Leave My Shoes ALONE!
 So far the score is 7 pairs of my shoes, 4 pairs of slippers, and 2 pairs of flip flops. 
She will get my son or my husband's shoes out, but their shoes must stink since she won't chew them up. Let her get hold of just one of my shoes and they are chewed and eaten to death. Is there anything I can spray on my shoes to keep her from eating them that won't damage the fabric, leather, vinyl and whatever else these shoes are made of???? |
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| Oh no!! That is my worst nightmare...I am soooo sorry for you...Id just try to be more religous about putting them in the closet and shutting the door...to the closet AND the bedroom... |
| But I do put my shoes away in the closet. However, the closet doors are bi-fold doors and she has figured out if she hits it a certain way one of the doors will pop open just a little and then.... into the closet she goes. Baby gates she just jumps straight over them. My vet told me I need to put her in agility.
Is there anything safe to spray on shoes to prevent chewing? |
| I don't know if there's anything that won't ruin them, but maybe if you spray bitter apple or something on the inside of the shoe it'll smell enough to deter her?
So sorry! Poor shoes  |
| Gasp.....she loves shoes as much as I do....I really shouldnt be surprised....good idea steph...try the bitter apple inside the shoe....just dont expect good lick massages later in the evening........ |
| Maybe you could try those OFF mats around the closet so she doesn't get close. They have those little nubbies on them that are uncomfortable on a dogs feet so they stay away from that area. Or you could get those little latches that people use to baby proof cabinets and attach those to the doors so they won't open. |
| I've been keeping my nice shoes in their original shoe boxes as a pre-deterrent for Bingley. So far it has worked, as he doesn't realize there is a delicious shoe inside a closed, boring box. |
Just wait. Chewie discovered the exciting garbage in the closed, boring garbage can  . It's in a narrow spot between the sink and stove with a hinged lid. It now sits in the slot with the opening to the back! He still checks it out occasionally, but it takes him longer to get it open and we catch him. |
| I had a male once that had a thing with shoes when he was young. I would come downstairs in the morning and find nothing but the flat rubber sole of a shoe. Soemtimes you couldn't even tell whose shoe it was. I had quite a number of unmatched shoes.
He finally went after the leather wrapped handle on my nylon briefcase. He swallowed it, thick nylon webbing and all, and couldn't pass it. The leather and nylon didn't show up well on an x-ray so we didn't exactly know where it was. Had him in the vets for a week and tried everything kind of purgative and lubricant you can think of as he got sicker and sicker. The day before we were going to operate on him to try to find the object, he finally passed the intact handle in his stool. Never chewed another shoe after that but I wouldn't recommend the cure-- it almost killed him. Had another dog who made a game of sneaking up the street and stealing kids tennis shoes from a young neighbor family. Not to chew them, just to dash back home with his prize. Time after time I would take them from him, make the walk up the street and sheepishly knock on my neighbor's door with the proof of his unrepentant crime. When I finally found him with an expensive lady's dress shoe, I knew he had moved on to bigger game. He never learned and was a mischief his entire life. |
| I thought I had the shoe thing licked with the puppies. Hubby and I went out for a nice dinner a couple of weeks ago, and I wore new shoes (first outing for the shoes). Came home, kicked them off, went upstairs, realized what I had done and, well, too late. Why is it always the brand new shoes?
Daughter keeps telling me how much more comfortable leather leashes are to the walker's hand. Hah! I figure a leather leash would last less than a day. One of our dogs used to chew up the rubber overshoes my husband wore in sloppy weather. Only the right one. Hubby had 3 left overshoes by the time the dog outgrew the habbit. |
| Hmmm, while the pup might prefer bernaise sauce with shoes, maybe Bitter Apple, Gold Bond powder, Vicks Vapor rub on the nonleather sections. Horses can be discouraged from cribbing with a mix of dish soap/tabasco sauce/cayenne pepper, but I can't figure out how to get that on your shoes without putting you in peril. Would keep your feet warm in the winter............ |
| shoes, boots, socks, slippers...anything that has our scent on it, Fiona will carry around. Trying to get out of the house in the morning is a nightmare-my shoes are NEVER where I left them. She doesn't chew them, just thinks everything belongs somewhere else. I woke up this morning with one of my barn boots, two gloves, a shoe and several other items at the bottom of the bed. |
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