I am raising a serial killer!

[XemaSab]

Today the puppy not only DESTROYED my penstemon, he also got into a sack of Sparaxis bulbs and gnawed the end off the roll of plastic sheeting I got for the planter box.

I can't even find the POT the penstemon was in! :cry:

[LaraMN]

1. Are you making up words?

Because I think you are.

[LynzM]

2. ROFL

:rofl:

[XemaSab]

3. Observe and learn:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4769555&mesg_id=4770621

[LaraMN]

5. Dude!

:rofl:

[billyskank]

12. LMAO!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

32. LMAO...

[BikeWriter]

4. You may have one with a compulsive chewing disorder...

My Son had a Border Collie "eat" the seat off his Harley Road King. :(

[Sanity Claws]

6. I thought you were Babs Bush

But she has no remorse for raising a serial killer. She sure doesn't know what some of those words mean either.

[billyskank]

14. I don't think that's fair to serial killers

They only kill a handful of people.

[Hugin]

7. Awe... Does pupcakes want a widdle salad? Ooo.. Yes it does! Yes it does!

:7

[XemaSab]

8. The road to ignoreland is littered with insensitivities like these

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:P

[Hugin]

9. You have my fullest sympathy...

and stuff. :patriot:

[petronius]

10. Sounds like more of a perennial killer to me...

:silly:

[XemaSab]

11. *bing* *bing* *bing*

We have a winner! :D

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. This is not good. Have you checked to find out if those are poisonous to

your baby? Better a dead penstemon and a live puppy than the other way around. *Fellow gardener feeling your pain* :hug:

[XemaSab]

15. Some of them are

That's why all the philodendrons are on the dining room table (except for the one he already got).

I really don't know what to do about the spider plants and the hydrangeas. They're planted in the ground. :(

A few minutes ago I went outside and he was eating the organ-pipe cactus! :crazy:

Sigh.

[GreenPartyVoter]

29. I just put all my plants outside after the cats wouldn't stop nibbling on

them. So much for wintering over some of the more expensive annuals but I'd rather get new plants than new cats. I am just lucky they picked the least toxic ones to chew on.

[XemaSab]

33. Here's the deal:

there are three places to put plants in the house: the front porch, inside, or the back porch.

We're curently replanting the front yard, and all the plants that are going to go in the front are wintering on the front porch. The porch is COVERED in plants.

Inside plants are fair game.

Outside plants are fair game.

:(

[Hugin]

16. The *only* vegetable matter my Precious doesn't like is...

Carrots.

Don't ask me why, but, carrots are off the menu.

:shrug:

[XemaSab]

17. So is Precious named after

"Lord of the Rings" or "Silence of the Lambs?" :scared:

[Hugin]

18. The second one...

It's only a nickname though... Her real name is Sadie.

[XemaSab]

19. .

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[Hugin]

20. !

There's no need to fear... She's an inherited dog. (prenamed and such)

I had nothing to do with it.

[XemaSab]

21. It rubs the lotion on its skin.

:scared:

[Gormy Cuss]

22. That pup just ain't right.

Poor baby does seem either obsessed or possessed.

Once I had two roommates, one with plants and a puppy, the other with a pair of parakeets. The parakeets had free range in the house during the day when no one was at home. They didn't bother the puppy and he probably liked the company. The problem was that one of the parakeets had a habit of nibbling on the plants and that roommate would flip out over the little bird bites on her perfect houseplants.

One evening the bird owner and I noticed that the male parakeet was flying more than usual but was not squawking at all. We watched him for a while and he seems to be trying to squawk, but no sound emanated. The third roomie came home, went to her room and came back out to the living to complain yet again about the bird nibbles, this time on her dieffenbachia. Fortunately, the parakeet recovered and learn a hard lesson. He never nibbled the houseplants again.;-)

[BikeWriter]

23. Yikes! He's lucky it only gave him laryngitis!

[Gormy Cuss]

24. Yes, we were surprised that it didn't kill him.

He was an amazing little bird.

[BikeWriter]

30. I've raised hundreds of 'Keets, and I love the little critters.

:)

[Radical Activist]

25. The dog ate your pot?

man that sucks.

[XemaSab]

26. Well, let's just say it was fortuitous

that I moved the San Pedro cactus to the front porch.

And I just realized I'd better keep the weedy morning glories in the garden under control, based on the review seen here today. :scared:

(ps I found the pot under the picnic table :P )

[sbj405]

27. Is he chewing while you are home or out?

[XemaSab]

28. Both

:eyes:

[sbj405]

34. Is the pup crate trained?

Highly recommend it for his safety and your sanity.

In terms of chewing while you are home with him, can you contain him to a smaller area (without your plants)?

[XemaSab]

36. The only area we can really shut him in

is the kitchen, and he hasn't even BEGUN to discover the damage he can do in there.

He has a kennel he sleeps in.

[sbj405]

40. Even at 4, my pup gets shut out of the kitchen. Too many tempting things

I would try keeping with you as much as you can and being assertive when he's chewing on something he shouldn't. Tell him no and give him an acceptable chew toy.

Have you tried crating when you leave? My pup wouldn't go for it, he shredded the metal crate, but it may be an option to combat the damage when you are out.

Hang in there. It'll get better. And I don't recall seeing a pic of pup yet. :-)

[XemaSab]

41. I usually toss him in the back yard with the other dog

when I'm just going to run a few errands, and I crate him if I'm going out for a while.

[TheBaldyMan]

31. sounds like your pup is bored,

have you tried hiding a dog-treat in a a difficult to get into container and letting him spends hours trying to 'crack the combination'. I've seen one like a dog-toy ball with holes in it so the dog can smell the treat and when it rolls around he can hear it rattle. He has to figure out how to get the treat out of the ball and into the dog.

Maybe some other stuff to keep him occuied during the day would help.

[Rowdyboy]

35. At least he has the innocence of being a puppy.....

My 7 year old springer spaniel is VERY good at getting garbage and shredding it, after gulping down anything even vaguely edible. He's old enough and smart enough to know better!

The little ass drug a box of instant oatmeal into the parlor, then chewed through the box while sitting on the sofa, watching Star Trek TNG (I had left it on when I went to the gym).

[XemaSab]

37. The big round tub or the little packets?

But yeah, he's a golden/springer mix, and he's just getting started. In the last few days he learned how to jump up on the beds, and I fear it's only a matter of time before he can get on the table, which is where we have all the good stuff we don't want him to get into. :(

[Rowdyboy]

38. One of those boxes with about a dozen individual packs inside....

He just carried it to the sofa and gnawed through the box. I think he just wanted to show me he could. Then he knocked a small garbage can off the washingmachine and ripped the bag apart.

He's lucky I love him so much!

[XemaSab]

39. Bailey's going to the Humane Society

puppy training class. :P

We have an older dog who has problems too, and together they are something else.

[shanti]

42. shooot.....

the lab/golden pup i had was destroying the outside of my house. that and the fact that she was snapping at me when she was being disciplined...she had to go. my one and only dog:( of course, the fact that she was orphaned and sold at 4 weeks old prolly made a huge difference. now i only have cats.

i feel ya tho!