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Dr. Pepper Damage Toll

Well... in true puppy fashion, Dr. Pepper (my new golden retriever rescue) has managed to completely destroy several items and moderately damage many others.

Just a simple case of destructive behavior due to perceived jealousy or anxiety... and some of them are kind of funny.

The entire list.... after the break.

Item by item... in no particular order since we brought him home:

The List -
- Two Time Warner Cable remote controls (one completely destroyed, the replacement chewed on the same day it was received...but still works.)
- Old Leash (literally torn in half)
- New Leash (one of the retractable ones, teeth-marked the handle)
- Kids Hat (gnawed the bill like a rawhide)
- Loaf of Bread (he drug it into his kennel for a snack I guess... ate 1/2 a new loaf)
- Plastic Sword (gnawed off at the hilt)
- Back Door window screen (clearly trying to let us know he wanted in when we left him outside)
- Natural Fiber planter basket (in anger since we wouldn't let him in when he scratched the door)
- Dog Hair Brush (chewed the rubber grip off it)
- Bowl of Halloween Candy (including numerous suckers)
- Bag of Red Hot Cinnamon (the kind you'd use for apple cider...don't think he liked them)
- One of my hats (although he didn't chew on it... probably just smelled me)
- Toy light saber (wanted the power of the force clearly)
- Dish cleaning sponge (one of the 2-sided scrubber kinds, ate about 1/2 of it)
- Pinwheels in flower pots(not once... but three times after I scolded him about the first one... he went back and grabbed it again and just looked at me)
- My Compost Pile (still not sure how he did this... but he opened the gate to my compost pile and got in there... didn't really do anything but it's still puzzling)
- Pooper Scooper (he's seen me using it, so that makes sense I guess)

And.....

- House Slipper (not that I could be mad about it... it looks like a bear claw)

I mean... I know that it's just dog behavior and he really hasn't chewed on the same thing more than twice when he's scolded about it.

I just bought him another package of rawhide bones to chew on, and he's going through them at a pace of about 1 devoured in 5 days.... but he's just a growing boy.

Posted by Jason Palmer at 11:04 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)