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My roommate's dog (we're guessing he's a border collie/pointer mix about 1 year old) eats the trees in our yard all the time and it's getting really annoying (mainly because I rent so they aren't our trees for him to eat anyway). Any suggestions to get him to stop this?
I might also mention my roommate doesn't spend a lot of time training him so he's not really good with basic commands like "leave it" and "come" to him those seem to me "keep chewing" and "run away chase me play time!"
As much as I love dogs, he's not my dog, not my responsibility to train and driving me crazy! When I talk to her about it she says "He's just a teenager, he likes to be outside, I'd rather have him eating the tree and digging up the yard than locked up in his crate."
So if you know of any simple methods I could use to shape him up or maybe deterrents for chewing the tree (like Bitter Yuck or whatever that stuff is) or a way to approach her so she's more receptive to this, I'd love any and all suggestions. :biggrin:
I might also mention my roommate doesn't spend a lot of time training him so he's not really good with basic commands like "leave it" and "come" to him those seem to me "keep chewing" and "run away chase me play time!"
As much as I love dogs, he's not my dog, not my responsibility to train and driving me crazy! When I talk to her about it she says "He's just a teenager, he likes to be outside, I'd rather have him eating the tree and digging up the yard than locked up in his crate."
So if you know of any simple methods I could use to shape him up or maybe deterrents for chewing the tree (like Bitter Yuck or whatever that stuff is) or a way to approach her so she's more receptive to this, I'd love any and all suggestions. :biggrin: