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lemonlauren · 01-01-2009, 10:45 AM

The only thing I can think of is get the bitter apple spray to spray on them... but you have to re-spray once every few hours or it wears off. My little boy Nikko loves drawstrings too, though maybe not to quite to the extreme extent your pup does. We've just removed all the drawstrings from our hoodies and sweatpants - didn't really need 'em anyways. Shoelaces are a different story, but we try to keep them covered with wide pants, or just shove a different chew toy in his mouth then praise him for chewing the good thing if he ever tries to dive after the shoelaces. Puppies tend to be pretty easy to distract for the most part.

I have no advice on the painful sounding chewing... But I doubt drawstring chewing is OK, particularly after I just got done reading through the other post that just got bumped called "What is the Oddest thing your Yorkie has ever POOPED?" :-)

I'm sure others will have more and better advice than me :-) YT is great!

Lauren & Nikko

PS: I was thinking I read somewhere on here that pig ears were bad for our dogs... hopefully someone else here with a better memory will chime in on that.

01-01-2009, 10:45 AM	#3
lemonlauren YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nevada Posts: 454	The only thing I can think of is get the bitter apple spray to spray on them... but you have to re-spray once every few hours or it wears off. My little boy Nikko loves drawstrings too, though maybe not to quite to the extreme extent your pup does. We've just removed all the drawstrings from our hoodies and sweatpants - didn't really need 'em anyways. Shoelaces are a different story, but we try to keep them covered with wide pants, or just shove a different chew toy in his mouth then praise him for chewing the good thing if he ever tries to dive after the shoelaces. Puppies tend to be pretty easy to distract for the most part. I have no advice on the painful sounding chewing... But I doubt drawstring chewing is OK, particularly after I just got done reading through the other post that just got bumped called "What is the Oddest thing your Yorkie has ever POOPED?" :-) I'm sure others will have more and better advice than me :-) YT is great! Lauren & Nikko PS: I was thinking I read somewhere on here that pig ears were bad for our dogs... hopefully someone else here with a better memory will chime in on that. Last edited by lemonlauren; 01-01-2009 at 10:47 AM.