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| Re: Winter [message #7012 is a reply to message #6927 ] |
Fri, 05 December 2008 02:28   |
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 Diane in MN
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| Lucy Coats wrote on Thu, 04 December 2008 16:13 |
Thank you, dear Southdowner. I shall put that down on the list of Emergency Remedies for Dire Situations. Such as all my shoes and socks being chewed. Mind you, it was the kitchen last time. I've got quite used to the frilled splintery bits round the skirting boards and fireplace and cupboards. How much worse can it get than that. Actually, don't answer that one. 
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You might be able to use this tip. Pickling alum (available probably where they sell supplies for home canning or possibly at a drugstore/chemist's) is extremely effective against chewing. It comes as a powder; you dissolve it in water (any concentration you like from clear liquid to slurry) and paint it on the surface you want to protect. Alum is VERY bitter, and puppies don't seem to develop a taste for it. It dries back to a powder that you can brush off when no longer needed. Works very well on woodwork and other hard surfaces, and when my mother had a mini-Dachshund puppy that was grabbing at her shoelaces when she walked, she soaked the shoelaces in an alum solution and the puppy stopped that behavior immediately.
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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| Re: Winter [message #7016 is a reply to message #7012 ] |
Fri, 05 December 2008 05:21 |
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Lucy Coats
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title=Diane in MN wrote on Fri, 05 December 2008 07:28You might be able to use this tip. Pickling alum (available probably where they sell supplies for home canning or possibly at a drugstore/chemist's) is extremely effective against chewing. It comes as a powder; you dissolve it in water (any concentration you like from clear liquid to slurry) and paint it on the surface you want to protect. Alum is VERY bitter, and puppies don't seem to develop a taste for it. It dries back to a powder that you can brush off when no longer needed. Works very well on woodwork and other hard surfaces, and when my mother had a mini-Dachshund puppy that was grabbing at her shoelaces when she walked, she soaked the shoelaces in an alum solution and the puppy stopped that behavior immediately.
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This too will go on my now growing list for when the pups arrive. Thank you, Diane. This forum is a very serendipitous place to be and full of all the rich patterns of life as well as the delights of Robin's books--why, I bet people here even know the best way to get fox poo smells (or badger poo) off dogs.... 
[Updated on: Fri, 05 December 2008 05:22]
Lucy xx
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| Re: Winter [message #7082 is a reply to message #6813 ] |
Fri, 05 December 2008 20:42 |
Ithilien
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| b_twin_1 wrote on Wed, 03 December 2008 19:32 |
My roses all have wool beds so the *odd* occasion when it sinks to below 0C (30F) then they are all snuggly warm. I'd send you some but .... darned quarantine!!
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Ha! There's no quarantine between you and Melbourne. Mind you, if I had wool, I'm not sure I'd waste it on the rose bed. Yes, even carpet wool. We did the final inspection of the house today and I do NOT remember the hideous mottled carpet in the back room.
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