what can i put on chair legs to stop my puppy from chewing?

Question

he won't stop ruining the legs of my chairs! what can i spray on them to make him stop? and is there anything cheap/that I can make at home?

Answer 1

Tabasco sauce, bitter apple spray, or a mixture of lemon and cayenne pepper sprayed onto the legs of the chair should get him to stop. Make sure you have lots of alternatives for him to chew on, though. Kongs, frozen rope toys, and ice cubes are all great for teething puppies.

Answer 2

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/crAOY

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 3

One of the sprays I have discovered is called "Bitter Yuck" I bought it because it said on the label that it would not harm furniture like the Bitter Apple may. It's water based and clear. My english mastiff that I just rescued decided that the coffee table would be a good thing to chew and after the spray...that nipped it in the bud! I accidentally got some on my hand and thought I had washed it off...I licked something off my thumb...and that stuff was nasty!! I see why it works!

Answer 4

I would also suggest using the Bitter Apple Spray. It is designed specifically for the purpose of training a dog not to chew/bite things he should not. I've used this many times, and it's always done the trick! You can buy a bottle of it for pretty cheap at any Petsmart/Petco.

Answer 5

This might sound really weird, but my mom put tinfoil around our chair legs. She bought just about every product on the market and her dog would not stop the chewing. She tried chewing the tinfoil once and never did again. Needless to say, my mom's kitchen looked a little silly for awhile, but it worked! :) Good luck

Answer 6

Go to your local pet store, Petsmart or Petco, etc. they have a spray that is made for spraying on furniture, etc so that dogs won't chew it. My Pit Bull was chewing the wooden furniture in the house until I sprayed it and then she stayed away. Good luck!

Answer 7

Be careful with the hot sauce. A really good thing to do is to everytime you see them chewing, give them a toy of some sort that will help with their teething. Don't give them shoes or something resembling what you don't want them chew. Have you tried crate training, that helps also...my 3 dogs LOVE their crates. They feel safe in them and they can be supervised better.Good luck!

Answer 8

Put some hot sauce on a cotton ball and dab it on the chair legs once they get a taste of that they will not go back!! GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer 9

neem juice! or anything else that is edible, natural but bitter. spray some on your table/chair legs....the next time your pet tries to chew it, he will find it bitter and stop chewing for good.

Answer 10

if you want cheap..go to walmart they have a bitter spray that is safe to even spray on your pet if say they chew their feet or whatever..last time I checked it was like $3