How to train a pup from eating EVERYTHING?

[Scott]

So we kept one of our pups from the spring. The big choc male. Moosie.

He ***gin eats ANYTHING.

And the USPS/FED-EX/UPS and friends that drop schitt off end up getting a frown from me everytime they leave something inside the gate. (I have a sign on my gate that says

"Dear EVERYONE!!!!! Never EVER leave any parcels inside this gate. Our starving dogs think you are feeding them."

Do I come on a little strong?

Apparently they don't get tongue in cheek sarcasm.

He eats sticks and anything else that he can get a hold of. Every morning when I get up, I have to do yard patrol to find out what he ate during the night.

Electrical chords. Two of them chewed off right at the male end.

We bought a used Yukon last fall and it came with one of those fancy K-40 radar systems in it. There is this little black box down by the air dam underneath that has the wires sticking out...YUP. ***gin GONE!!!!!!!! He ate that ***ger.

Today, I get home and I see that a person dropped off the kids' bikes and styrofoam bike helmets. Guess what color my friggen yard was? Styrofoam WHITE!!!!!!!!!! Mother F-ER!!!!!!!!!!

Everytime he chews something, I rub his nose in it and give him a good hard flick on the lips and nose...trying to create an aversion to eating s h i t that's not to be eaten.

I feed him twice a day with dry and canned food. I have rubber chew toys in the yard and he doesn't touch those.

I need some psycology help here. For me AND the dog. LOL

 

[RMK SeVeN]

Maybe the "flick" on the nose isn't cutting it.

Had a stubborn dog like this once, required a little more physical consequences before it got through his thick skull...

 

[justadude]

Kick his *** hard a couple times if that doesn't work a muzzle.

So we kept one of our pups from the spring. The big choc male. Moosie.

He ***gin eats ANYTHING.

And the USPS/FED-EX/UPS and friends that drop schitt off end up getting a frown from me everytime they leave something inside the gate. (I have a sign on my gate that says

"Dear EVERYONE!!!!! Never EVER leave any parcels inside this gate. Our starving dogs think you are feeding them."

Do I come on a little strong?

Apparently they don't get tongue in cheek sarcasm.

He eats sticks and anything else that he can get a hold of. Every morning when I get up, I have to do yard patrol to find out what he ate during the night.

Electrical chords. Two of them chewed off right at the male end.

We bought a used Yukon last fall and it came with one of those fancy K-40 radar systems in it. There is this little black box down by the air dam underneath that has the wires sticking out...YUP. ***gin GONE!!!!!!!! He ate that ***ger.

Today, I get home and I see that a person dropped off the kids' bikes and styrofoam bike helmets. Guess what color my friggen yard was? Styrofoam WHITE!!!!!!!!!! Mother F-ER!!!!!!!!!!

Everytime he chews something, I rub his nose in it and give him a good hard flick on the lips and nose...trying to create an aversion to eating s h i t that's not to be eaten.

I feed him twice a day with dry and canned food. I have rubber chew toys in the yard and he doesn't touch those.

I need some psycology help here. For me AND the dog. LOL

 

[McGuyver]

So we kept one of our pups from the spring. The big choc male. Moosie.

He ***gin eats ANYTHING.

And the USPS/FED-EX/UPS and friends that drop schitt off end up getting a frown from me everytime they leave something inside the gate. (I have a sign on my gate that says

"Dear EVERYONE!!!!! Never EVER leave any parcels inside this gate. Our starving dogs think you are feeding them."

Do I come on a little strong?

Apparently they don't get tongue in cheek sarcasm.

He eats sticks and anything else that he can get a hold of. Every morning when I get up, I have to do yard patrol to find out what he ate during the night.

Electrical chords. Two of them chewed off right at the male end.

We bought a used Yukon last fall and it came with one of those fancy K-40 radar systems in it. There is this little black box down by the air dam underneath that has the wires sticking out...YUP. ***gin GONE!!!!!!!! He ate that ***ger.

Today, I get home and I see that a person dropped off the kids' bikes and styrofoam bike helmets. Guess what color my friggen yard was? Styrofoam WHITE!!!!!!!!!! Mother F-ER!!!!!!!!!!

Everytime he chews something, I rub his nose in it and give him a good hard flick on the lips and nose...trying to create an aversion to eating s h i t that's not to be eaten.

I feed him twice a day with dry and canned food. I have rubber chew toys in the yard and he doesn't touch those.

I need some psycology help here. For me AND the dog. LOL

Shock collar!!!!

when you see him starting into chewing, zap his azz...

won't take long and you won't even have to put batteries in anymore..... IDK, some dogs dont respond well to that approach, but we've been pretty lucky with it.

Ours were not chewers but diggers...... we cured them young and now they never need the collars except when working in the field

 

[justadude]

that is a better idea.

Shock collar!!!!

when you see him starting into chewing, zap his azz...

won't take long and you won't even have to put batteries in anymore..... IDK, some dogs dont respond well to that approach, but we've been pretty lucky with it.

Ours were not chewers but diggers...... we cured them young and now they never need the collars except when working in the field

 

[Sturgis Sledder]

I coated my stuff the dog chewed on with hot sauce, didn't take long for him to figure out he didn't like hot sauce.

 

[McGuyver]

Kick his *** hard a couple times if that doesn't work a muzzle.

Yah, kick your dog........ that makes perfect sense....... Kick an animal that will have no clue why your doing it.......

I don't like most of your posts so should I kick your AZZ a couple times......Stupid!!!!

