Chewing through plaster ??

Does any one elses dog try and ce holes in plaster board walls ?? Daves been doing it for a couple of weeks to the same wall,i asked a friend of the family and he said his staff used to do it aswell,also fresh wood(the door frame on the same wall as were he chews) i dont no how to stop him,he might not do it for a couple of days but then when he starts its like he carnt stop.

1 of xena pup did it when his family was out he chew stright throght it to get in the living room,

he need more and better toys

link may help:
http://staffy-bull-terrier.co.uk/basicsfornewpuppyowners.html
http://staffy-bull-terrier.co.uk/protectingyourhomeandpuppies.html
http://staffy-bull-terrier.co.uk/chewing.html

I had a greyhound do that but that was a severe case of separation anxiety and he did it when we went out and left him to try to get out of the oom he was in.

He does it when im in he'll just trot off into the kitchen and start having a naw on the wall,it carnt be lack of toys steve he's got loads 3 different kong toys ,ropes,stuffed toys plus the ones he pulls out the young'ins toy box lol Ill have a look at those links tho mate cheers.

Lola does this as well and I wondered myself why she does it, but she is teething at the moment, so to distract her I give her chicken gravy ice cubes and it works, she loves them.

A friend of mines germans Shepard does it and you should see the state of her house now lol! Would have know idea how to stop it though, I think you may be able to buy sprays that when the dogs bites it it tastes nasty.

Yea u can buy sprays i have used them as kaos went through an awful stage of chewing my new expensive wooden furniture and hand crafted wooden stairgates lol. I dont really no how effective it was but it made me feel better! But he has grown out of it........i think.......or maybe its just i supervise him more and if i cant he goes in his crate lol x

vinegar and red peppers leave over night pour into spray bottle and give that a go.Or seperate, just don't use citrus fruits/sprays that attracks them

Taz done it to my skirting board a while back put vinegar on it he didn't like it at all.

[quote="MissRogue"]vinegar and red peppers leave over night pour into spray bottle and give that a go.Or seperate, just don't use citrus fruits/sprays that attracks them

My vet told me to use citrus juice to try and stop him,but he loves oranges since the baby started feeding him segments when i wasnt looking

I heard that viniger was good my friend used it on her stairs she was recarpeting and her dog used to chew the steps so she rubbed viniger on them the dog wouldnt go near them after that not even to walk up lol.

I have heard in the past that chewing plaster out of the walls can be a sign of a calcium/magnesium deficiency thats why they want to eat the lime in the plaster.
http://www.holisticanimalmedicines.com/2010/08/06/home-pet-remedies/

Double_G wrote:
My vet told me to use citrus juice to try and stop him,but he loves oranges since the baby started feeding him segments when i wasnt looking

Be careful of citrus fruits - they give the runs & vomiting! Only recently found that one out!

Bandit was an absolute devil for digging through plaster walls. We used Bitter Apple spray which worked well, but it doesn't last long & you have to keep re-applying it. In the end, thank goodness, he grew out of it!

Nosipho wrote:I have heard in the past that chewing plaster out of the walls can be a sign of a calcium/magnesium deficiency thats why they want to eat the lime in the plaster.
http://www.holisticanimalmedicines.com/2010/08/06/home-pet-remedies/

aggree its not always a puppy thing many adults do it also and its not always for destruction its for as above

Dave hasnt chewed the walls for a couple of days now but i have realised when we were playing that his kong toy had blood on it,it is a puppy toy which is meant to be good for teething is the blood a bad sign or just his teeth ready to come out ?

Double_G wrote:Dave hasnt chewed the walls for a couple of days now but i have realised when we were playing that his kong toy had blood on it,it is a puppy toy which is meant to be good for teething is the blood a bad sign or just his teeth ready to come out ?

yes dont worry

Ihad the same with my eldest once ,we left her for about an hr in the hallway when me n missus went out and she'd chewed through the plasterboard into my bedroom and eaten skirting and doorframe .This instance was definately down to seperation anxiety,would,nt thinkthat your dog is trying to get lime out of plasterboard as there is none in it ,it contains gypsum which is a highly corrosive acidic chemical and VERY dangerous .Lime is very rarely used these days and is as dangerous as gypsum ,but is generally used on older buildings ,never on plasterboard ,if internal it would be applied on larves (which is timber straps fixed horizontally to timber studs ).I would say this is bordom as your dog is doing it while you are there and it needs occupying more . (Carpenter for 20 yrs ) hope this helps x

Good to know,
Well I remember learning about it in college (it was an animal nutrition course).

Perhaps the instructor was not referring to plasterboard maybe it was something else you can put in walls (sorry, very blonde female here have no idea about how you build a house!). Any ideas what she was on about Holsten?

Hello Nosipho,to be honest not quite sure what your instructor was on about ,plasterboard has changed so many times over the years its difficult to tell ,could be any type all dependent on age of house etc ,formulas for building materials change all the time ,so it could be that an older board had lime in ,but i have no knowledge of this ,i do know however that some had chrysotile asbestos in used widely until mid 80s ,and would'nt recommend anyone letting this practice carry on what so ever ,as i said im a carpenter and dont pretend to no all about the industry (anyone who does is full off it in my opinion),but i have a friend who is a plasterer and will make enquiries with him so i can shed some light on the situation x

Thanks, would just be interesting to know! Perhaps it was just certain kinds of bricks such as 'Bath stone' which we have a lot of round here. Does this contain lime as it's very chalky! Sorry to bombard you with questions

Right have been on gypsum website ,its not the board their after it could be the actual "skim coat" of plaster on top of plasterboard applied after ,all though the site says this COULD contain a trace amont of lime hydrate ,up to 4% in a bag ,which is a very small trace amont in a 25kg bag of plaster ,just shows how sensitive their noses are to pick that up then

I think most animals, just not humans, know what they naturally need nutrition-wise. Most animals will seek out an alternative, they dont mind if its man-made, if they are lacking in something.

Thanks for clearing that up for me!