Destroyed by Dogs
Clover
- My favorite (and most comfortable) black slip-on shoes (ate the right shoe).
- The same shoes in red (ate both of ‘em).
- The same shoes in khaki (only the right one).
- A pair of eye glasses – never did find the lenses.
- A black leather hat. Only the hatband was left.
- Styrofoam package inserts.
- Pound of Butter (stolen off of the kitchen table).
- A box of cookies (” ” ” ” ).
- Countless toys and balls.
- Package of new Stayfree pads.
- The drywall in the hallway in the house in Dublin. She ate holes in the drywall, and then ate the patches, too!
- A hand-beaded headband (that I bought in Uganda). Her poop sparkled (the beads) for a few days.
- Really pretty spider plant that I had been growing for a couple of years – it was huge.
- The siding on my parents’ house by the back door: scratched, dented, and partially removed.
- The door frame in my parents’ garage.
- The door and frame in my kitchen in Ireland.
- LINOLEUM Floor!
- The wooden handles on some tools – hammer and saw – “Eat the handle, leave the tool behind.”
- Wood lathe plaster & wall at a friend’s house. Clover and her litter mate decided to redecorate.
- The wood beading on the floor moulding in the living room in Dublin. She ate just the tiny beading .. all around the room where she could reach.
- Carton of Marlboro Lights.
- Anything that came through the mail slot in the front door. Instant Nescafe coffee samples – Woohoo! Caffeine.
- A Leather Belt.
- Chewed the toes off a of a rather large wood African statue.
- A very large wicker basket.
- Chewed the zippers out of a couple of throw pillows and attacked the stuffing.
- Six rose bushes (in Dublin)
- A tree (Dublin, again)
- My mom’s vegetable garden in Florida – destroyed
- My favorite Annie Hall-style hat.
- Two soccer balls
Cosmo
- He once chewed a hole in a bath towel that I left on the floor in the bathroom.
Things Clover has destroyed since Cosmo moved in
- I took Coz to the vets and left Clover home. Thank you very much! She started on the drywall by the front door. (Where’s the patch kit?) Spiteful little brat.
- The wood door jamb at the front door. Destroyed.
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ansella
April 8, 2008 at 1:31 AM
I can relate; I have English Bulldogs; why is it so much funnier when it happens to someone else? LOL
Merrie Miller
June 19, 2008 at 3:44 PM
I’m not sure why my list is getting so many hits on Google, but would love to hear from some of the folks finding their way here …
twobarkingdogs
June 26, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Hiya, at last…. you were appear ^^
May I link your site to mine?
ansella
June 26, 2008 at 8:43 PM
My little Lhasa just destroyed the door frame at my in-laws house while we were at lunch. It’s not funny right now but I’m sure it will be. Your list made me feel better and not quite as horrible of a puppy mommy.
beth
July 14, 2008 at 2:46 PM
I dearly love the photo of “Innocent Dog . . .”. I laughed out loud! Cute web site. SuZQ
ps (Pssst — I’m a cat person myself (meow)
storyofsue
July 24, 2008 at 5:15 PM
A beautiful bentwood rocker, completely destroyed.
Kitchen table and chairs all have teeth marks.
4 wooden baby gates many pieces.
2 crates–chewed through
A kitchen floor, yep ate the entire floor. I now have ceramic tile…
Wood trim around every door as high as the dog could reach
Ate the entire back off a sofa, FROM INSIDE A CRATE THAT WAS AT LEAST A FOOT AWAY FROM THE SOFA…you figure that one out, we never did.
Unplugged a lamp and ate 4 feet of the electrical cord.
Every pair of shoes I owned.
Superball…cost of surgery $750.00
Nylabone…cost of surgery $800.00
I think I’ll stop there…but the list could go on forever.
English Bull Terriers–got ta love them!
doggonedmysteries
October 25, 2008 at 9:29 PM
Hiya,
your blog was posted in the WordPress list of “Growing Blogs”, since I am a dog lover / owner myself I wanted to take a look. I will definitely bookmark.
Thats how I ended up here. Dont know about the rest. :-)
M
moibeal
October 26, 2008 at 7:44 AM
My Aussie at 18 months ate the whole side off the building at the boarding kennel. I learned this six months later, when I called for another stay. “Oh, your dogs are not welcome here anymore.” Gee, nothing like being blackballed from a dog kennel!
Tulip's Mom
November 29, 2008 at 4:56 PM
I once had a female rottweiler who was put in a room separate from her puppies while the vet came over to dock their tails. We took the opportunity to take pictures of each of them. There were nine puppies. By puppy number 7, mama dog had run up to us, and started thoroughly the babies. We ran to check the door. It was a third of the way gone, mostly chewed up, but partially eaten, and hanging off one hinge. Devoted mama!
Scottie Dawg
March 30, 2009 at 11:56 PM
My 6 month old Leonberger chewed through the bottom of her crate. We put in plywood until we could replace the crate bottom and she chewed through the middle of it. Went to take her outside and caught the cat chewing the same hole in the wood! Now today she has chewed through the linoleum floor!!!! She chews walls. Not the edge of the wall, but right in the chewy middle!!! What to do?
Samantha
July 10, 2009 at 10:57 AM