My precious sheltie pup just ate another phone cord

[Blindingly apparent]

He is probably up to eight or ten by now. Actually, he loves all chords. Does anyone have a non-punishing technic to distract him, retrain him or make the cords unattractive to him? I tried peppermint oil but that only lasted for just a few days

[Laffy Kat]

1. Oh no!

Did he merely chew it up or ingest it? Maybe check with pet supply specialty shops for spray stuff?

[radical noodle]

2. There's something available to put on things like that

It's bitter tasting to the dog but won't hurt them. They won't normally chew on anything that it's on. It's called Bitter Apple for Dogs and is available at Chewy.com It may also be at PetSmart and Petco.

[Doreen]

4. That is exactly what I was going to suggest.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Yes, when I was waiting at PetsMart with my dog on Friday, I noticed that they had a spray for that

It was in the same section as the doggy piddle pads.

[forgotmylogin]

3. My friend has a cat that will eat any cord or wire.

He has to strategically arrange and enclose them in a tough plastic spiral tube to protect the wires and her from getting electrocuted.





A stronger dog might be able to chew this, but keeping them along the wall behind furniture or using a "gutter" type cover or "speedbump" type protector may be in order.



There's also a nasty-smelling bitter citrus spray that is supposed to be repellent to pets. Thing is, it smells pungently of bitter citrus. I'd not want to put that directly on cords, but with the cords protected by the covers that might be the way to go, so after your dog leaves them alone, you won't have cords that all smell like that.

(Sorry, this is bitter apple, I'd assume it's similar to the citrus spray I've experienced.)

https://www.amazon.com/Grannicks-Bitter-Apple-Deterrent-32-Ounce/dp/B0006G5REC

[BigmanPigman]

5. Take care of it ASAP!

My dog chewed through the cord on her heating pad (she was a puppy and just had surgery) and she electrocuted herself. I couldn't even pry her jaws open since she was in rigemortus sort of. I had to unplug it from the wall to stop the current. She was OK but it took me a long time to recover.

[pansypoo53219]

6. my cat loved to kill my earphone cords.

[ExciteBike66]

7. What's a phone cord?

I think my grandma had one of those once...

[crazycatlady]

12. In 2017, it very well could be the cable used to charge your phone

[iscooterliberally]

8. Dogs are going to chew no matter what so give them lots of toys that they can chew.

Kong makes toys that you can fill with peanut butter or dog treats. You can fill them up and put them in the freezer, but your dog will love them. You can also get butcher bones. I used to only give my dogs the Kong toys when it was time to be in the crate for the night. This would make them happy to go in the crate too. You just have to find something good that your dog really likes and they'll forget all about the chords etc. Puppies are like little kids you have to watch them all the time. I know it's really hard to do that, so I recommend crate training. This way if you need to concentrate on something else, or just watch a TV show, you can put your pup in a crate with their favorite toy and everyone is happy. This also helps with potty training too. Good luck with your pup!

[japple]

9. Read this post twice and get your dog a busy bone, a Kong. Fill with peanut butter like

iscooterliberally said. Realize that they will go thru something like that pretty fast so you will need to follow thru with the crate training. Your dog will be much happier for life and so will you.

[irisblue]

11. One of the cats, Dixie has started doing this.

Does anyone know if bitter apple works on cats?