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Originally Posted by aweitzm1  Thanks all for the advice. My apt. is too small for an x-pen as stated above and the dogs are rescues about 3-5 years old.
I ended up moving their crate to cover one of the baseboards that they chew. Right now I have masking tape temporarily over the other baseboard. I ordered some foam and hard moleskin that I am going to try and cover the baseboard and see how that goes.
They have plenty of chew toys but don't seem too interested in them. We start training this Saturday and hopefully the trainer can help me with some suggestions. |
Have you tried a Kong ball full of peanut butter or some other tasty treats. ?
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Originally Posted by maxdog Masking tape, foam, moleskin - I don't think any of that will stop them from chewing. If you removed the baseboard, what is underneath it? I thought it would be drywall but you mentioned splintered wood, which, as Joan said, could be very harmful to them. I have seen people mention Mavala Stop. It is used to stop fingernail biters but can be diluted and sprayed on the area. Or someone said putting chili powder also works. Sasha chewed the drywall on the corner all the way down to the stud. I saturate the areas with the bitter apple now and I do mean saturate. That and she loves chewing her kong now. I put some peanut butter in it for her in the morning. That gets eaten in 2 minutes but she plays with it the rest of the day. |
We were so desperate years ago with our Norwegian Elkhound who was literally eating our walls (drywall and panel) also the wood stares & baseboards. He even chewed a huge piece of the wood beam in our garage it was just crazy . . . We tried hot sauce and along with other training it did work.