Granddoggie was really bad

[pointerhaven]

I went to Adrianne's, daughters house today to help her fix her couch that Jax , 10 month old boxer, ate!!! OMG!!!!!

It was a disaster. Her cushions hid the damage, but when I removed them the whole back of the couch as gone!!! How Ross, DSIL didn't see this I do not know. We got the bag of foam from the trash, filled the holes and puzzeled it back together as best we could, then I put batting two layers on it and stretched it to the far ends of the couch and over the back under the leather. Then I stiched black cotton twill to the leather at the top and pulled and tucked and then sewed the cotton to the original lining. Whip stiching and pulling it tight as I went. Then I put tucks and stiches at the bottom of the back where it met the seat bottom. With the cushions on, you cannot tell it was ever torn....I did good and save her's and Jax's butt!!!! Next week we will fix the bottom. The fabric used is cheesy and streatches and makes holes when you apply pressure. Wanda

[armel]

:eek: :eek: :eek: bad doggie :(

I didn't understand one word about the sewing you did. [i failed home ec sewing] But wow!!! she is lucky to have you to help clean up the mess and repair it like you did.

[NancyR]

I feel your pain. My little guy dug a hole once in the passenger side seat of my new car! He was soooooooooo lucky he lasted to die a natural death. That car spent its whole career with a cheesey slipcover on that seat :o Good for you for bailing Jax out but I'm sure you realize dogs like that tend to be "repeat offenders" (at least mine was).

[sparrowgrass]

Lucky she had you to fix it up!!

Got just two more words to say: crate training.

[TKay]

Sounds like you're a genius with a needle and thread. Amazing you could save the piece of furniture (not to mention the dog). This is a timely post. I just watched the Dog Whisperer on the National Geographic channel last night. I've never seen it before and thought it would be some psychic mumbo jumbo. But it was amazing what this guy can do with dogs that don't behave. If you have that channel, I definitely recommend you check it out. Not so you can apply his methods to Jax (alhtough I'm sure they would help), but just because it's really interesting to watch.
Good luck with the rest of your furniture repair.

[luv2cook]

I have one word to say: leash. Put on bad dog and take bad dog around with you in every room. when you sit, keep foot on leash. bad dog wants to be bad, not a chance.

Dogs have to be watched, just like small children. They don't know until you teach them and sometimes they offend again. They have to learn and it takes time.

[Peweh]

WOW lucky Jax and DD to have you save the day!! Pointerhaven, I know you know a lot about dogs already but just wanted to chime in from personal experience, once I fenced my yard in and the pup was getting enough exercise, this kind of behavior stopped. (Lucky for her! :p)

[pointerhaven]

These are my mantras to my DD & DSIL...GET A FENCE!!!! A tired puppy is a good puppy!!! and CRATE!!!!!

You know how it is when you see a child acting up and you try to tell the parent how to "fix" that? Well this is DD and these dogs. She is tied to them like gule. I have tried to teach her handling, but she's not listening. However the couch incident has gotten her attention. She is contacting a behaviorist and will be doing some training with JAX. This distruction was separation anxiety and was done while she went to the Gym.

I've been watching Cesar M too and his methods do work. Last night someone actually came into my house without barking greeting them, WOW!!!