Bedding for dogs that chew? - Page 3

They peed while you were showering? Must have been the running water giving them the cue!!

So, next time she's outside,  and I want her to pee, I'll turn the hose on to help her get the idea!

ROTFLOL!

LOL, running water makes me want to go, it could work for a dog too.

For my older dog that has boney elbows, I put carpet rests in her crate.  I like them because they vacuum easy and when they have done their duty, it is not painful to throw out.  None of mine a chewers though. 

Sunsilver,

The only reason I had the bookmark for that bed is it's in my Favorites file under "wishful thinking"! I sure as heck can't afford it. But, sometimes I go and look at it. And the crates they sell at Leerburg. Oh, and dog trailers. Oh, and.....well you get the idea.

When my Tasha was in the last year of her life, she started to lose her appetite. She also had a bout with pancreatitis, which took a lot of weight off her. I had several people complain about how cruel I was to have this elderly, bony dog lying on the cold hard floor by the front door.

So, for the first time, I went and got a dog bed. Acutally, it was a large, zippered cushion. I put it under the table in the kitchen. She totally ignored it. Needless to say, I couldn't put it by the door, because it would interfere with the door opening. Nor could I change this dog's lifelong habit. Since the first day she came into my life as a 9 month old pup, her favourite spot was lying by the front door, to guard it from intruders. Sometimes at night, she'd come and lie by my bed, but during the daytime, she was almost always by the door.

When I had to turn the AC on for the summer, it blew right across her favourite spot. That was too much for her old bones, so she went and lay on the cold hard tile floor in the bathroom instead! 

Until Ranger came into my life, the only critter that used that bed was the cat.

The rhino lasts much better than a Kong..very few dogs will tear a rhino up.

use straw or what people call grass hay...

I didn't use anything for a crate pad for nearly 18 months because my four legged chain saw would rip through anything.  Now that she is older she has a tough moving blanket, the kind they wrap around furniture.  That seems to be holding up.  As far as the pee issue.  Maybe the crate is too big?  They should only have enough room to stand, turn around, and lie down comfortably.  Dogs will not usually willingly soin themselves.

PSP, I have the biggest crate that will fit in my SUV. Yet, now that's she's getitng bigger, I'm concerned about it being a bit cramped for her. She can stand, lie down and turn around, but she cannot stretch out on her side. I really want to get her housebroken so I can leave her out of the crate at night, but I'm not having much luck. The dogs were out nearly all day today, as the weather was gorgeous. I brought them in around 6 pm, then half hour later, I left to pick up some rugs I'd had cleaned (guess why!!) and have supper. I came back around 9 to find she'd  pooped AND peed in her crate and eaten the poop.

I went down to the basement to wash the soiled pads (flop n'drop: so far, she hasn't chewed those) and found my 5 yr. old male had left me a present at the bottom of the stairs. He'd also peed on the carpet. He hasn't done this since the first week I had him! I think I know why it happened: he was mad at me for leaving him outside most of the day.

I really am nearly at my wit's end with housebreaking this pup!

Sunsilver,

A very long time ago we had a dog that would NOT house train. NOTHING worked. So, we put in a dog door to the back yard (fenced) and backed the door to a wire crate right up to it. After learning the trick to the dog door, her only choice was inside in the crate or outside.  Something about this option of going in and out at will seemed to make a difference. It isn't logical that it worked. But, it did.

Good luck. There are very few things as frustrating as a pup who will not housetrain.

I would seriously think about getting a slightly smaller crate.  The idea that bigger is better is a human, not a dog concept.  Maybe someone has one you can borrow to try?