Yeah, I guess I will just have to start confining them when I leave. They both were doing really well for a while, but I can't ignore what he's been doing the past few weeks. I've also given them a lot of chew toys, and for some reason he just likes to chew things that he's not supposed to. Anyway, thanks for the advice I'll be sure to try it.
I currently have 2 very large areas where Mia (also blind & deaf) that has taken the liking to dry wall. I have one area in the spare bedroom,when her x-pen was in the corner,she shimmied her x-pen close to the wall,and chewed the heck out of the wall.
It is so deep,that it actually needed a mesh patch,now it needs filling again for the second round of dry wall paste.
I don't know what it is with her,but she has done some real damage here.
Solution...I keep the x-pen far enough away by using anything that I can roll up like blankets,and she can't push it close to any wall,if she must be in there.Which as of recent is not that much time.
We find she is on much better behavior,if we let her be to go about as she pleases. Although not always the solution for everyone.
With her,she finds her comfy spots,either a chair,or the one of 4 crates,and settles in quite nicely.
Our home is not that big,that I can set it up in a middle of a room,in any room. She is not one to occupy herself with such a thing as a nylabone.And I cannt leave here,and give any of them a rawhide or chew bone,I just could not do it.
I think you need to do what is the right thing for you.One to preserve your home,and also to keep him safe.
I cannot begin to count the throw rugs,both cheap & expensive that Trapp has destoyed. He literally when he was a small pup,got in the corner of the one living room,which had carpet.He ruined that carpet in a matter of weeks.
One night when Brian was working,I pulled the carpet off the floor. We laid tiles in that room,and replaced the carpet with another room size rug. The boys (except Earnhardt) are not alowed in there at night. Until I know I can completely trust them,they will not have access unless supervised.
The same with linolyum. Holy cow...literally they destroyed sun porch floor.
Now...in thier defense it was 36 years old,brittle,and needed to go. But I did not need help! The floor today,is without linolyum. It has been sanded smooth,and we painted it. End of destruction.
I find it easier,and it looks good. Might not for the next owner of this house if we sell it,but for us,with 4 dogs,it was the best solution.
What I used to deter Trapp,still is fresh in his mind. Needless to say,I had to resort to methods that were worse than bitter apple.... which he thought was a dressing that made it all that much so yummy to continue to chew.
He has not bothered in the last 8 months or so,to any throw rug,new flooring.
I must say,it was the most destructive of behavior,and thank heavens he grew out of it.
