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tree chewing??????

Ive got a 14 month old pup running and treeing very well by himself only problem is he has very bad habit of chewing on trees once he sets down anyone have any suggestions how i might get him to stop chewing altogether?

There are things to try, but not very many that work...

One thing about a chewer, they dont ever leave once they start chewing.

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takes a lot of time and deadication but if your willing the easiest way to do it is change their tree style..... if they are treeing back off of the tree they want be chewing... it can be done but not worth the hassel to me or most others.... if its that special dog it may be worth it

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Originally posted by patches9452
takes a lot of time and deadication but if your willing the easiest way to do it is change their tree style..... if they are treeing back off of the tree they want be chewing... it can be done but not worth the hassel to me or most others.... if its that special dog it may be worth it

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I had one chew like you are describing before. I could break him temporarily and after a few months would repeat the process. What I did was go to Tractor Supply and got a bottle of " No Chew" its a spray for horses and sprayed the tree down upon arrival and after a few trees he sure didn't show no interest in chewing anymore. But, after a few months he would start chewing again and I would repeat the process.. Hope this helps you.

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Originally posted by mngodwin
Can you explain a little more?

OP: I've heard someone on this forum say they have had success with buying the stuff the keeps horses from chewing. Put it on the vine or whatever they're chewing on, and after a few times they might not like that taste anymore. Can't say that it works, I've never done it. But it's the best idea I've heard of

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Originally posted by patches9452
the easiest way to change thier tree style for me is to do at home with a caged coon.... i start out with her on a leash and when she goes up on the tree i pulll her back and make her tree on a loose leash.... then i will take a switch and still on the leash i will make it uncomfortable to tree on the tree... then progress to without a leash... you cannot hunt the dog at night until she is trained not to tree up on the tree... you will undo everything you have accomplished if you do.... she will learn to just back off when you get there.... when i get them to where they are doing it that way i switch to tri tronics and start turning coon loose in the daytime and do it so you can watch the coon go up and make her tree back off with the e collar.... hope this helps

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I know a guy who had one that chewed and he had a vet put three or four rings down each side of his lip didn't stop it completely but the time wouldn't get him in a hunt.

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I've seen some that chewed terrible. The 2 would get them. What improved, not cured, but improved it was feeding high quality dog food without fillers, and keeping the dogs hunted up in extremely good shape. Many times a dog that is getting hot will chew rather than bark.

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Ive seen 2 dogs chew...the 2 would never get them...if they were chewing they were not leaving...i know the female learned it from the male....

I didnt have a problem with it at all..they treed hard for enough time for me to know they were treed and they didnt chew super long before chopping a while again...

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Mine is chewing bad i can still tell he is treed but when he does stop barking an start chewing he will start back barking but if it takes me any time at all to get to the tree by time we shine and leave the tree he has chewed the bark up to probly four maybe five feet high completely off the tree

Wow...ive.never seen one that bad....the 2 ive seen chewed saplings and vines. That were at the tree...

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got a 5 y/o thats has chewed sinch a pup still chops off plenty and sounds good but will d barck a tree the 2 never got her yet but she makes a growling noise when she pulls on branches and chews iv heard my comp. say to fhe judge in nite hunts did u hear that that dog is ill shes not but eyes r on her the rest of the hunt but shes never bothered another dog yet she just has getting hold of a coon on her mind i guess

Yes this is the main reason i want to try an correct it............i can tolerate him not barking as much but i just dont like how the tree looks after pull off it

So a couple of you have said running hot could contribute...........if he is slightly overweight that could be some of the problem?????

its genetics. i would slip in there and slightly bump him with a shock collar when he started chewing. nothing rough just to get his attention. i would make sure he knows what a shock collar is before doing it though.

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know a guy that had the hounds eye teeth pulled by a vet, probablly as a last resort if the hound was very very good. it slowed the chewing down ALOT but didnt stop it completely, he will probably get worse this summer also

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Originally posted by Dwils
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If he is only 14 months old, it will get alot worst as he makes more trees and gets more age on him. Keep him in good shape and feed a corn free diet could help a little. You will never stop it. He is doing what instinct is telling him to do. Corn is a grain that will heat a dog up. As he gets hotter he will chew more. What patches has said will help keep him from chewing on the tree but will not stop him from chewing on smaller trees and shrubs around the tree. I did almost what patches described to keep a bad tempered dog away from the tree. As long as he was away from the tree, he stayed out of trouble. I would have to remind him about every 30 days to tree back. As bad as I hate to say it, I would replace the dog if I could not live with the chewing. If it is bothering you now, it will bother you as long as you have him.

I slowed one down a little by mixing cayenne pepper and vinigar and spraying everything he wanted to chew on. I would spray the tree and then let him go for it. It took along time and packing that spray bottle around was a pain. In the long run it really wasn't worth the trouble, it's hard to permanetly change what comes natural to a dog. Just my two cents. If you can live with it, then let it be.

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Originally posted by Dwils
Usually an un breakable habit and usually genetic

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Just a thought but im just tossing out an idea here...........wouldit make sense to let him tree and when he gets quiet and is obviously chewing to light him up with a shock collar before going in to shine the tree? I understand this has potential to ruin him altogether but has anyone ever tried that approach and if so what was the outcome? Just throwing out an idea

Most chewers in my experiences are good about having the grease. This is a last resort thing and is kinda mean but it will stop it. Take and file his k9's to the where the nerve is exposed when he knaws it hurts. LAST RESORT......

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Originally posted by blue Flash
Just a thought but im just tossing out an idea here...........wouldit make sense to let him tree and when he gets quiet and is obviously chewing to light him up with a shock collar before going in to shine the tree? I understand this has potential to ruin him altogether but has anyone ever tried that approach and if so what was the outcome? Just throwing out an idea

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