Help! Eating walls!

[Brookef18]

deoderant is posionous!!!!...Chewy ate a little bit and i had to call poision control...They told me to give him bread and water to obsorb it!!! I would spray bitter apple... it is made to prevent chewing and has woked for us!!! Be careful with the deoderent. On my daughters deoderent it says right on it, contact poison control if ingested!!! So where did you read it was ok???

[Bnot]

Originally Posted by remy

i think i have seen those, but like you said, im not sure they'll work on him. i think he'll lick anything! but i guess anything is worth a try. does it damage the wall in any way? or even putting on deoderant to the wood?

thanks!!

The clear deoderant hasn't hurt my table and chairs, china hutch, baseboards, door frames, or walls in my kitchen. And that hole she chewed in the lenolium, I coated that spot really good with the deoderant, and she only went back to it one time....I suppose that one lick told her she didn't want to chew there.

Anything she showed an interest in chewing, I put it on there! Even put it on my cousins boot laces.

Next, looks like the back of my refrigerator will get it. She's chewing that black cardboard off it too.

You know, maybe if she ate a stick of the stuff, might be harmful. But it tastes so bad, no way would they attempt that. Another YT member suggested this, so I tried it. It stopped her from chewing everything I've caught her chewing on.

[CJCinTX]

deoderant is posionous!!!!...Chewy ate a little bit and i had to call poision control...They told me to give him bread and water to obsorb it!!! I would spray bitter apple... it is made to prevent chewing and has woked for us!!! Be careful with the deoderent. On my daughters deoderent it says right on it, contact poison control if ingested!!! So where did you read it was ok???

If your dog doesn't have an aversion to the deoderant, then putting it on the furniture, walls, etc...isn't going to help. I think the person who suggested this meant you should do it only if you know that your furbaby is going to turn their nose up to it, i.e. put some on your hand & see what happens first. We use Bitter Apple Spray with great success, but a lot of dogs don't find it yucky & it doesn't stop their chewing/licking behavior.
C.J.

[remy]

Originally Posted by CJCinTX

On the Bitter Apple Spray bottle it suggests testing it on a hidden area. Since I happened to have some handy, I sprayed it on our off-white wall & after it dried, it left no stain or mark. If you buy some, you can try it out on any fabric, walls, etc. But before you do that, spray some on your fingers & hold them out to Remy to make sure the furbaby doesn't like it!
C.J.

if he likes deodorant, im sure he'll love apples! hahaha but i'll definetely give it a try, thanks!!

[remy]

Originally Posted by sassypup

I had a dog that chewed/scratched up my baseboards. It's a pain and not cheap to replace!

We did bitter apple as well as put him in an ex-pen while we were away. can you do the ex-pen away from walls?

what is an ex-pen?

[remy]

Originally Posted by GRLY79

My dog does the same thing, but only when Im home. If Im on the computer and ignoring him he'll be bad. So far he has chewed the window sil and my wall. I rubbed the areas with vinegar and that helped for now. Does this have anything to do with separation anxiety? He only does this when Im home and never my DH. Its weird how he does it in phases.

yes, i think it is separation anxiety mixed with boredom or anger that i left him alone. he also does it in moderation. some days i come home and looks like hes been an angel, other times i find cardboard or paint all over my bed and floor! he too attempts to do it when im ignoring him on the computer. haha. they can be so bad, but cute at the same time! thanks for your input! maybe i'll try vinegar, i dont even like that.