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Rottweilers => Rottweiler Pictures => : Lorena July 24, 2005, 09:31:59 PM
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This is Sasha after crewing my husband's shoes again! ....
It takes only a second after you pronounce the "magic word" "shoe" and her face suddenly changes from cute :P to " ... oh oh...I think mommy found out already..." :-[
Amazinly she gets stuck in one spot and she does not move again until you call her .. then she knows that everything is ok again...
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I missed one more pict.
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Aw Mom! It is just a shoe after all. ;D I can imagine how he must have felt... when I was away for my bachelorette party Bear chewed a pair of my favorite heels. He ruined one so badly that I had to throw them away. I was so mad and sad that I couldn't do anything but cry when I found them.
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Yes..I know they're only shoes, but so far she chewed like 3 pairs since march and 3 pairs or my husband's flip flops...This is really an issue...But I can't be mad for more than 15 mins...
Then she grabs her toys and everything is back to normal..
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My puppy deja never chewed shoes until I got her a toy shoe now it is her favorite thing.
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Lorena,
I am so sorry! That is way too many pairs of shoes and I was totally kidding when I said they were just shoes. I love my shoes and would be hiding everypair I had if more than that one pair got ruined!
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;) Hi Lorena,
Jessica my adult greyhound used to take my shoes into her bed but did not chew them, she collected things mostly mine. It had to do with the fact that until then she never had anything that was hers. She does not do that anymore but my puppy Oz (also a greyhound) who is 8 months old chews everything in site. I keep my shoes either on top of my dresser or on my feet. He does tend to chew on my husbands runners and loves to chew the laces off. I have found a product called Crib Stop that is used for horses and dog. The dog sprays like Bitter bite did not do anything. The Crib Stop smells really bad and you have to put in on in a area with the window open. It has capsicum flavor to it and it works. You need to put in one with rubber gloves so it does not get on your hands. Try it and see if it works for you. It might not be called that in the U.S. I live in Australia, but I am sure they would have something like it at a horse supply store in the U.S.
Toni
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Yes..I know they're only shoes, but so far she chewed like 3 pairs since march and 3 pairs or my husband's flip flops...This is really an issue...But I can't be mad for more than 15 mins...
Then she grabs her toys and everything is back to normal..
You need to help your puppy not to do this, or you will never extinguish this behavior.
Shoes are very attractive to dogs. They hold a lot of scent, both from the wearer, (usually someone the dog loves) and also on the soles and outside of the shoe that is collected as they are worn. Dogs LOVE shoes.
But they must also learn that shoes are not their toys.
Keep your shoes in your closet with the door shut. From now on, you need a NO SHOES OUT rule. Close your bedroom door, and keep the shoes put away.
If you don't have a toy box or basket for her, get one. A plain cardboard one will do, keep it in ONE place, and make SURE it's stocked with interesting things to chew....when you are going to do this SHOE exercise, make sure you have smeared several toys with a dab of peanut butter or cheese.
Each evening, take out ONE pair of shoes ( a different pair each time) and put them in your LR floor sort of near your feet in an area where you have a clear view of them. Make sure the toy box has baited toys in it. Wait for her to sniff, look at, or try to put her mouth on the shoes. When she does, correct her. Use the least correction that will interrupt her attention to the shoes. Start with "HER NAME, AH AH!" when she looks at you, get up and rush her over to the toy box in a happy exited tone, while you say, "lets go get a TOY from the TOY BOX!!!"
Make sure you are smiling, and help her over and make sure she finds a baited toy. Praise, praise, praise her for taking a toy from the toy box.
Continue to watch her, and each time she looks, sniffs, or tries to chew one of the shoes, same thing. Interrupt, and redirect to the toy box, with plenty of smiles and praise.
Combine this with confining the puppy while you are away, and keeping shoes etc put away out of her reach.
Remember, puppies are forming their permanent lifetime habits, and much of what they learn is permanent.
PREVENTION of behavior problems is a LOT easier than paying someone like me to come over and try to help you fix them later.
:D
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Good advice Red. That is exactly why when we are gone our bedroom door is closed.
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All of my doors are closed...and I lock up my shoes tightly. But I had always just gone and chased down my shoes and scolded instead of distracted. :) I'm such a bad mommy. but I'll try the other way this time and with other items. Gracey loves anything she knows she shouldn't have in her mouth. Socks, underwear, hair ties, and the list goes on and on and on.
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My husband is forever leaving the closet doors open. I kept telling him to close them. The puppy can't wait to get in there. Of course he never grans my husbands stuff, it is mine or Alexis's. :-X
That is one thing I can't tolerate is shoe chewing. Farley prefers slippers, they are softer. Feels more like a bird to him I guess.LOL
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You can say Farley likes you best then since he chews on your shoes more.
I had a cat once who HATED slippers...the pink ones with bows. man he'd bat at my tootsies something awful if I wore those.
Grace and Lady haven't met slippers yet...since I was born and raised in the south I haven't met too many slippers myself...but I hear they're nice...and soft and comfy.
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Hobo was a shoe eater. The other two just have an underwear fetish. They'll snag it any chance they get. Sanity got mad at me for coming home late the other night and while I was sleeping opened up the closet door and devored my $80 favoritest bra. I couldn't even look at him in the morning, I was so angry.
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Our little monsters have good tastes that's for sure. Until Gracey gets out of this phase I will get my bras and stuff at Walmart.
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Lins, I would substitute the words "that smells like me" for "that she knows she should not have".
