Doggy dog world

By badwolf - 04/09/2012 20:34 - United States

Today, I bought some bitter-apple spray to stop my puppy chewing on everything. Later, I found out how effective it was, when I tried to eat a sandwich, and gagged at the horrifying taste on my hands. My dog seems unaffected, and continues to chew the table legs. FML
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shellz102 12

That happened to me once, it's disgusting!

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lakotalife 5

Sounds like one of my siblings. None of them know how to use soap and water either.

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ohcomeonsrsly 6

Soap and water don't always wash everything off. Certain tastes and smells can be stubborn despite washing the hands.

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kimg0885 23

Dogs eat garbage and lick each others butts, did you really think a little bitter apple will stop them? I like the hot sauce idea.

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skullofdarkness 18

They also eat poop and barf. Seriously, I don't think they care too much how something tastes..

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alissa222 15

I spilled hot sauce on the floor once and my dog lapped it up before I could stop him. Some dogs just don't give a shit.

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bspiper87 7

Better than me....I bought bitter cherry spray for my dogs and had to taste it myself to see what the dogs tasted

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satanisthesavior 21

If sprays don't work, try investing in a muzzle. I know it seems inhumane, but keeping furniture unchewed is more important than preserving the puppy's ability to chew on whatever they feel like chewing on.

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Warden1986 16

Puppies chew do to growing of teeth or attention seeking. Therefore you need chew toys and/or a watchful trainer. I have three dogs and none of them chewed on the legs of chairs or tables. Because as soon as I saw them go near it with open mouth (as there were going to chew it) I corrected the issue right there and gave them a chew toy instead with a treat. Therefore the dog knows its good to chew on the toy however not the table or chairs. As for your muzzle theory that is inhumane, dogs are way more important then furniture. If you think that furniture is more important then a dog, you shouldn't own a dog. Dogs will make mistakes just as a kid would you need to be watchful and correct the issues. Muzzle are meant to protect people from nasty ill trained dogs that would bite on sight, so therefore the police/or humane service can take the dog with out injury. Not for training purposes.

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Fsvb 32

@ 77 Thank you! I've been looking for this kind of comment all over. Why would OP use a spray? This would make it seem to me he 1. doesn't watch and correct the dog (good) enough 2. doesn't have enough chewing toys. This is not so hard to figure out, I thought.

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Warden1986 16

Unfortunately because most people want a quick fix, when it comes to training animals.

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glitchez 2

Have you tried putting hot pepper on your stuff? Got my dog to stop biting or licking everything.

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adrianasofias 3

Those sprays taste SO bad! I watched my mouth like 20 times after haha !

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skyeyez9 24

Get a leash and tie it around your waist and the other end hooked to your dog's collar. The point of this is to keep the dog in your eyesight at all times, so you can keep him from wandering off chewing furniture and getting into mischief. He needs to sleep in a dog crate at night as well until he is trained to not chew on furniture.

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skyeyez9 24

I trained my australian cattle dog with the method I wrote above. I still have my window sills, stairs and floor tiles intact. He went in the crate if I left the house and could not supervise him. An untrained puppy roaming loose in The house is just asking for trouble.

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SammyS2012 21

I completely empathise with you! I had to spray that for my cat and hours later, I was biting my nails (bad habit, I know) and the taste got in my mouth... I actually stopped putting my fingers near my mouth for a while lol And for the people who are saying to wash their hands obviously never dealt with that spray... It doesn't come off after a wash D:

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SammyS2012 21

And then it gets in the air and you breathe it in!!! Choking on the air particles of that thing is actually worse than tasting it!

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