My new puppy loves to rip up and eat our linoleum floor when we're at work and also likes to chew on furniture. Is there anything homemade I can do to stop this? Thx!
2006-11-11 03:57:47 · 4 answers · asked by JC 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
The first thing that comes to mind would be hot sauce like Tabasco. A thin coating of this stuff would be invisible to the eye but the taste as well as the smell would act as a deterrent to your pup. After a while it'll learn that chewing equals burning eyes/tongue/nose and will stick to raw hides and other chew toys . I've tried the spray on stuff that is supposed to repel them but found the odor VERY offensive...and it didn't work anyways!
2006-11-11 04:05:12 · answer #1 · answered by Sphinx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i used off. it tastes like hell but hasnt ever hurt any of my dogs and it breaks that habbit quick. off isnt a poison as it dont kill mosquitos . really tastes terrible though. get the unscented kind so you wont be smelling it..i also has a severe problem with fleas one summer and spent about 350.00 dollars on vets and flea dips along with junk from the store and then tried the off. fleas were gone in about a week ,couldnt even find one on the dog after that ever again. i use it and it works great for alot of bad behaviors too, like garbage cans lol
2006-11-11 04:19:41 · answer #2 · answered by j56007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your new puppy should be kept in a crate when you're gone for its own safety and for the sake of your furniture. The pup is bored so that is its way of entertaining itself. Puppy needs lots of chewy toys, rawhide, nylabones, and its own stuffed animal. And please don't leave puppy alone all day, its not fair to the dog. They get lonely just like we would.
2006-11-11 04:02:00 · answer #3 · answered by Sandy B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I particularly have hardwood flooring as properly, I even have 5 canine and a cat. My canine weight stages from 11 pounds all the way as much as one hundred twenty pounds. we've only had to buff out one or 2 scratches, and its only while we bypass a grooming trip. as long as you maintain the nails trimmed and filed down, you would be high quality. even regardless of the undeniable fact that, in case you bypass a grooming trip, you're certain to locate a scratch or 2, yet they could be buffed out or perhaps crammed in, reckoning on the intensity and length. I wasn't conscious that they had caps for canine' nails, I knew that they had them for cats, yet no longer for canine.
2016-12-28 18:48:53 · answer #4 · answered by para 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