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Pets & Working Animals => Dogs => Topic started by: in the hills on September 27, 2013, 11:30:34 am
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Never had many puppies brought up in the house. Mainly had older dogs and our Flattie who we did have from 13 weeks was a star in that he never chewed anything!
Not so our new lab pup. Bit of a live wire and a wicked twinkle in those brown eyes. ::) Removed all quilt type bedding that we usually use for fear of her eating the foam inside. Not sure what to use instead. Is there anything that is supposed to be less dangerous if they manage to consume bits?
One of our Flatties brothers (kept by the breeder) was a monkey for chewing. She had to pop out for just 30 mins. and left him in a crate. Threw a blanket over the crate to try to settle him. When she got back the blanket had gone! He had pulled it through the bars and eaten all except a few scraps. He survived but it was an emergency situation according to her vet.
Bit paranoid, as madam is a bit of a tinker and always on the look out for something to do.
Any ideas?
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we have a similar problem. we have a new tuffies bed for our labrador which our terrier is chewing and de-stuffing with relish. we have now sprayed all the edges with a chicken anti-pecking spray and covered with a fleece blanket. hopefully the problem is solved. ::)
if you dont want your labrador to chew his bed - then provide lots of wellies - they love them :roflanim: :roflanim:
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Our GSD was a horror for chewing quilted bedding and woolly blankets. We ended up using a vetbed flat on the floor of the cage. He didn't bother with this while we were out but often threw it around like a rag toy at times when he wasn't locked in the cage ::) Don't know if that would work for lab :thinking:
He has grown out of chewing beds so has a lovely thick quilted bed now :love: :dog:
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Vet bed...although I use a cheaper version from B&M, it's usually lint and fluff free and it washes and drys quick.....I have lots of quilts and pillows spare due to the B&B but they would be de stuffed even from my 4 year old, the alternative is a good quality tough dog bed...forgot the name :thinking: ...I cannot afford those for ours but the pups do gets let's of those fleece vet-beds things....
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tuffies.....yes.....I have quilt stuff inside at the moment when they are with us but ours have a lean too, I also bought a lovely fleece throw that have Not been chewed at all........
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Vetbed - I purchase from Amazon and get about 3 metre for £30. It's enough for 3 large round dog beds and is great stuff.
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our vet bed is still going strong 10 years later. the real macoy.
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Great thanks all.
Found the vetbed on Amazon.
Is it difficult to chew up? Or safer if swallowed than other stuff?
::) Yep Shygirl, she already has the wellie fettish. Usually covered in sheep poo and dragged through the entire house before I get to her. Why can't the kids get the hang of putting them out of reach?
She eats everything. At the moment it's feathers. Entire feathers gobbled down in a flash.
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Mine have never managed to chew it or scratch it to pieces, despite a very good attempt most nights by my rescue Bailey, who seems to like sleeping on his vet bed whilst it's piled up in a mound. It is really tough stuff but very warm and comfortable. The best benefit also is that if the dog is wet, the vet bed doesn't get wet but the moisture just seems to soak through leaving a very dry bed.
I think it is one (if not the) best bedding on the market.
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vet beds wash and tumble really well, thats one of the best things. mine never chewed it but our lab never really chewed his bed - it was shoes he liked. 30 pairs is a conservative guess of how many he ate in his first 3 years.
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Thanks all ...... vetbed it is :thumbsup:
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I warn all my new pup owners not to buy a pretty stuffed dog bed...a lot of dogs will de stuff a bed very quickly but as they mature they often grow out of the de stuffing phase, I think its all about making nests........Vet bed is clean and ideal.
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er bed, blanket dog :thinking:
My dog has never chewed his bedding, but then I've never seen a dog eat straw :roflanim:
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AndynJ - know what you mean. Father trained /worked gundogs and it was solid pallets and straw if the weather was really hard.
But, oh dear, this little girl is a wee bit pampered. ::) ;D ..... bit of a princess, she is.
Hope she knows her real job when we start .... never as easy to train when they are spoiled house dogs.
Still .... she's doing a different job in the house and is already a good little guard dog too.
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just wondering if they ever get any health issues from straw, ie mites or anything.
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er bed, blanket dog :thinking:
My dog has never chewed his bedding, but then I've never seen a dog eat straw :roflanim:
Oh, well call in if you're passing and I'll show you two collies who love to chew up their straw ::)
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just wondering if they ever get any health issues from straw, ie mites or anything.
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One of ours does, I have to give him Frontline through the summer. The others are fine, and he's fine the rest of the year.
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Shygirl, we only used straw if the weather was really bad .... think it can harbour crawlies. Kennels were well insulated and ventilated so they didn't need bedding most of the time. Also made it harder to keep clean. We always rubbed the dogs down well if they had been exercised or out picking up ... never put away soaking wet.
SITN - this lab pup would eat anything, inluding straw ::) .
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I notice a lot of working dogs have straw beds as it helps absorb moisture better than blankets.....I did think about stuffing a zipped dog bed with straw and changing it but then I thought about dust and other crawlies...and my yard.........newspaper is also good shredded to absorb water again, did that once in a zipped dog bed but not for long!
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We use hay in the summer and straw in the winter, 1) because that was what a farmer told me to do and 2) I have very little straw, I have lots of hay. we haven't had any health problems though our hay & straw is loose in dumpy bags. next year it'll be in bales :excited:
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Well folks, the vetbed has arrived and true-to-form, Kate is doing her best to test it to the full.
The texture seems to fascinate ::) . Will let you know whether or not it survives.
She has finally collapsed on it for a snooze after ..... "helping" with the poultry, walking in the wood, playing in the stream, stealing several cuddly toys and jumping on and off the beds. Oh, to have that much energy.
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I just love puppies - they keep you so entertained. And that puppy smell - nothing quite like it :love:
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: , our pups are off to their new homes at the weekend :relief: and are pulling bedding around everywhere......
Kate is doing her best to test it to the full.
so I do understand! :innocent: