My dog is destroying my screens! Help!

Now, don't be a racist!

I had a yellow lab, known as Good Ol' George.

Good Ol' George chewed a telephone receiver (one of those really heavy old Bell Telephone receivers); ate two raw chickens (and graced us with green clouds and a nasty diarrhea on the shag carpet during the night afterward); destroyed various shoes, etc. For some reason, though, when he turned 4, all the shenanigans stopped, and he became the model dog.

That's when the 12 year old Irish Setter started going senile and relieving herself in the house, digging in the garbage, and running away.

Dogs. I love them, but sometimes I do not know why!

Pony!

How about when you go outside, your bring the dog out with you? Put it on a tie up under a tree or something..that way the dog isn't tearing up the house from wanting to be outside with you....

Yeah I wish I could let her run loose out there like my border collie though. The lab wanders away too far.

LOL Well, I guess it ISN'T always black labs, but so far in my travels I haven't met any destructive yellow or brown ones....and yellows are very common around here. Although I do recall a yellow one trying to kill my cat!

Maybe your dog matured at 4, so perhaps there is hope here for her yet! Now that I think about it, she will not be 2 years old until November, so perhaps it's partly puppy stuff.

DD

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My dogs liked to scratch at the screen on the backdoor(the outdoor cats did their damage to it,too)...they pushed out the screen in some places,tore through in some other places. Replaced it with pet screen and so far,so good! No holes or anything. I still don't want them to do it so I spray them with water when they do mess with the screen(spray the cats,too). That's a good deterent.

They make perforated sheet-metal for attaching to metal gates around pools, to block casual viewing. It works well for resisting animals, while still allowing airflow. Look in the Gate section of a hardware store; depending on where you live, it may not be in stock. It was in Lowes / HD in Las Vegas (where pools are common). It came in a 4x4 or 4x8 sheet, and had to be cut with tin snips.

Most of the time my BC gets anxious, he can see me, but can't get to me. Then he settles down. The screen really blocks most of their vision, so you are out of sight sooner.

Anyway, good luck.

Dixydoodle. There is hope! there is a cure. I cannot reveal it but Cowgirlracer breaks into paroxysms of laughter every time she recounts the cure she observed on the West End of St. Croix, USVI shortly before we were married. pm her. taunt her. torment her. She WILL break and share the cure, I am sure.

Aw, come on, you can share it, can't ya?

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