Lab owners. Need help!!!

[hopco.boy]

I have a two year old black lab and I can't get him to quit chewing up my water hoses. He did it alot when he was younger, not that he's old but had stopped. Now he's done it twice I the last four days. What can I do? I had him chained up and don't want to do that again if I don't have too.

[G5-Maniac]

Sounds like hes bored mine digs holes when hes bored.

[Tubby]

Yup bored. Get him something he's supposed to chew on.

Also, spray your water hose with "Deep Woods Off" skeeter spray.

[locoengineer]

cayenne pepper make a paste and put it on stuff you don't want them to chew

[drop dead fred]

Yup bored. Get him something he's supposed to chew on.

Also, spray your water hose with "Deep Woods Off" skeeter spray.

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[flywise]

wrap it with a wire hooked to an outlet. he'll never even look at if funny again

[helibow]

agree he is likely bored... but with the weather change - first pretty hot days of the year, he may also be a little more thirsty than normal and may be trying to get to water as well. My lab would do that when his bowl outside got warm. Get him something to chew on... I had success also by utlizing "corrective action in an assertive manner" with parts of the chewed up hose as well

[hopco.boy]

I will try the skeeter spray. He can't be bored. That's impossible. He already has toys and stuff to chew on. He loves shed antlers.

[White Falcon]

Might sound strange, but cut it up "part of the damaged hose," in bite size pcs and when it's feeding time put it in his bowel. He will get the hint!!

[billfromtx]

Mine quit chewing up my hoses after she was a year old. Before that it didn't matter what I did. She turned a garden hose into a soaker hose PDQ! I never thought to spray Off on it though...That might work.

I just started putting my hoses up where she couldn't get her dern jibs on them, after I used them.

[hopco.boy]

agree he is likely bored... but with the weather change - first pretty hot days of the year, he may also be a little more thirsty than normal and may be trying to get to water as well. My lab would do that when his bowl outside got warm. Get him something to chew on... I had success also by utlizing "corrective action in an assertive manner" with parts of the chewed up hose as well

Using the parts he chewed up to correct him only works for about a day.

[JMG]

I see you already gave him a shed. Mine loves them as well. No advice on the hose.

[alec73065]

He is bored , my 2 yr old female lab was chewing everything she could find. I went to walmart and bought a bulk bag of tennis balls and she chews them up to nothing and has learned to leave everything else alone. I am also taking her out morning and evening and letting her chase tennis balls I hit with a tennis raquet until she gets too tired to do it. That has totally stopped all destructive behaviour at our house. Good luck

[myway]

Yup bored. Get him something he's supposed to chew on.

Also, spray your water hose with "Deep Woods Off" skeeter spray.

Thats a new one for me good idea! I just keep mine put up now but my lab does not chew it but weaves it through and around every stationary item there is like shes doing it just to watch me untangle it.

[Booger74]

You got the Chewer. I have a budy that has the brother of mine. Mine has never chewed, but his has chewed through 4 spa covers. He loved it even more when he used cayenne peper and tabasco. I would stop putting out water hoses.