone teething keys (the big ones!) and he just loves bully sticks! We learned about them on this forum and they have saved our house!!! He would rather chew the bully stick than anything else. You can get the bully sticks at Petsmart.

My puppy chewed an inch of carpet that was under the baby gate and now he's taken to chewing the corners off my cupboard doors (floor level). Where do I buy this bitter apple stuff? HELP! please.

[corgimom]

Petsmart and Petco should carry it, It comes in a spray bottle which is white and has a green/yellow label on it - also has larger refill bottles available. Always had worked with Cody when he was younger and tried to chew on a couple of things, one being a wicker basket. I am glad to say that we don't having chewing problems with him anymore, so I no longer use it. A couple of people have said that the Bitter Apple didn't seem to phase their dog.

[Shelly]

got the bitter apple. soaked the kitchen cupboards. Came home after dinner out to find more wood splinters on the floor. Apparently Jesse doesn't seem disturbed by the taste. How would one repair the oak framing on an oak cupboard that is missing a corner? I'm not going to worry about it and hope it will pass soon. If not that little chewer of mine will be stuck in his crate next time I leave the house.

[corgimom]

I am sorry the bitter apple did not work; there are some dogs that it doesn't seem to phase. I think it works a bit better on fabrics and wicker(where it is absorbed more easily)

linda

[jprechel]

At the natural food store that we buy Ace's food, the woman recommended a spray called Tropiclean. It is all natural with no alcohol and has a very bitter taste to it. She said if you get it on your hands to wash them or you will have a nasty taste in your mouth. My husband was spraying the cabinets and some of the mist made it into my mouth - somehow. (I wonder if he did it on purpose!) Anyway, it was terrible! I know I wouldn't chew on anything with that taste on it! Ace hasn't either! SO, it works, for us anyhow.

[Chip's Mom]

You can buy a putty type paste that is a wood filler to use in your chewed out corner, after it is dry, sand it down and you may have to use a stain on it. I have got several repairs to make once my 2 youngins get over their chewing. Chip chewed my new flip flops today.

[jprechel]

Thanks for the tip! We are probably going to wait a little while to make sure Ace is through chewing the walls and cabinets. Plus, the more he chews the more likely I am to get the whole kitchen remodeled! (Secretly I trained Ace to do this for me!)

[Shelly]

Originally Posted by Chip's Mom

You can buy a putty type paste that is a wood filler to use in your chewed out corner, after it is dry, sand it down and you may have to use a stain on it. I have got several repairs to make once my 2 youngins get over their chewing. Chip chewed my new flip flops today.

I think I'll have to wait it out until Jesse stops this behavior prior to any repairs but I don't know that wood putty paste would work. The cupboard is natural light oak with a varnish over wood grain. I suppose a corner is better than none at all even if it doesn't match.

Last night I had to leave for a couple of hours and locked him in his crate indoors and from now on when I leave at night that is exactly where he'll go. During the day there's no problem leaving him in the yard but once it's dark we have coyotes roaming around looking for easy food. Willful little pup was in the crate alot that day because as soon as I got home and gave him a potty break outside he had to return to his crate to sleep the rest of the night.