 

[Scott]

I NEVER catch him at ANYTHING. It's always when I'm gone or at night.
It's not cause he's lonely or bored. He's one of 3 dogs. His mother and a year and a half old healer that's VERY well behaved on his own accord.

Oh, and when I said a "flick", I meant an open handed whack on the gums.

It's not working.

A MUZZLE is a GREAT idea. Cinch it down and then only take it off for meals. *** YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT suggestion.

 

[AKSNOWRIDER]

I NEVER catch him at ANYTHING. It's always when I'm gone or at night.
It's not cause he's lonely or bored. He's one of 3 dogs. His mother and a year and a half old healer that's VERY well behaved on his own accord.

Oh, and when I said a "flick", I meant an open handed whack on the gums.

It's not working.

A MUZZLE is a GREAT idea. Cinch it down and then only take it off for meals. *** YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT suggestion.

try this..gotta think like a dog...you are alpha male...do what they do...roll him over with legs in the air in the middle of his mess.....hold him by the throat with your hand..(just like alpha male would..but dont hurt him) stare him in the eye and hold whatever he chewed right in his face..he will get the idea and stop chewing things..I have used this on all my shepards since they are born..and I rarely have a problem with them by the time they are 6 months old..if I do..all I do is roll em over and hold them by the neck..they get the point right now....

 

[Scott]

That's better than kicking the s c h i t out of them and your neighbors getting it on video or something. LOL

 

[woodies]

yes someone else with the right way to train!^^^^

 

[Scott]

Well, I just had the opportunity to try AKsnowrider's suggestion. I go out and he's got some underlayment from our landscaping pulled out of the bed and in his mouth. BUSTED.

I layed him over, grabbed his throat put the item up close to his face, made stern eye contact and gave him a low throat growl. That was cool. He pissed on his belly while he was laying there (NO, he didn't get any on me). I think it made in impact. LOL

Oh, I forgot to mention....he ATE my 509 poster that came in over the weekend too. I bought a 6' garage banner for my shop....***gin chewed the cardboard tube and the corner off the vinyl poster while I was in Butte over the weekend.

 

[AKSNOWRIDER]

Well, I just had the opportunity to try AKsnowrider's suggestion. I go out and he's got some underlayment from our landscaping pulled out of the bed and in his mouth. BUSTED.

I layed him over, grabbed his throat put the item up close to his face, made stern eye contact and gave him a low throat growl. That was cool. He pissed on his belly while he was laying there (NO, he didn't get any on me). I think it made in impact. LOL

Oh, I forgot to mention....he ATE my 509 poster that came in over the weekend too. I bought a 6' garage banner for my shop....***gin chewed the cardboard tube and the corner off the vinyl poster while I was in Butte over the weekend.

good deal...its an instinctive thing with dogs....and it works..use it anytime he does something you dont like...pretty soon he will reconize just the look in your eye....my female shepard is 4 now..she feels she is alpha female over the kids..but all it takes is one look from me and she melts..it works so good all my dogs potty in 1 corner of the yard(a spot about 6*6)...always each and everytime..makes it nice and easy to clean up....

 

[Burndown1]

Other than a bullet in the head, how do you train a f ing cat? I hate the damn thing, the wife loves it.

 

[AKSNOWRIDER]

Other than a bullet in the head, how do you train a f ing cat? I hate the damn thing, the wife loves it.

well now...cats are a whole diferent ballgame..grab the kitchen broom..and ram it up its ***............naw seriously I have no clue..see what wild cats do for disipline and try that.........

 

[H2SNOW]

somewhere over the rian bow ...skies are blue...get it ??

 

[line8]

I had a similar problem with my black lab. If she could get a hold of anything I touched it was gone. Sunglasses, mail, some shoes, kids toys, etc. I tried everything and the final thing that worked was to get a magazine or newspaper and put her on her back where ever the mess she made was and give her a shot on the nose with the mag or paper. It tood only a couple of those and she got it. Good times!

 

[HawkShot99]

Other than a bullet in the head, how do you train a f ing cat? I hate the damn thing, the wife loves it.

Water squirt bottle.

 

[Mafesto]

Other than a bullet in the head, how do you train a f ing cat? I hate the damn thing, the wife loves it.

Spray paint.

Very bright colored spray paint.

Won't help any behavior problems, but they hate it and you always see 'em coming!

 

[dmkhnr]

I got a chewer also, (he's in my avitar but but about 80# bigger now).
SOB has eaten $400 in my shoes (doesn't touch wifey's shoes) mainly my work boots, my slippers.
SOB chewed the through the back seat belt in my truck, traded that truck in and SOB chewed the same seat belt in my new truck. Bought a new camper shell, so the SOB can ride in the back of the truck, and the SOB chewed through the foam around the sliding windows.
My automatic tranny shift lever has the tow/haul button on the very end of it SOB somehow got his teeth right on the end of the shift lever and pulled the button off. I've got extension cords, garden hoses, blueprints, pictures, all chewed up.

What I do is grab whatever it is he chewed (even hours later he knows what he did was bad) and shove it in his face and scold him while holding the scruff of his neck, front feet off the ground. Roll up a news paper and smack him after he is scolded and knows what he did, and send him to the kennel to be alone. I use a newspaper because it makes alot of noise and doesn't hurt him.

He knows not to chew and has cut back over his first year of life quite a bit, however sometimes the temptation gets the best of him and he has at it. Persitince and patience will eventually pay off.