how to stop my dog from eating tree bark?

Answer 1

so his bite is wose than the bark?

Answer 2

Keep an eye on what he's eating. Not just his dog food. My dog also LOVES tree bark. He'll go out in the park and run around and eat the bark right off the trees. Needless to say, all that fiber makes for a gassy boy. This condition is termed as "PICA" (Depraved appetite)

If your dog eats grass, bark, dirt, the poo of your other dog, used table napkins and kleenex (another gross favorite of my dog), etc., any of that stuff could be upsetting his stomach.

If you don't catch him eating anything untoward, change his food. If that doesn't work, talk to your vet. It could be an organic issue with his stomach that needs to be treated by the vet.

Reasons:-
1.This is a great attention grabber. If your dog is ingesting an object for the first time, try not to get hysterical because your behavior will demonstrate to him how much attention he can
get if he does this.

2.If your dog is left alone all day, he may look for objects to chew on as a pass time.

3.Before you assume that your dog is demonstrating pica dog behavior, you should rule out any medical conditions by consulting your vet.



To stop eating barks, you can follow these steps-

1.Contrary to common belief, a patient with an abnormal appetite is rarely lacking in vitamins, minerals, or any other nutrients in the diet.

2.Providing alternative edible objects such as rawhide bones and other digestible treats will help.

3.In some difficult cases, a wire basket muzzle may be used on the dog. This muzzle allows the dog to pant, sniff, and even drink, but not eat. NEVER use a muzzle on an unattended animal.

4.Provide your dog plenty of exercise. After a nice game of fetch, his only concern is getting some rest.

5. In such cases where a certain object cannot be removed from the floor, try spraying it with a deterrent such as Bitter Apple or Citronella.

Answer 3

Put some wire fencing around your trees - that's what horse owners do.

Make sure he has a proper diet - eating weird things like tree bark can indicate a dietary insufficiency.

DON'T use a "low residue" food - they can sometimes cause intestinal problems - it's natural and healthy for the undigested materials to move out of the dog's system. I have always thought that IAMS and Eukanuba were overpriced for the quality of the ingredients.

Look for a food that does NOT have "by products" in the ingredients list or you'll be paying a lot of money for garbage. Personally, I like Nutro - it has no by products and is reasonably priced and my dogs have done fine on it for more than 10 years. They make canned and dry dog foods for puppies and adults. Any changes in diet should be made slowly to avoid diarrhea - gradually mix more new food in with what you've been using until he's switched over.
http://www.nutroproducts.com/naturalchoicedog.asp

Answer 4

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/qadDG

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 5

You get him to stop by giving him the amount of mental and physical stimulation he needs. He is bored. That is why he barks and causes problems. 20-30 minutes a day is NOT enough and chaining him up definitely isn't helping. Have you thought about getting a fence for your yard? But, the solution to your problem is exercise. I don't know his breed, doesn't really matter, he needs at least an hour if not 2 hours of good fast paced exercise. Have you taken him to a dog park before? if he is good with dogs, I would definitely suggest this. How about a good game of fetch with some long distance running? Any sort of exercise is helpful. What about giving him a job- agility? Scent work? EXERCISE YOUR DOG!!!!

Answer 6

I had this problem with my husky when he was a puppy and i got some bitter apple CREAM not the spry the CREAM because you can put it all around the bark of the tree and he stopped chewing on it and never chewed again, if you can not find the cream try mixing some hot pepper with some flour and make a paste you want it to stay on the tree real good i find sprays they don't stay long enough to do any thing a good cream or paste should do it call your local pet stores and see if they carry the cream style of bitter apple.

Answer 7

if you are gone alot than your dog may be suffering from seperation anxiety. which may be what is causing your dog to chewing on the tree. because that is an affect of seperation anxiety. So what you chould do is get some toys for your dog. and if that does not work. Your dog might be missing a nuterient.

Answer 8

the dog is teething,,,, u have to get the dog to get use to a dry ed leather bone or a shoe he can rip apart,,, its normal,, the Bark he found "the dog" ,, makes his gums not hurt so much ,, if its a older dog ,, the dog might have a gum disease check with vet if u must ..in most cases the dog will out grow this behavior after his teeth come in more

Answer 9

Catch him/her in the act. Use a disciplinary action, such as a spray bottle or throwing a can of rocks near (not AT) him/her. Say "No!" When he or she leaves it, praise your dog and give him/her a treat. You can try spraying bad apple on the bark, but I don't know if that will work.

Answer 10

The only thing that has worked for me is to put a wire fencing material around the tree. When he gets older, he should stop that.

Answer 11

Give your dog some chew toys and change the dog food to something with high protein.