My puggle ate my earbuds!

[LauraMax]

She is just too smart for me. I had my gym bag on the floor yesterday morning & the pocket w/the mp3 player was open maybe an inch, & by the time I went into another room to get my clothes & came back, she'd somehow managed to unzipper the pocket & eat the earbuds.

I guess I should be thanking my lucky stars she didn't eat the actual mp3 player!

So the tally, since January:

One (1) beautiful comfy blue sofa
One (1) beautiful area rug
Four (4) bed pillows
One (1) quilt
Three (3) sofa pillows
Two (2) cable remote controls
One (1) pair of eyeglasses
One (1) pair of sunglasses
One (1) pair of shearling slippers

That's everything I can think of. I'm not gonna tally the cost b/c I don't want to know! While Penny is no longer permitted anywhere in the house by herself, she still finds ways to slip into places where she doesn't belong.........

 

[cats_meow_0911]

Oh dear. Has she had to have surgery for a foreign body yet? I'm just waiting for the day when my dog gets a foreign body from eating to many sticks.

 

[goldenpath]

WOW!! She has surely chewed a lot.

You forgot to add the ear buds to your list. I can't believe she was able to get into the pocket and go for the ear buds. You are right, you are lucky, she did not eat the MP3.

 

[skimi]

wow!! penny is more skilled at destruction than both of my dobermans were together!!! and they did their fair share.....it must be the beagle in her that is so smart.....i think we both know that the pug in her didn't figure out how to unzip your bag....pugs are smart enough to use those sad eyes to guilt you out of being mad at them when they do something bad, but that is about the extent of it...i am sure penny can be infuriating when she does these things, but isn't she just so cute anyway???

 

[LaughingWater]

The kids and I want to see a picture of this adorable little stinker. You should put together a mug shot of her.

 

[LauraMax]

wow!! penny is more skilled at destruction than both of my dobermans were together!!! and they did their fair share.....it must be the beagle in her that is so smart.....i think we both know that the pug in her didn't figure out how to unzip your bag....pugs are smart enough to use those sad eyes to guilt you out of being mad at them when they do something bad, but that is about the extent of it...i am sure penny can be infuriating when she does these things, but isn't she just so cute anyway???

LOL! Pugs can't do much of anything w/their deformed little noses, but yeah, he pretty much gets whatever he wants w/that worried & wrinkly forehead, & those sad pitiful eyes.

Lori, here's a mugshot, right after about 5-6 straight hours of very intense play (think Drill Max for half a day LOL). And the two of them--this is my favorite pic, I show it off all the time.

ETA: that's my beautiful blue couch, now in dead furniture heaven.

 

[aproudfit]

Wow Laura that sucks. My puggle hasnt been guilty of chewing anything more than wrappers. Oh and stealing gum out of my purse if he can get too it...

It was hillarious - I caught him trying to slink up the stairs with a full pack of poptarts in his mouth yesterday. I saw him and said his name and he dropped the pack right there and backed away slowly - with those dang big eyes.... LOL

 

[LauraMax]

Wow Laura that sucks. My puggle hasnt been guilty of chewing anything more than wrappers. Oh and stealing gum out of my purse if he can get too it...

It was hillarious - I caught him trying to slink up the stairs with a full pack of poptarts in his mouth yesterday. I saw him and said his name and he dropped the pack right there and backed away slowly - with those dang big eyes.... LOL

That's IT? WTH? Why was mine born w/the destructive gene & yours wasn't? Is your puggle more pug or beagle? Penny is most definitely more beagle. My little pug has never destroyed a thing, except maybe an empty roll of TP.

LOL at the pop tarts--don't you just love catching them in the act? That look........so hard to be firm w/a dog when you're giggling like an idiot!

 

[aproudfit]

That's IT? WTH? Why was mine born w/the destructive gene & yours wasn't? Is your puggle more pug or beagle? Penny is most definitely more beagle. My little pug has never destroyed a thing, except maybe an empty roll of TP.

LOL at the pop tarts--don't you just love catching them in the act? That look........so hard to be firm w/a dog when you're giggling like an idiot!

I do think he is more a pug in his personality. Now that I think of it - there is some blue stain in the upstairs hallway carpet from him chewing up a pen... So he does like pens and pencils.... but luckily no furniture....

Question - do you call her Penny most of the time or Puggle? Maybe cause snoop is a boy or something - but most of the time we call him Puggles... Or some variation - of course my boys just love to call him "fat boy" LOL

 

[LauraMax]

IQuestion - do you call her Penny most of the time or Puggle? Maybe cause snoop is a boy or something - but most of the time we call him Puggles... Or some variation - of course my boys just love to call him "fat boy" LOL

She's either Pretty Penny or Bad Penny, depending on her behavior any given day.

Oooh fat boy means pug! LOL! Penny is thick but she doesn't have that......ahem........bowling ball shape Max does. She's kinda long & lean.

 

[spyrosmom]

Try some apple bitters or bitter barrier (tea tree oil and baking soda). Spray it one what you don't want the dog to eat (everything). I've only used the bitter barrier, and it works. My SIL is a dog groomer, and says apple bitters work well, but I've never used them. I tasted the bitter barrier and it is FOUL! The bitter barrier was about $5 at Walmart and the apple bitters can be found at a pet store - not sure how much, but has to be cheaper than a sofa. The bitter barrier doesn't seem to stain things either, but I'd test in a small unseen spot 1st.

