[pigeonhunter]

As I walked down the stairs this morning I was greeted by my young Labrador puppy "Zoe". No biggie, I just thought "what are you doing out of your crate, whatever". After I turn the corner into the living room I am greeted by a ghastly sight.
Magazines, everywhere, torn to bits. After I did the count this is what was destroyed: 5 years worth of Field and Stream, 2 years worth of the Retriver Journal, 2 years worth of Shooting Sportsman, a years worth of Grays Sporting Journal,
a half dozen Outdoor Lifes, a half dozen Sports Afields, 2 issues of The Double Gun Journal and a years worth of Sporting Clays.
I looked at the destruction and looked at Zoe, I couldn't get mad at her because it could of happend hours ago and she wouldn't know why she was being punished. Then I looked at my German Shepherd "Doc" and he was asleep on the couch, it was a good two minutes before I said something. All I said was
"What the hell happend to all my magazines!". Then my shepherd woke-up with a look, like " hey man, I didn't have anything to do with this" and then went back to sleep.
What had happend is that I closed the door to her crate (she's in training,I'm sure I have piddle puddles somewhere) and forgot to lock it. So all she had to do is just lean up against it, to open it. Funny thing though, I'm not mad just part of owning a dog. When my shepherd was a little puppy he destroyed books and socks, I gues my lab likes magazines. But tonight I will make sure her kennel is locked :wink:

 

[gbottger]

I wish to offer you the sympathy of a dog owner with a genuine leather heart. I had a lab once that chewed every pair of leather shoes my wife owned. None of those imitators either, only the 150 dollar pairs. lol Funny thing is she would only chew one of them and never touch any of mine. I never did catch her doing it and man I bought a boatload of shoes for my wife that year. lol Finally I hung a shoe from her collar and she figured out it wasn't that much fun.

I commend you on not getting mad and punishing the dog. Most owners would not be able to do that or understand why not to. Good Job

 

[Live2Hunt]

Dang that was quite a collection to loose...

can we have a moment of silence for all that good bathroom material that has just been lost?

 

[luv2safari]

I hope for your sake that he didn't "digest" too much of the BS... in F&S...

 

[Dalee100]

Hi,

Man, you just gotta love puppies !

Dale

 

[pmlaw7]

Two new puppies in the house - here is the tally so far

New house, construction finished in June of this year

Carpet in living room and my office is trashed
Rungs on three of the new chairs in kitchen trashed
Dog discovered she could reach the edge of an antique table on while she was in my lap and I was asleep, edge of table trashed
Ironically one dog chewed the corder of a new hard copy of Wolter's game dog - book is readble but trashed
I keep my slippers in the kitchen for when I let them out of the cage am and pm - every pair is trashed.
They now like to destroy the puppy pads so they too are trashed.
The bed I bought for the crate, well you guessed it - trashed.

Dogs are in fine shape, but spend a little more of their time crated than in the first few weeks.

Anybody know where I can bitter apple in a fifty five gallon drum?

 

[b540glenn]

Pigeonhunter, deep down you knew something was going to happen. It's all part of owning the dog.

... I had a lab once that chewed every pair of leather shoes my wife owned...

Our golden retreiver would do somthing similar to my wife's shoes. It wasn't picky about the type of shoe. It only chewed the left one. :? :?:

 

[rosiesdad]

Pups 5 months old, so far only 1 shoe (insole only) and thats all the real damage. They have a kazillion leather "chips" to chew and we get stuffed toys at goodwill by the bag full. I think the key is the leather chips and making sure they always have one or two to chew on. When they get soft, toss em and get a new one, they like em hard and chewey..... :lol: