Aparantly i cant own any nice or new shoes

[Elliott]

I came home today to find my brand new flip flops $10 and a new pair of leather shoes chewed just enough to throw them away. Effin lab, what do you guys do to keep this stuff from happening?

[huntnphool]

 

[Caseyd]

Fortuantly never had a problem with my lab...he's 2 and honestly has never chewed anything he's not supposed too.

I did buy some of that "bitters" spray(sour apple type crap) heard it works good and I think you can spray it on most stuff.

[7mag.]

Fortuantly never had a problem with my lab...he's 2 and honestly has never chewed anything he's not supposed too.

I did buy some of that "bitters" spray(sour apple type crap) heard it works good and I think you can spray it on most stuff.

My labs were chewing my siding on my house, so I bought some of that sour apple crap. The dogs were licking it off the siding as I sprayed it on.     I switched to Tabasco with water.

[Huntbear]

Best thing I found, is bar bitters.  Mixed with water.  Dogs will not touch the stuff.  tastes like chit. 

[rasbo]

my red heeler[rat on acid] dont chew my shoes she chews the shoe strings of and eats them,she just quit doing it.

[Wayne1]

Best thing I found, is bar bitters.  Mixed with water.  Dogs will not touch the stuff.  tastes like chit.

LOL   Had to laugh when I read that..  Can't believe our dog's will pick up some of the training ducks we use toward the end of training season....you can smell em a mile away...  can only imagin what the hell they taste like.

[ICEMAN]

I came home today to find my brand new flip flops $10 and a new pair of leather shoes chewed just enough to throw them away. Effin lab, what do you guys do to keep this stuff from happening?

Easy answer!  Just Wait! After a while the dog will run out of shoes to chew on and will finally move on to house furnishings.

[boneaddict]

I'm obviously not a very good dog trainer, as I would have beat him a breath short of death with said shoe. 

[Hillbilly270]

keep your shoes away from the dog.

[Dadbear]

Either keep your shoes up on a shelf out of range or just go barefoot everywhere. 

[jackelope]

bitter apple is my dog's favorite...it's like a treat to him. i got this stuff from the vet to spray on my dog's wrap after surgery and the stuff is like pepper spray. i had to go outside to spray it on him. i can't remember what it's called.
use some sort of pepper/tabasco/tapatio mixed with water in a spray bottle.....but i gotta say, when you got the lab you signed up for the potential of this happening.

[Intruder]

.....but i gotta say, when you got the lab you signed up for the potential of this happening.

Yup, he's a pup, that's his job... piss you off to no end.  All you can really do is monitor his actions, isolate him or the objects of his desire, properly correct him, and give him appropriate substitutes.  It's simple but not easy... just gotta be consistant. 

[bowtech721]

Ya just be glad he hasnt taken to eating the walls yet... my brothers chocolate lost interest in shoes and now has more of a taste for drywall and cabinet door... luckily not my problem 

[MuleyontheWall]

My ol man had a brand new pete semi about 25 years ago, and figured on his first trip with his new truck he should bring his lab...he got out of the truck at the first fuel stop...came back.....dog had taken all the leather wrapping off the steering wheel of the semi.....and part of the arm rest....