An update on the 'remodeling'
As you all may or may not know from the previous thread, Chelsea has been remodeling the basement, one small part or it, when we are gone. Just thought you would all like to know that she has almost managed to put a 'paw sized' hole in the wall, a couple of them, you can see the studs and the drywall on the other side. Yesterday I bent down to examine her handywork (as we are contemplating what to do to repair this with something less desirable to mess with) and what do you know? Little miss handypants bounded over and actually pushed my hand out of the way as if to say "don't touch that!", she then nudged my leg in a herding gesture and made a loud 'harumph!', I of course reacted immediately and scolded her for the agression, so she sat down right next to me and STARED at me, I stepped away from 'her' wall and she came right over and put her head down and started that kissy licking they do when they are contrite. She truly didn't want me touching her project, her work of art. So much so that she risked getting in trouble to move me away from it. People who think these dogs aren't SMART are only paying attention to how 'trainable' they are as oppposed to how much they 'understand'. That's my feeling anyway. Anyone have any good ideas for wall covering that is less able to be tampered with? I was thinking about a panel of some sort, or even sheet metal as this has worked in several instances in high damage areas at work. Any ideas are welcomed! UP. |
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| The Dog Listener: Learn How to Communicate with Your Dog for Willing Cooperation, by Jan Fennell , would say that Chelsea believes herself to be the alpha of the family and her intense distress at not knowing where her "charges" are causes destruction from her anxiety. |
| It would be funny if everyone started sending in pics of sheepie remodeling jobs.
We have a few projects that were started with out our permission. |
| Recently there was a program on TV called Pet Palace,
they showed some ideas for a dog room. One had a tile floor and tiles on the walls for easy clean up and to prevent chewing. Sorry don't recall what channel it was on, Home and Garden TV or Animal Planet ???? |
Tsk Tsk Chelsea  I'm thinking Merlin got ideas from you from reading this post (did I forget to mention how smart he was..ha ha!) He too decided he had to taste drywall like Chelsea. I'm thinking of spraying bitter orange or some substance that might make him think twice..we should trade stories and see what works best.
Good luck with your renos! Marianne and the boys |
Our first sheepie, Buford, was a master remodeler!  Since he was our first sheepie and we were young and inexperienced dog owners, we didn't know that it seems to be a sheepie trait. He ate through drywall to try to get into the house from the garage, ate the molding around our bedroom door, then started on the door to get out of the bedroom, chewed a hole through TURKEY WIRE (!!!) to get out of a 10' x 10' homemade "crate", if you will, in our basement. As for the turkey wire, he just grabbed on to a section with his teeth and kept pushing and pulling it back and forth, back and forth, until he weakened it enough to break, then he pushed his body through the hole!!! We were amazed he didn't cut himself to shreds, but he came out unscathed! We came home to find him calmly sleeping on the basement floor right next to the cage!
We finally came to the conclusion that this dog did NOT like to be cooped up!  When he was given the run of the house, all problems disappeared! Don't know what his background was before he came to us at 11 mos old (he came to us through a friend of a friend of my sister), but enclosed places just drove he insane. Even large enclosed places, like the 10' (yes, FOOT) x 10' cage in the basement, and our bedroom (!) made him nuts. If there was a door, and it was shut, all reason went out the door.
Wish I knew then what I know now, and not only with respect to sheepies! Live and learn, I guess. Can't even remember what it was like to actually have to CALL people to research stuff! (In my best old lady's voice) - These kids today don't know how good they have it! 
Chris |
| Harry "ate" his way out of the outside kennel in less than 24 hours. Looked like a cannon ball went through, perfect hole and Harry outside. He wanted to be with the other dogs..........and has been since then.
I'm not missing wall board, but I've got some nicely distressed wooden furniture from teething puppies. I guess that's why I get adults now, one less problem. |
| As I was eating dinner last night and ignoring Pooh (yes, it's possible, but difficult) he decided to sit in front of me and gently place his mouth on the wood tray stand that my dinner was on. Staring at me....waiting for my reaction, which of couse he didn't like. This was the first time we've seen him put mouth on furniture and make a chewing "threat". Such a bad boy! |
| Josh that sounds exactly like Dancer, between the ages of 5 and 7 months, it seemed she was doing just that, a lot, to test us. It was so funny, but at the same time so BAD! She was just so saucy about it!
If I was laying in bed, she would stand defiantly beside the dresser, look right at me, and put her mouth on the lower drawer. I would tell her No, and she would woo rooo roo in a loud, mouthy tone, and do it again! I had to put her on the leash and keep her beside the bed for a few nights, because I was afraid she'd pull the dresser right over on top of her. Thank goodness that was a short phase! |
| I've found that a mixture of Olive Oil and Cayenne pepper does wonders painted on favorite chew spots. I've tried bitter orange with no effect. Anyone have an idea on how to stop the pooch from rubbing his side on the walls? The walls in the hall are almost black from the habitual rubbing from my previous collie, and Barney has picked up the habit. I'm thinking about putting a formica wainscot there for easier cleaning than drywall. |
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