Nan

 

[LauraMax]

Try some apple bitters or bitter barrier (tea tree oil and baking soda). Spray it one what you don't want the dog to eat (everything). I've only used the bitter barrier, and it works. My SIL is a dog groomer, and says apple bitters work well, but I've never used them. I tasted the bitter barrier and it is FOUL! The bitter barrier was about $5 at Walmart and the apple bitters can be found at a pet store - not sure how much, but has to be cheaper than a sofa. The bitter barrier doesn't seem to stain things either, but I'd test in a small unseen spot 1st.

Nan

I have several bottles of the bitter apple, I use it on the furniture & rugs. But it's a pump spray & my wimpy little hands can only handle so much.

Hey, maybe I can tent the house? LMAO!

 

[lrayburn]

Have you tried crate training or tethering? Bitter apple can really help if your dog is dedicated to chewing on one thing or one type of thing. Also, it seems to bother me more than it does the dogs. Prevention and correction is better if she is intent on chewing on all sorts of things. If you crate train her, then give her access to the house only while she is directly supervised or tethered to you, you can correct the behavior before she destroys things.

Lisa

 

[SirenSongWoman]

Being a cat owner (with all the hassles THAT entails) I don't know much about dog behavior. Can they be trained not to eat furniture? I hear about this couch chewing a lot at work so I know it's real common and I wonder what can be done to stop it. One co-worker told mer her Boston Terrier chewed a leg off a chair but somebody bought the chair at a garage sale (?!) so it wasn't all bad.

 

[jonahnah]

Dog marketing campaign:

Ear buds = Snackages!

Bite size for your enjoyment. Sold in pairs.
**Not recommended if you could get caught.

 

[Poochy]

That is hillarious .. when my big baby was a pup here is a sample of what he tore up and ate:

one side of oak desk
one entire slat off my deck
the molding in the bathroom
too many to name leather pumps (the good ones not the cheap ones .. hey he has good taste)
entire corn cob (swallowed w/o chewing)
knee high stockings .. if they were on the floor or laundry pile he ate them (had some scares w/those being digested.. sidenote: they dont digest)

when he learned he could stand he ate 2 raw rib eye steaks off the counter

oh and I came home to find every roll of toilet paper from the holders and baskets strewn all over the bedroom .. hall and living room w/him sitting there looking oh so innocent!!

and not to mention when we got the female they had a tug of war w/the doggie bed and when I got home it looked like it had snowed in the front lawn .. white fluff EVERYWHERE!!!

I could go on .. but let's just say .. thank goodness he grew out of the destructive puppy phase!!!

 

[skimi]

you guys are making me laugh....lauramax, the bolling ball reference was hilarious....my pug reminded me of a lunchbox with legs.....my dogs used to tag team.....once i made brownies, and had them cooling on the stove....well, my pug, of course, could not reach the countertop...so he enlisted the help of my dobie to get them off the counter. fortunately, they flipped upside down when they landed, and then gomez, the pug, proceeded to push the pan around the kitchen floor trying to get it flipped over....the noise got him caught, however. silly little doggies....my dobie used to steal things off the counter all the time, i.e. whole bunches of bananas, sticks of butter that were softening for cookies, etc....very funny. mario single-handedly destroyed my entire stash of nice underwear...he completely ignored the cheap stuff....i guess he had expensive taste....he also ate a sports sock and had to spend the day at the vet's office waiting for it to pass...it did intact.....

i just love dogs.....i love these stories of mischief.....it is making monday much more enjoyable.....so thanks for that!!

 

[Afreet]

As long as we're comparing notes...

My two little schnauzers were equally destructive as puppies (and puppyhood lasted almost two years for them...). They destroyed CDs (about 300 at one time), books, socks, bars of soap, sunglasses, balls of yarn, anything plastic within their reach.

They cooperated in elaborate and acrobatic acts of thievery, such as The Great Dinner Roll Heist, the Incredible Theft of Dad's Chocolate Donut, and The Mysterious Disappearance of a Whole Chicken.

I have had to have a penny surgically removed from one of them, but she didn't eat it on purpose (it fell out of my pocket during a walk and she thought it was a treat, since the treats were in that pocket).

They have also rescued me (and themselves) after being lost in the wilderness by leading me to a camp filled with boy scouts (they had hot dogs, otherwise we might have wandered for many more miles), and flung their tiny bodies between me and every danger, real or perceived, we have ever faced together.

So, on balance, I suppose we're square.

 

[LaughingWater]

I love these stories. Snoopy has never really been that destructive. He does little stuff, like steal mail. And he always makes sure we see him doing it ~ he loves the chase that ensues.

Laura, your babies are cuties.

 

[SirenSongWoman]

These stories had my cheeks wet from tears of laughter. When I tell horror stories about my cats and I get That Look from people, followed by "I'd get rid of him..." I try to explain how it all balances out and how much richer life is when you have a furry body next to you that never judges and only wants to give you love. With all the amusement they bring into your life, pets are ultimately always worth their hassles. It's just dealing with the language barrier.