So. Everyone should know by now that I have a menacing pup and that when we first got him we unsuccessful when it came to crate training. We didn't want him running around the apartment and making messes while we were at work so we decided to stick him in the bathroom with his bed and some toys. This was a GREAT idea for a few days. He then got ansy and bored and chewed on our baseboards. He then decided to hop at the door and scratch at it. He later discovered the door frames. At the time we had Mulligan enrolled in Puppy Classes (did a lot of good right!?) so we decided to enlist the help of the certified trainer. He suggested the infamous Kong since it is indestructible an will keep the pup occupied. Yeah, occupied for 10-15 minutes if he has a short attention span like our animal does. On top of it, we couldn't put peanut butter into it thanks to his sensitive stomach and issues with Colitis.
A few weeks passed and as I was pulling his bed and toys out of the bathroom something caught my attention... it was a hole ... in the WALL. We shook our heads and wondering what.in.the.hell was he thinking. We made jokes that he was trying to eat his way out to freedom. We figured he could smell his food bin that was in the laundry room that was on the other side of the wall. One hole turned into two, which turned into 5 and then 6. He ended up peeling paint off the wall. We learned that drywall has salt in it. Cha-Ching that is why he loves it so much ... the freaking salt. **We also have a hole in the living room and the spare bedroom** We then enlisted the help of an awesome doggie pet store here in Atlanta called City Dog Market and they recommended the DentaDino - which Mully loves - but it did not distract him enough.
For 8 months we would put him in the bathroom, spray the cabinets and door frames and baseboards and walls with bitter apple (which I think he is beginning to get used to), and hope and pray that we would not come home to even more destruction. 8 months later, my boyfriend decided to put his foot down and the little one got a crate for his birthday.
A few weeks passed and as I was pulling his bed and toys out of the bathroom something caught my attention... it was a hole ... in the WALL. We shook our heads and wondering what.in.the.hell was he thinking. We made jokes that he was trying to eat his way out to freedom. We figured he could smell his food bin that was in the laundry room that was on the other side of the wall. One hole turned into two, which turned into 5 and then 6. He ended up peeling paint off the wall. We learned that drywall has salt in it. Cha-Ching that is why he loves it so much ... the freaking salt. **We also have a hole in the living room and the spare bedroom** We then enlisted the help of an awesome doggie pet store here in Atlanta called City Dog Market and they recommended the DentaDino - which Mully loves - but it did not distract him enough.
For 8 months we would put him in the bathroom, spray the cabinets and door frames and baseboards and walls with bitter apple (which I think he is beginning to get used to), and hope and pray that we would not come home to even more destruction. 8 months later, my boyfriend decided to put his foot down and the little one got a crate for his birthday.
Here is the kicker - we live in an apartment. We don't own this place. And since we're getting ready to pack up and ship out in a few months (aka move) I need to start putting out some feelers. How do we fix the walls? The door? The door frames and baseboards?! Do we need to bring in a carpenter and a wall maintenance man? What do we need to do because quite honestly, I do not feel like owing my crappy apartment people 4 million dollars. ...Advice is appreciated and welcomed.
And like always ... puppy for sale, only 50 cents!
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