Longaberger Attack!!

When I had Greyhounds, they stole and/or chewed everything. They are kleptos. Anyway, my other dogs didn't do those things, so feeling very confident, and naive, I left my Longaberger magazine basket on the floor while I went shopping. When I got back, it was in splinters...you couldn't even tell what it had been. From that point on, I learned my lesson and "dog proofed" my house.

My cousin, Jasper, is a chewer. Of course he is a beagle too. I don't know why some of us chew on no-no items. I chewed on things when I first came to live with mom and dad but I don't do that anymore. I just chew on my toys. Mom says that I'm a very good girl. Mom has to put stuff up when Jasper comes over.

I still have issues on chewing on things. Mom hopes I'll grow out of it. I am doing better but I still like to chew on expensive things like the couch insident a month ago. I have all kinds of toys and bones to chew on but I seem to get bored and start on my parents stuff. I don't know why they get mad. I mean what I say "What is mine is mine and what is yours is mine" heehee.

I was quite the chewer, still am if I'm in a mood. So, mom made sure to bombard the house w/ chewy sticks (rawhides sticks). THey'd yell at me and tell me no too.

Mom here-Get the smaller bones. For some reason, Eddie loves the small bones for small dogs, maybe Dorothy's the same. Eddie likes to be able to chew on them w/o having to hold them in his paws.

We really have to stay on top of Charlie. He's a pretty serious chewer (their last teeth come in just about age 2). We watch him like a hawk and redirect him immediately. Even though he rarely makes a mistake anymore, he's never allowed loose in the house unless one of us can watch him. We did this with Sheila, and, though she still chews quite a bit, she only chews her toys.

When Peaches was a puppy, she could chew up stuff like there was no tomorrow. From her crate, she managed to get a piece of wallpaper off the wall and tear it off. Rescue likes to shred paper if he gets ahold of it, and other than Peaches bed and a few stuffed toys, he's not been too bad (knocking on wood)!

When I first got Batman I was used to dogs that just left my stuff alone. One day I came home to find Batman had destroyed about $100 worth of nice vintage stuffed animals.

Now, the Steiff German Shepherd I got Curt sits way on top of the TV cabinet.

Lola shreds everything! Wood from the hearth, receipts, magazines.. and she does it quietly. I got an Original Cabbage Patch Kid for Christmas, the soft faced kind that have to be ordered and she has the most beautiful blond, curly pigtails. Lola has eyed her several times... she can't get her but I can picture my doll de-stuffed and shredded.

And little Lola looks so innocent...that she would NEVER do anything like that. Peaches was the same way when she was a puppy. Every corner on every cabinet still has her little baby teeth marks in them. I thought I was going to have a 30 year mortgage on a box of toothpicks before she grew out of her chewing stage.

Carolina grew out of chewing on shoes by the time she was about 2 years old. I do recall she especially loved Hunter's shoes, probably because they are so smelly. I'll still catch her rubbing her back on his shoes...must smell like goose poop to her.

Haha! Ew..shoes that smell like goose poop, now that's a new one!

If you have any important documents that need to be destroyed/shredded please send them to my house.

Yeah...they don't call me "razor lips" for nothing! I like to pick and shred rope toys and comforters...and the cushion from the wicker furniture outside! :)