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Originally Posted by LIL MIS' MAGIC  Magic does the same thing with her ball.....and has since she was a very little! We have tried blankets on the floor and taking up the ball if she does it repeatedly.....nothing worked. We finally started working on ways to block how far she could push something under the couch.....started with various pads/cushions under the furniture......and eventually ended up using wood and built barriers....crazy I know but it worked......now she cannot get anything stuck! Of course she still finds weird places to get the ball stuck.....but at least we have the common places blocked!
At first it appeared she did it for attention, but we find she would even do it when we were gone and who knows how long she spent scratching to get that ball......and she would focus only on getting the ball when we got home! (Even ignoring treats, outside or even our attention.....until she had the ball again.)
Good luck finding a solution that works for your family!! |
oh my sounds like we have sisters from other mothers......
she started doing this when I was out and I could not understand what all the black stuff was hanging from underneath our sofa
Our sofa is huge sectional and it sits in the middle of the room so we would have to block both sides and there is also a couch in my bedroom and lots of slightly raised furniture, man that would be a lot of work. For now offending items are coming off the floor and put away when I go out. I might try the blanket but I think she will fling that around the house, because her new activity is throwing the loose pillow out of her beds and dragging them around. I took the main one she attacks and velcroed the heck out if to the bottom of her bed, she must of worked on getting that pillow out for several hours last night,
I must say it was sort of entertaining............. Hiding the toy is really her only fault, she does not bark, is 100% housebroken and eats normally so I guess I should count my blessings