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Gotta learn to think like your dog, kiddo.
:D
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The only dog I have had that was real bad with shoes was a min. schnauzer. She chewed many shoes before we all realized that there was no way we could forget the doors to where the shoes were. Mind you she then turned her attention to books. She actually did turn out rather good, but she was one demanding puppy and it took everything we had to train her.
Marit
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Anky everytime I hear the name Hobo I laugh! What a fabulous dog name!
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Missy had snauzer in her...mostly terrier though. That was a curious combination personality wise...but she was great when she slowed down in her old age.
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Hobo was a shoe eater. The other two just have an underwear fetish. They'll snag it any chance they get. Sanity got mad at me for coming home late the other night and while I was sleeping opened up the closet door and devored my $80 favoritest bra. I couldn't even look at him in the morning, I was so angry.
Awwww, poor puppy. She had such a great time chewing and smelling your favorite bra. She has no idea it was anything to you, it was just a good frustration reliever that smells like you to her. And let me tell you, she had a GREAT time chewing it up.
You can never take this pleasure away from her. Each time she repeats this behavior, she is more likely to seek out an article of your clothing AGAIN to chew. It is like a big wheel turning. If you don't stop it, it will keep grinding on, faster and faster usually. :D
You know that she already has this tendency, so it's very important for you to keep these things out of her reach whatever it takes.
I was just counseling a client about a similar issue yesterday, and I reminded her just how expensive and heart wrenching gut surgery is. Blockages can kill before you even know they are there as well.
I go for the safe route.
Keep things put away, and use crates or otherwise confine your dog to a safe area when you can't supervise. :D
I may be right in the same boat with you soon, my pup is 11 mos old and I want to start letting her sleep outside the crate. I've been thinking of that for a couple of months.
So of course a few days ago I walk into the living room to find an ink pen on her bed, all chewed up, and ink everywhere.
Not even the trainer's pups are perfect.
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ewwww! ink is nasty.
Grace gets into a lot of messy things. Needless to say I have to empty the garbage can in the bathroom all the time. I won't tell you what's in there on some days...but it would be messy. What is it with dogs and really disgusting stuff?
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The reason I'm saying he did it because he was mad is when I'm tired I usually throw my clothes in a pile on the floor and leave them there till morning and he's NEVER chewed anything. That night I put all my dirty clothes in a laundry basket, and put that basket in my closet behind the sliding door, and closed the door. For him to never go after my unmentionables, and then to go out of his way to get them makes me think it was pre meditated :P
I know all about self rewarding vices. My Hobo is a notorious counter surfer, and we've worked our butts off to correct that. I'm also very aware of blockages which is why for the most part everything is put away. Well now everything IS put away, after the Victoria's Secret incident.
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The very first dog I had was a west highland white terrier, I was like 6 or so, so my parents were the ones caring for it. She was the nastiest dog, she loved everything gross. We had a summer house out on an island, and one day there was a big boat docking and well I guess they decided to be gross and criminal and dump their porta potty, yeah.... you can guess the rest. Nilla, the dog decided that ohhhhh I have found the bestest place to roll around in. yuck yuck. I am gagging just typing it.
My mother was not happy and my father did some serious talking to the boat people, I am soooo glad I was way too young to having to bathe that dog lol
Marit
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oh ... oh ... oh...that's oh ... oh ... nasty.
Missy rolled on a dead fish at the beach once. We almost made her ride home in the trunk.
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My first rotti stuck her head and apparently ate Lard in a 5 gallon pail. She look liked she has Brillo cream on her head. We had a business on a beach and behind us was a restruant.
Yes, this was used lard to cook fries , fish etc.
Yes, she stunk.
Yes, it is hard to wash lard of fur.
Yes, she did puke for 2 days.
Yes, she never touch it again.
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Apparently curiousity does something for not only cats. :)
oh that would be bad.
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Hi There!
I've been working a lot so nd I couldn't reply before!
Thanks for all the advice!
I know the problem has to corrected. I think I tried to fix it in the wrong way, because every time I cought her doing that I corrected her and she knows it is wrong, but I didn't use a toy in order to make her stop chewing the shoe and instead use a toy. I'll do that from now on.
The problem started at my previous place where she managed to grab the shoes where they were stored. Now it's because my husband leaves the closet's doors opened. They are slidding doors so If I'm the first one leaving in the morning and he leaves both open a little bit from each side...that's it!
So I told him we are also responsible for what happened ! and we also have to avoid the cause!
We cannot lock the bedroom because when we leave to work she's allowed to stay on the living room and she sleeps on the bed until my husband comes home at lunch time and he's the one that finds out what's left from a shoe or the soles. I have to tell him that every time he says "don't bite shoe" then he grabs a toy and make play with that..
By the way, a coworker told me once to leave a shirt that I used before and give it to her so she can sleep with it in the morning and then she smelll it...because she might do that because shoes have our smell ..is it true? ..will it help? :-\
I need some advice on that...My husband thinks she's missing me all the time...He works less hours than me but sometimes I work 10 or 12 hours a day... :( so I think if she grabs something that has my smell on it she feels better...for sure I know that's the reason because it happened on those days while I'm out since early in the morning and I'm not back until late...
Any other advice ir more than welcome! I think I'll try to find that spray and see if it works...
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Yes the "right" thing would be to correct it, but hey..... just look at that face and you know that you are "suckered" as soon as she gives you the puppyeyes lol......
Good Luck, I love shoes and ohhhh how it hurts when the dogs love them as much (just in a different way hehe)
Marit