Eating the Floor
Hi guys,
Well Potus has gone from chewing his bed to chewing the floor. He's had a habit at digging at the lino floor in our kitchen since he was a pup and now three times he's ripped up parts of the lino. At first it was a hole small enough to be covered up by a strategically placed waterbowl but now he's ripped a hole so big that his bed has to be put over it but he can move his bed and has continued to do damage to it. He only usually does this when he's shut in the kitchen and there's someone else in the house. We leave him toys but he finds ripping the lino up more fun. We usually spray it with a spray that tastes bad to dogs but usually only do it if we see him taking an interest in the floor- we can't spray the whole floor and he'll just create a new hole in a place that hasn't been sprayed. He's one next week but this behaviour has only started to get so bad in the last couple of months. I thinking we might need to get him a crate but he's never had one and I'd like to know if anyone else has any other ideas to stop him. If he continues at this rate we'll need a whole new floor by the time he's 2.
Well Potus has gone from chewing his bed to chewing the floor. He's had a habit at digging at the lino floor in our kitchen since he was a pup and now three times he's ripped up parts of the lino. At first it was a hole small enough to be covered up by a strategically placed waterbowl but now he's ripped a hole so big that his bed has to be put over it but he can move his bed and has continued to do damage to it. He only usually does this when he's shut in the kitchen and there's someone else in the house. We leave him toys but he finds ripping the lino up more fun. We usually spray it with a spray that tastes bad to dogs but usually only do it if we see him taking an interest in the floor- we can't spray the whole floor and he'll just create a new hole in a place that hasn't been sprayed. He's one next week but this behaviour has only started to get so bad in the last couple of months. I thinking we might need to get him a crate but he's never had one and I'd like to know if anyone else has any other ideas to stop him. If he continues at this rate we'll need a whole new floor by the time he's 2.
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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I wish I had some helpful advice...but I don't.
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Permalink Reply by Maddy & Keke on
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Keke have taken an interest on our wooden flr mths ago. It started with just digging and proceed to chewing. Good news is that she was only interested in that particulars area. So, I placed her most fearful hula-hoop (with sound) over it. Did this for a few days and she nvr touches that area till now.
But I always crate her when I am not able to supervise her.
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Permalink Reply by Sunni A. on
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Eddy ate a 3 inch hole in our linoleum. We're covering it with a plant. At the time we were experimenting with leaving him alone periodically. His freedom is totally gone now; he's in the crate even if I have to leave for just 5 minutes. He's 8 months old. I guess what you're telling me is I'm going to be playing this game for a lonnnggg time.
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Permalink Reply by christy fry on
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Jordan ate a nice hole in our kitchen floor also when he was a pup! I wasn't happy but I don't like the flooring and plan to replace it anyways so I wasn't to upset LOL I figured he knew bad flooring when he saw it also
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Permalink Reply by Potus on
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Thanks guys.
Potus is used to being penned in, but his pen has no floor- its on the lino. We're definitely going to consider crate training.
ChristyFry- we joke that Potus doesn't like our taste in interior decoration.
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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Here's a helpful tip I got from the breeder: When you have a new pup, go to one of the big-box stores and buy a cheap sheet of lino that you can put OVER your floor in the area where pup is penned.
Jack had a lino habit too, but he was chewing on the edges of the new piece, which I could usually keep out of reach of his pen (sometimes he'd jostle his pen around and I'd find a section gnawed on). And since the sheet is brand new, you don't have any worn spots on the surface that are easy for the dog to get at.
Then (hopefully) by the time he's old enough to be loose in the house, his interest in redecorating has waned.
The sheets can be bought for under $50, I think. They also protect your real floor from housebreaking accidents, water marks, scrapes from the pen, etc.
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