Just before Christmas Hubby laid laminate in the lounge and hall, only to discover tiles under the carpet! If we had known they were there, would have thrown the carpet away last year, much easier cleaning tiling with a puppy than a carpet! Bought 2 scatter rugs cheap luckily! I was sitting the other side of the coffee table to Luna, she was at one point playing with her various chews, then she looked up at me with a mouth full of wool from the new rug, which hadnt been down a week! Got talking to a chap in the park yesterday (as you do!) he told me years ago he had a Newfoundland, came home to find foam everywhere, the dog had actually managed to lift the corner of a fitted carpet, rip most of it off the floor, and shred the foam backing!
I had vinyl in my kitchen many years ago when Bran came ( yes the one who eats tins of dog food and has to have Malteser boxes extracted from her throat to stop her snoring as she walks about) and she managed to eat a hole in the middle of it!!!
Go now to your kitchens and try to lift vinyl in the middle of the floor. Not the edges THE MIDDLE!!!! How did she even do that?
When we had moss, one of our golden retrievers, I was out walking one of the others and came back to find he pulled up the vinyl in the kitchen from a corner right round the cupboard. I think he was trying to make his bed, because after he would rake up the piece of carpet and lie on the cold tiles. We've had plug sockets brocken when they've been playing together, they would do it when i was out.
We adopted a one year old terrier nearly 9 years ago - Wheaten look alike so medium size - and she has never eaten furniture or chewed rugs. When we went to dressage classes she wanted cuddles, not doggy treats. She likes to bring me a shoe or slipper when we get home but doesn't eat them.
A few years later we adopted a Labrador, about 3yrs old and never been outside - and he chewed the bottom of the sofa covers, my best pair of shoes, the lid and rim of the kitchen bin and most of the contents and he wasn't house-trained. Bit of a shock. It took him two puddles in the hall to learn to pee and poo outside and never an accident since. The kitchen bin was moved out to the garage and we bought him chew toys and took him to training and made sure he wasn't bored or lonely. He's a nervous dog and we learned later that he had eaten a whole wooden sofa in his first home.
We can now leave them together all day and no problems. Just wish he would learn not to bounce and bark at people. He's still nervous and, after 5 weeks, is still frightened of kittens who move too fast but it's getting better.
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Need to know how to upload photos from Picasso to this site -then of course you can see my beautiful home bred bengal. Can someone tell me how to do this? At the moment I am taking down Xmas decorations with help of new abandoned kitten Pushkin -He has torn all the holly berries off, and is now playing rugger with a candle!
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Would the culprit be Cosmos, Obbelix?
I expect so. He was playing with it yesterday - long fronds hanging down invitingly. He really is a clumsy kitten with himself and other stuff.
Biofreak, have you got any pics of your Bengal cat and the others. I've seen a Bengal cat on super vet, I loved the markings.
Just before Christmas Hubby laid laminate in the lounge and hall, only to discover tiles under the carpet! If we had known they were there, would have thrown the carpet away last year, much easier cleaning tiling with a puppy than a carpet! Bought 2 scatter rugs cheap luckily! I was sitting the other side of the coffee table to Luna, she was at one point playing with her various chews, then she looked up at me with a mouth full of wool from the new rug, which hadnt been down a week! Got talking to a chap in the park yesterday (as you do!) he told me years ago he had a Newfoundland, came home to find foam everywhere, the dog had actually managed to lift the corner of a fitted carpet, rip most of it off the floor, and shred the foam backing!
I had vinyl in my kitchen many years ago when Bran came ( yes the one who eats tins of dog food and has to have Malteser boxes extracted from her throat to stop her snoring as she walks about) and she managed to eat a hole in the middle of it!!!
Go now to your kitchens and try to lift vinyl in the middle of the floor. Not the edges THE MIDDLE!!!! How did she even do that?
A friend of mine and his Mrs have recently rescued a beauty of a lab. He's a big dote.
Their lovley oak skirting now has picot edging but it's ok.. the architrave matches up to a height of about 3ft!!!!
When we had moss, one of our golden retrievers, I was out walking one of the others and came back to find he pulled up the vinyl in the kitchen from a corner right round the cupboard. I think he was trying to make his bed, because after he would rake up the piece of carpet and lie on the cold tiles. We've had plug sockets brocken when they've been playing together, they would do it when i was out.
We adopted a one year old terrier nearly 9 years ago - Wheaten look alike so medium size - and she has never eaten furniture or chewed rugs. When we went to dressage classes she wanted cuddles, not doggy treats. She likes to bring me a shoe or slipper when we get home but doesn't eat them.
A few years later we adopted a Labrador, about 3yrs old and never been outside - and he chewed the bottom of the sofa covers, my best pair of shoes, the lid and rim of the kitchen bin and most of the contents and he wasn't house-trained. Bit of a shock. It took him two puddles in the hall to learn to pee and poo outside and never an accident since. The kitchen bin was moved out to the garage and we bought him chew toys and took him to training and made sure he wasn't bored or lonely. He's a nervous dog and we learned later that he had eaten a whole wooden sofa in his first home.
We can now leave them together all day and no problems. Just wish he would learn not to bounce and bark at people. He's still nervous and, after 5 weeks, is still frightened of kittens who move too fast but it's getting better.
Last edited: 06 January 2017 09:02:22
Need to know how to upload photos from Picasso to this site -then of course you can see my beautiful home bred bengal. Can someone tell me how to do this? At the moment I am taking down Xmas decorations with help of new abandoned kitten Pushkin -He has torn all the holly berries off, and is now playing rugger with a candle!
Never heard of them Lantana but i shall google about. Thanks.