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Patti · 01-12-2006, 03:18 PM

I always joke to my husband we should forget toys and just buy Cali a block of wood.

FirstYorkie · 01-13-2006, 01:28 AM

Try clear deodorant rubbed on the wood surfaces. Works great for us and lasts MUCH longer than the sprays.

Yorkielove123 · 01-13-2006, 05:46 AM

OMG!!!!!!! You guys, I am lmao. My babies do that also. They even chew the fire wood. I don't get it??????? I have the same problem. Baseboards, coffee table, walls. Of course they are better now that they are older, but still do it every now & again. I guess that is a good name for them "termites" too funny. Isn't it weird that they have the same traits? Even though they are termites I wouldn't give them up & I still want another one!!!

reich1514 · 01-13-2006, 06:12 AM

rocky is a big termite too. i love the term. i spray bitter apple each day where he has started. his favorite place (my new bathroom cabinets) i place a 2 piece extention of an x-pen around so he can't get at it. of course then he found new spots so i move the x-pen 2 piece to the favorite du jour and spray everywhere else. if my real kids did that i would ring their neck! with him i just kind of smile

michelle

BamaFan121s · 01-13-2006, 06:30 AM

Trixie chews on the window sill in the bathroom. I tried apple spray, but it didn't work. I tried red pepper, but she liked it and just ate it!

So now instead of exposed, chewed brown wood, it has a red-pepper tint!

I tried buying extra toys and chews, but she just buries those!

Let me know if you find anything that works!

FirstYorkie · 01-13-2006, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

Let me know if you find anything that works!

Clear deodorant works really well for us to keep Joey from chewing baseboard, edges of rugs, electrical cords - you know, all the stuff they like to chew.

KarriAnn · 01-13-2006, 01:51 PM

Liquid dishsoap (not for the dishwasher) works great. The lady who I get alot of antique furntiure from told me to do this. It won't harm the furniture and Maddie had one taste and never touched wood again.

Mignon's Mom · 01-13-2006, 03:58 PM

My Mignon hasn't started on wood yet (5 months) but seems to love cement! She will lie on the patio and gnaw away at the stucco on the side of the house. I've asked my husband to check and see if our insurance covers "dog eating house"!

chattiesmom · 01-13-2006, 04:21 PM

All of the corners are gnawed on in our NEW home. Chattie and Chizzie did their part to "break it in" and wear off the new. Since they have chewed off the corners, they don't bother them any more. Must have been a passing phase.

gracies_mom · 01-13-2006, 04:55 PM

You all have some good ideas, thanks so much! Hopefully I can get her to stop eating the doors off the house.

chattiesmom · 01-13-2006, 04:58 PM

You know, I've heard all the stories vitamin deficiencies, boredom, attention getting technique, but you want to know what I really truly believe---

Sometimes they just like the taste of the wood and the feel of it crunching in their back teeth.

chattiesmom · 01-13-2006, 04:59 PM

btw you could replace all of the wood doors with metal ones and put plastic guards on all of the moulding.

mustangbee · 01-13-2006, 04:59 PM

Why is that! All the nice toys we buy, and they
like wood and paper better????
Yorkies!!! Gotta Love Them!!!

ldenise · 01-13-2006, 09:19 PM

some one on here suggested the deodorant long ago and i tried it.. it does work. (and cheap too!)

velobabe · 01-13-2006, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chachi

This is funny. My dogs never chewed up any wood but they were carpet chewers.

So can relate to this but Piper doesn't discriminate...He Chews Carpet And Wood!!!

01-12-2006, 03:18 PM	#16
Patti Donating YT 30K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 35,509 Blog Entries: 6	I always joke to my husband we should forget toys and just buy Cali a block of wood. __________________ Cali Pixie Roxie : RIP Nikki; RIP Maya;RIP my sweet Dixie girl 1/17/08 http://callipuppyscastle.bravehost.com/index.html

01-13-2006, 01:28 AM	#17
FirstYorkie YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: American in London Posts: 1,739	Try clear deodorant rubbed on the wood surfaces. Works great for us and lasts MUCH longer than the sprays. __________________ FirstYorkie We Love Clicker-Training!

