Comments on: The dog ate it

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

He definitely looks like he could do a lot more damage than breaking a remote control. And since he seems to be escalating in his destruction, I would watch out! :)

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I wonder if a dog with an Anarchist master would become an anarchist dog…

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Add an 11-year-old into the mix, and you get entire packs of bubble gum that mysteriously disappear from tabletops, only to reveal themselves later in the form of pink tin-foil dog poop!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

And, now that he is a known terrorist, he is under the dominion of Homeland Security and the USA PATRIOT Act. Which makes it possible for him to be subjected to “search and seizure,” or in this case, seizure and search.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Finnegan: The revolution will NOT be televised. WOOF!

By: Rana

Rana — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Have you tried giving him big rawhide chew bones? I housesat a large dog once who devoured 3 (!) remotes before I figured this out.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Unfortunately, he inhales the biggest size available. He’s through them in 15 minutes, and we have to worry about him swallowing large chunks. We still give him big rawhide bones, but we can’t leave him with them. He has some safer bones, but he still ate the remote. I guess I’m happy that he isn’t eating the couch or something.

By: Rana

Rana — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hmm… would one of those “Kong” toys appeal to him? Some of them you can tuck treats into, and they’re virtually indestructable.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yup, that’s what we use (I think). He has two bones for heavy chewers: a black rubbery one that (I think) is made by Kong, and one that is really dense. Unfortunately, he still ate the remote :). The best solution seems to be just to keep attractive things away from him. He hasn’t gone after anything lately, so I think the harm has passed (?).