Dog chewing, will bitter apple spray or others work on solid materials? (Like plasic, metal...ect...)?

I have a 6 months old mastiff/rottie mix name Lola.


She is a wonderful puppy, but has 2 very bad habits - digging %26amp; chewing. We put in an invisible fence to keep her (and our other dog) from digging under our wood fence, but now, Lola chew's the plastic/metal box off our other dogs collar! Making the invisible fence completely useless. And at $80 a piece, we don't want to keep buying more. We've been working with her to teach her not to chew remotes, cell phones, shoes, plaster, ect... and often provider her with a safe alternative like a cow knuckle, sometimes rawhides, %26amp; toys. But, before we buy another training collar, will the deterent sprays work on hard plastic? Or will she just lick it off %26amp; try to eat it again? Is there anything else we can put on hard surfaces (that won't need reapplication every time she drools on it ) to discourage her attempts to eat them?

Dog chewing, will bitter apple spray or others work on solid materials? (Like plasic, metal...ect...)?
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Reply:I would call and ask the company, due to it may cause the battery not to work from the moisture not sure. They have stuff the vets use called YUCK know that works, lasts longer, and they DON"T like it, the bitter apple may help, I've found it doesn't last really long and lots seem to like it? Don't ask me, I think both are bad but the YUCK is the best, call around you may have to get some from the vet, it's a bit pricey but you use very, very little and if you by accident get it on your fingers and in your mouth, YUCK!!! Best of luck
Reply:It will work on hard surfaces, but only if she doesn't like it.





Try putting a little on your finger, if she likes it, then it's useless. Also try Tabasco - Same thing, put it on your finger and let her lick it. Beyond that, you're going to have to go to something even hotter, like a Habanero based sauce.
Reply:Try dusting the objects (LIGHTLY) with cayenne pepper. Everytime I bought new pet beds, my Labs would chew the zippers out of them first chance they got. I was chatting with a man at a pet store one day and he suggested the pepper. Even though I still despise those nylon zippers they insist on putting on dog beds, the dogs no longer chew on them :-) It works, you might have to re-apply it a few times, but I would think she'd get the idea that she doesn't like the pepper pretty quickly.
Reply:What a clever dog! I'm going to chew this thing off of you, so you can dig under the fence!





Well, here's my two cents... and that's about all it's worth...





I would set up a designated dig area for Lola. Encourage her to dig in her special dig place. Hide her toys there, little treats, fun things to CHEW on, and have her dig them out. Reward her new fun place to dig. You can get a childrens sand box, with a lid. When you don't want her digging, close it. When you want to encourage digging, open it. Now I know it's not deep enough to be really fun for the mix you have, but perhaps you could be innovative? Cut out the bottom? Who knows. I just think it's important that you can cover up her special dig area, so she knows she doesn't ALWAYS get to dig, but it's a special reward/play.





Now, if you have a dig problem solved, you won't be reliant on the electric fence under your other fence. However, I can see why you like the security of the second fence, so lets see what we can do to prevent the chewing of the collars. Do they wear their collars both inside and outside? If not, you might want to try having them on all the time, so they don't feel like it's a foreign object.





Other than lots of activity and exercise, as well as providing her postive things to chew on, there's not much else that can be done. I don't think sprays, etc. will stop a determined chewer. Stay positive, she's six months old. She'll stop chewing on things. In the mean time, you could attempt to separate your two dogs, so Lola can't chew her pals collar.





Anyhoo, good luck!
Reply:you will have to re-apply but hopefully not very often once she gets the idea. bitter-apple worked for my dog, my vet suggested a tabasco a couple drops to a 2 cups of water, but ask as this is may cause lots of drool and may burn the dog's mouth if made too strong.
Reply:Although I've heard of some dogs not minding or even seeming to like the bitter apple, most hate it, so they probably won't even try to lick it off.





I used it on a lot of things with my puppy - curtains, wooden coffee tables, couches, etc. Now I just have to shake the bottle and she stops.





As for the smaller things (remotes, etc) you will just have to remember to keep them out of her reach.



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