01-13-2006, 05:46 AM	#18
Yorkielove123 YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 882	OMG!!!!!!! You guys, I am lmao. My babies do that also. They even chew the fire wood. I don't get it??????? I have the same problem. Baseboards, coffee table, walls. Of course they are better now that they are older, but still do it every now & again. I guess that is a good name for them "termites" too funny. Isn't it weird that they have the same traits? Even though they are termites I wouldn't give them up & I still want another one!!! __________________ Libby, Bounce, Romeo, & Isabella Go colts!!!

01-13-2006, 06:12 AM	#19
reich1514 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: il Posts: 60	try bitter apple or tabasco sauce rocky is a big termite too. i love the term. i spray bitter apple each day where he has started. his favorite place (my new bathroom cabinets) i place a 2 piece extention of an x-pen around so he can't get at it. of course then he found new spots so i move the x-pen 2 piece to the favorite du jour and spray everywhere else. if my real kids did that i would ring their neck! with him i just kind of smile michelle

01-13-2006, 01:51 PM	#22
KarriAnn Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Gilbert, MN Posts: 85	Liquid dishsoap (not for the dishwasher) works great. The lady who I get alot of antique furntiure from told me to do this. It won't harm the furniture and Maddie had one taste and never touched wood again. __________________ KarriAnn -owned and loved by Madeleine Iris A dog has the soul of a philosopher - Plato

01-13-2006, 06:30 AM	#20
BamaFan121s Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 11,432	Trixie chews on the window sill in the bathroom. I tried apple spray, but it didn't work. I tried red pepper, but she liked it and just ate it! So now instead of exposed, chewed brown wood, it has a red-pepper tint! I tried buying extra toys and chews, but she just buries those! Let me know if you find anything that works!

01-13-2006, 03:58 PM	#23
Mignon's Mom Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Dade City Florida Posts: 41	My Mignon hasn't started on wood yet (5 months) but seems to love cement! She will lie on the patio and gnaw away at the stucco on the side of the house. I've asked my husband to check and see if our insurance covers "dog eating house"!

01-13-2006, 04:21 PM	#24
chattiesmom Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 17,674	All of the corners are gnawed on in our NEW home. Chattie and Chizzie did their part to "break it in" and wear off the new. Since they have chewed off the corners, they don't bother them any more. Must have been a passing phase. __________________ Silk Step-In Harnesses www.foxypups.etsy.com

01-13-2006, 04:55 PM	#25
gracies_mom Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 231	You all have some good ideas, thanks so much! Hopefully I can get her to stop eating the doors off the house. __________________ Stephanie & Gracie Gracie at Dogster: http://www.dogster.com/pet_page.php?j=t&i=243694 http://jewelryforfurbabies.bravehost.com/

01-13-2006, 04:58 PM	#26
chattiesmom Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 17,674	You know, I've heard all the stories vitamin deficiencies, boredom, attention getting technique, but you want to know what I really truly believe--- Sometimes they just like the taste of the wood and the feel of it crunching in their back teeth. __________________ Silk Step-In Harnesses www.foxypups.etsy.com

01-13-2006, 04:59 PM	#27
chattiesmom Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 17,674	btw you could replace all of the wood doors with metal ones and put plastic guards on all of the moulding. __________________ Silk Step-In Harnesses www.foxypups.etsy.com

01-13-2006, 04:59 PM	#28
mustangbee Donating YT 9000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: North Carolina :) Posts: 10,616	Why is that! All the nice toys we buy, and they like wood and paper better???? Yorkies!!! Gotta Love Them!!! __________________ Friends are God's way of apologizing for our relatives. "Love & Support Our YT Members" Gina & Princess Member of the SSLS

01-13-2006, 09:19 PM	#29
ldenise YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Rancho Viejo, Tx Posts: 2,698	some one on here suggested the deodorant long ago and i tried it.. it does work. (and cheap too!) __________________ Buckeye, Ahia, Tressie, Archie & LDenise Dogs are really people with short legs in fur coats