<p>Re52-the two he is presently working his way through are from Costco. One is the memory foam type and the other the stuffing with cedar. He isn’t picky. Our other dog has an expensive bed in the house that I am keeping away from the puppy.</p>
<p>I’m a trifle embarrassed to chime in, but it’s always been my Scotties who eat their beds! Nothing like coming home and finding that lilttle black face peering out from a pile of nylon fluff!! A group of 3 young males had great fun by pulling a custom-fit, 3" thick pad, out of one of those “dogloos”- it was worth the price of the thing just to see them frolicking in that fluffy stuff!! My old brood-*****( I wrote the correct term here, but it seems we are automatically censored, even when not using foul language- not sure that I like that one little bit)
snacked on so many pieces of children’s toys that I was on first-name terms with the customer service folks at Fisher-Price, and you’d never believe what happens when they down an entire box of crayons!Her last son cut his teeth on the corner of a stair, which wasn’t the best thing…
As for beds, it never mattered whether it was a deluxe model from LL Bean or a super, custom made model found at dog shows- it was open season on 'em all. I finally found a solution in buying $10 beds from Walgreens- I can throw them in the wash (the label doesn’t say anything to the contrary, and they just have to be fluffed into shape afterwards) and just put them back down. I’ve tried all three models, the large rectangel, the large bone-shaped and the “cuddler” and all are fine. It seems that their appetite for textiles was directly proportional to the price tag! My mother keeps all of the dogs in her kennel on those raised, plastic “pads” with a couple of clean towels and blankets changed daily. No one has been able to eat one of those, yet…
My Shelties have confined their bad habits to attempting to pull up the middle tile on a floor or completely demolishing several earpieces from my cell-phone…</p>
<p>I probably have the best story of a dog who would eat anything. Years ago our then dog, a black lab, could escape from just about anywhere. He had escaped from our yard and so we had no choice but to lock him in the laundry room until we could figure out the escape route. (I am not kidding when I say that at one point he rearranged patio furniture so that he could jump the fence.)</p>
<p>I was in NY on business, so my H came home from work after the dog had been in the laundry room all day. He walked into the room and it was filled with scattered powdered detergent, pieces of dry wall, vomit and dog poop. All my H could see of the dog, though, was his hind legs and tail sticking out from behind the dryer. On closer inspection, he realized that the dog had excavated the wall where the vent went out to the driveway. Apparently the dog ate through the chicken wire but could not get his head back in. It is somewhat amazing my H did not hit the dog’s head as he drove into the driveway on the other side of the laundry room! My H and an neighbor extricated the dog, who was a bit sore from having his head stuck at a right angle to his body for god knows how long. Fortunately, other than being stiff and sore, the dog was fine.</p>
<p>we have a lab here. he’s demolished a number of things including bike helmets, vinyl blinds (they look like they were put through a shredder), software boxes, books, shoes, carpets (we were finding huge plate-size holes)and yes…dog beds. His chewing has diminished now that he’s an old pup. But he still does it when he’s stressed. He usually throws up when he’s eaten something bad (like the bike helmets).
We use the Costco beds…he likes the memory foam ones. Cheap. He chew holes in the corners…no big deal. A brief yell usually compels him to stop and give us that guilty look.</p>