Have tried to do a search but can't find anything on this. Thought there was something on it a while ago ?

Anyway MB six months old now has done some DIY on the wall and chewed a nice hole in the wall. Is there something in the plaster that she is is after or just being monster ? ( I recon the latter ! ) Have put dog off on it until we can get it patched up. Mar Bar 1 chewed walls as well so must be something in the name !

Lucy

I know the feeling. One of my walls is more filler than plaster :rolleyes:

It was my fault in some respect as lying on the sofa, it sounded like chewing on bones noises. Min (Grandma) kept coming into me to tell what she was upto but didn't take any notice of thinking she just wanted some fuss! Bless her ! When I said if she was after anything I also meant if there were any minerals etc in the plaster she was after? I have checked her teeth and all adult teeth now and so I don't think she is teething. Oh well just a naughty Labrador I think ! :D She was so funny when I caught her as she was lying next to the hole with a Chocolate Lab face and a big white nose and mouth with that look of 'It wasn't me must have been somebody else !' She made sure that all evidence was washed off before Daddy got home but forgot that there wa a big flippin off hole in the wall !! :D

Lucy

:D lucy

Willis lies in his bed, casually nibbling at the wall.... I have a fit and he looks at me as if to say "what?"
I then fill it
And paint it
And he starts on it again!

I don't think he's missing any vitamins, I just think he likes the crumbly taste and the fact that he's doing something he shouldnt! :rolleyes:

Chloe :)

I am sure both Willis and MB came from the same egg !! :D

Lucy

I think you're right! Willis is a labrador in Great Dane clothing!

MMmmm we were only saying last night that MB's legs seem to be growing at the moment leaving the rest behind ! I think it must be the GD genes coming out ! LOL

Lucy

Harry also redesigned the wall underneath the kitchen table where the 'best' bed is.
Good old Polyfiller.
:)

Hi Lucy,

It seems to be quite a common thing with plaster, I know a few dogs who have done this. Could be that it's soft and very rewarding when you can make a hole in the wall!! :)

Have you heard of "Bitterbite" spray? This might help stop him nibbling on your walls, cause it smells and tastes nasty.

manda
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Hi Manda

I use dog off but MB unfortunately likes all things that she should not ! She is just a monster Lab I think !

I feel she maybe a tad bored as she is on restricted excercise due toa strain which touch wood after four weeks or so now seems to be on the mend but the wall seems to be the casulty !

Lucy

Remember, dogs adult teeth come through between 6-8 months approx, and settle into the jaw again at 18 months. Chewing can be a sign of anxiety/stress, lack of minerals, or just attention seeking. You could always try one of those 'food balls.' Try tobasco source on the wall or chilly powder. Don't think I have ever had a dog that's not chewed something. I once had a dog eat a whole camera, flash and everything. I was worried sick, but he passed it out okay.

Thanks Dave

Teeth have been checked by the vet already and all were through already ! I just think she is a 'chewy' Lab ! Have had varying degrees of this through all my Labs ! Just peed off that the monster has decided to have a go at the wall ! She has a lot of different types of toys that come out at different times to avoid boredom and also has Moose an 18 month old sister to play with and all of us! I think she is just needing to start to go out excercising again but we are having to do this gradually due to an injury she has had! Joys of owning a Lab ! :)

Lucy

I have the same problem with my chocolate lab (nearly 6 months) and I posted a few weeks ago. Someone said its the salt in the plaster that the like the taste of. So once they discover it they get a taste for it

Must be a labrador thing!!!!!!!!

Other advice I had was to spray perfume on it. Expensive but apparently they like the taste of that even less than bitterbite etc!!!

Is a nightmare because we're trying to sell our house!!

I just sold mine, moving on Monday, to a woman who has 2 labradors. She doesn't care that all the cupboard door handles have been nibbled, and that all the door handles are turned upside down to try and keep him in....and the four foot hole in the garden she's quite impressed with!! lol

Maybe I should start an Estate Agents where only dog owners need apply to both sell and buy?

;)

Melody :D

Oh fantastic idea.
Every day I'm repairing something she's done and trying to get rid of the "doggy" smell that my boyfriend insists is there, although I appear to be completely immune to it.

At the moment though I cant afford to turn anyone away, no interest in house for 3 months and have already bought new one. 2 mortgages. OUCH

I had a nightmare selling mine. House prices have stopped rising around here, but some estate agents are still over-valuing and are putting potential buyers off. We found they over-valued ours and viewers were expecting a lot more for their money. Horrible experience, never again!

Yeah exactly the same with us!!!

Have had to reduce it by £10k because was just too highly priced now prices are levelling off.

Is horrible as well becasue we planned the renovation of our new house base on having that extra £10k equity.

Oh well will just have to revise budget.

Viwers coming on Saturday. so fingers crossed

Yep - same here. ... *some* estate agents have a lot to answer for, they are trying to make the market look like it did last year, but its not like that anymore. Last year there were hardly any houses for sale here, now, everyone is trying to cash in and putting their houses up - so its a buyers market.

fingers crossed for you - having viewers is just horrible - nosy so and so's.

we had someone walk in the front door say "this too small, we dont want it but we might as well have a look round while we're here!"

needless to say they were swiftly drop kicked out the door

we've had so many time wasters its doing my head in

Yeah, I had people saying "its only got one main room, we really wanted two"... well didn't you LOOK at the DETAILS then??!! I mean, its a bit of an obvious one that... !!

And ones who said that a drive that holds five cars wasn't big enough!!

I need a lie down now in a darkened room.

When the people said our house was too small the estate agent did say to them well you had the details and they said. Well we thought it would look bigger in real life than on paper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I hadnt of been so annoyed that I'd just spent the last 3 hours cleaning (which obviously I would have done anyway cough cough)
I would have been rolling on the floor in fits of laughter

:D I know what you mean re the cleaning... I was just the same. 3 hours cleaning for a 5 minute viewing by a bunch of idiots. One woman *screamed* when she saw Willis in the utility room :rolleyes:

then I had the carpets cleaned and some woman walked all over them, and when i asked her how far down her sale she was, she said she hadn't decided whether to sell hers or not!! *slap*

My Akita pups did this when they first came home.. when I asked the vets he told me to cover it up... he said there was something in plaster hat seemed addictive to dogs????
Anyway I tiled the laundry room and I have never had a problem since. I guess if they are doing it elsewhere in the house it is time to resrict their access... My Akitas are over 2 years now and I have never had this problem again... although I have heard of it alot...

We had a young Cavalier almost 20 years ago who it seemed got delight in wallpaper stripping BUT just one particular strip. When we decorated the kitchen we accidently bought one roll too many and so the first time Rowley took off the paper by the door, we simply replaced it. This putting on and taking off continued every weekend until the very last strip of spare paper was put on. Tony said to Rowley 'no more left now' and do you know he never touched any wallpaper ever again and he was almost 15 when he died. Funny eh!!

In this house we made alterations and had an arch made where once had been a door, hence new plaster in comparison to therest of the house which is perhaps 40-50 years old. Ever litter of puppies we have makes a beeline for that corner and they chew the paper off and then chew the plaster. I can only think that there is something in modern plaster that was not there when the walls were originally plastered. Since this happens on a corner between the dining room and hall, I am thinking of putting clear plastic sheeting (the hard stuff) onto the wall - this may stop them chewing but will also keep the wall clean, since just at Cavalier height it does seem to get quite dirty.