Still, dogster, it's something you may want to consider, whether or not, your reeeally want to have your dog being allowed to have socks in his mouth. It's cute
now, but it may not always be so cute, in years to come.
Whether you are encouraging him to put a sock in his mouth for a trick, or just to play with,
your dog is probably getting the message, "socks are for ME!"
I go to goodwill stores, and buy bags of toys, of all kinds, for about 50 cents each, and Buddy LOVES THEM, as they might already have interesting scents on them, who knows? But my socks are off limits for Buddy.
Tif, your story reminded me of a friend whose dog ate underwear and pantyhose, didn't just chew them, ATE them. Often they 'passed through' after some mighty uncomfortable days for the dog.
She also had to be very careful of where her children left their clothing when they took a bath, etc, and laundry had to be guarded
so carefully to protect the dog.
(Never crossed their minds a dog could be trained to leave laundry alone)
It's really hard to get busy distracted small children to
always remember to pick up all socks and undies 100% of the time, to always always shut the doors that can lead to laundry for the dog to eat.
Their dog did end up having surgery to remove a pair of pantyhose which was blocking off his colon. Cost a
lot of money and the dog took a while to recover from such a drastic surgery. I felt kind of bad, cuz the family was more annoyed about the tremendous cost of the surgery, than they were worried about their dog dying.
They put off going to the vet, they waited and waited and waited, givng punkin for laxative, etc, and trying and trying to avoid to pay for abdominal surgery,
but, the dog DID survive the surgery and DID live, and DID recover completely, and went on to spend the rest of his life
hunting underwear and socks as his life's mission. sometimes i sensed this whole "eating underwear" annoyance sort of interfered with the mom's ability to really bond on the dog at times...she had no idea she could train the dog to stop eating underwear.
So I have a challenge for all of you. Try giving your dog a sock, then write what happend-your dog's reaction. Feel free to post pictures!!! GOOD LUCK!!!
If you're wondering why, it's not so much my dog as it is my CAT. Her "KINGDOM" has already lost the main floor of the house because that's where the dog lives. So now, she eats and uses her litterbox in the basement, and sleeps upstairs. My cat is still THE RULER OF THE HOUSE!!!
) So clothes are off limits for them
