EVERY fecking bit of bedding shredded! Not just his, but the other boys' too.
Although they have the run of the house and mostly sleep on sofas/our beds my dogs have hard plastic beds and duvets/blankets etc in the kitchen. This is mainly so they can be with me but safely out of the way of danger and so that occasionally they can be put in there if I'm doing things which are not dog-friendly, such as bleaching floors etc.
As soon as I turn my back Fish has shredded ANOTHER fecking blanket. 
He was renowned for it in rescue and would do it the very second I popped him back in his kennel having cleaned it and cleared out the last pieces of blanket. Right there in front of me, totally ignoring my commands to leave it. So, whilst I'd normally attribute bed shredding to SA, it's not as simple as that. He does indeed suffer from SA and will bark/whine if he knows he's being left, which has to be managed carefully and is being worked on, including me making an effort to be less accessible to him, closing a door between me and him and the other 2 boys whilst I'm at home, leaving him at home when I'm walking others' dogs and taking one of my other 2 boys instead etc.
I can't justify nearly £300 for three indestructable beds as much as I'd like to - DDs would like to be fed and clothed, I'm afraid! So, I need to cure the behaviour. The bugger knows it's not on, I've picked up bits of blanket and done the stern voiced "What did you do Fish?" and he will look totally ashamed, ears and tail down.... and then do it again 5 mins later!
I used to have a regular supply of old duvets/blankets to hand to rescue... now I've run out of any for my own dogs to use! This can't go on, it's a PITA - any tips please?
Thank you. :)
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Bed Shredding - Fish is not a popular dog! MINIMU, any ideas? Anyone, please?
DogsBestFriend · 15/07/2011 11:47
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I'm considering spraying the bedding but my fear is that he might turn to something else instead and this is a rented house with a very expensive recently fitted kitchen. Can you imagine... ! 
i cant think of anything to help that you havent already tried 
but this has reminded me of a friend's goldie who likes shredding loo roll. she was sat in her conservatory one day and thought it was snowing only to discover dog had taken one loo roll at a time outside and started shredding them into tiny pieces. she said her lawn had white specks for weeks and weeks.
her solution was easy though - shut loo door
I second fleece, My Beagle destroys anything and everything - but has not destoyed the fleece blankets. She has killed nice expensive bed we bought when she was a pup, never again, she has destroyed hard plastic bed - chewed all around the top. She has ripped towels and wool blankets to bits, but the fleece she seems to leave alone, maybe she doesn't like the texture on her teeth.
I bought fleece blankets recently from Aldi for about £6 nice big thick ones.
My sympathy too. My rehomed labradoodle ate an entire sofa in our playroom within weeks of arriving! She washed this down with a few cushions from my good sofa, a couple of pillows, numerous shoes, skybox controller, my blue tooth headset. the list went on and on. She was a nervous wreck and nearly everytime she went quiet she was chewing something she shouldnt. 2 years on (she is 3) and she has just turned a corner and started to chill with the other dogs.
dont know if there is an answer, but whatever you do dont give your dog one of those fat boy dog beds full of polystyrene balls. Am still finding them!
Does anyone have any use for several pieces of red fleece blanket?
Circa 4 inches square plus one large piece with a fcking great hole in the middle?
If I didn't love him so much.... !
Um, patchwork?
A hamster who needs to keep warm?
(Runs away very fast.......)
I had this for a bit with pupstar. It was a stress thing, a teething thing and a "haha this pisses her off" thing!
Lou has stopped, wasnt ever bad really; he has a waterproof dog bed that I got at Crufts last year, £50 and it is amazing.
Lolly has some non slip vet bed in her crate and although it has some holes in it isnt as bad as when we had towels/duvets in there.
When she was at her most destructive I took everything out for a week and it seemed to break the habit.
Could fish be bored/fed up?
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"Sounds like you have yourself a mighty fine poncho there, DBF"
:o :o :o
Thanks for making me choke with laughter, buddy! (Shit, I nearly missed a typo there, it could have got a bit nasty if I'd have pressed Send having written "thanks for making me choke with laughter, biddy"! ). 
Sorry about the sofa cover. :(
It could have been worse.... you could have been calling me old buddy...
My mums sofa cover was only a throw she puts over it so she doesn't have to hoover the dog hairs off after we have gone so it wasn't too bad.... luckily!!! I can't believe she did it not 36 hours after me saying she had stopped! (Now I've said that I need to check upstairs to see if she has wee'd on my bed whilst I've been out 
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