The irresistible draw of Kleenex

I guess I should consider myself lucky because Bela won't go into either of the bathrooms, and Gracie only goes in there when following a human-type person (she MUST watch). I can't figure out what it is about the bathrooms that she is trying to avoid. It's not that she's afraid of the floors or something - I've left her in there a hundred times when I have to go out and will be gone a while.

She's just this week discovered the joys of the box of tissues in the den. She can easily reach it from her perch on the love seat. She was so disappointed when I took the shredded one (or its thousands of pieces) and threw it away. After her sitting and looking at me mournfully, I finally relented and gave her another one. She was thrilled.

I guess this is just one of her quirks, like her "road kill baby" (one of those stuffing free fox plush toys that she beds down in a nursing position all the time). She whines and barks when she can't find her baby. :rolleyes2:
 
Tissues on the floor are fair game at our house, but Sally leaves the tp roll alone - I don't know if she even knows it's there. But, she is all over tissues in my pocket, she has played the" tissue game" ever since she was tiny.
 
I have had success using a citrus cleaning product on the area around the toilet paper. Dogs don't like citrus. I had to do it multiple times a day at first, but not for long. Eventually, they ignored the toilet paper.
 
Yeah, fascination with paper products definitely seems to be a Sheltie breed trait! The Sheltie we had when I was a kid, Specs, never went after the TP roll, but would get into trash cans to fish out issues, sanitary pads, bandaids... Well, I learned from that, so our bathroom trash cans sit on the back of the toilet, out of reach, and the kitchen can has a lid.

So far, Lerwick hasn't gone after tissues... TP, yes. He doesn't try to pull the roll off or anything, he just chews it up right there! Sometimes I will just leave the roll on the vanity so he doesn't bother it. If I actually decide I want the roll on the holder, I will just keep the bathroom doors closed. This also takes care of one of his other quirks... his fascination with the bathtubs. He will jump in the bathtub and paw at the drain. No idea why. :rolleyes2:
 
Oh, I forgot about the napkins! No napkins on our laps--the sneaky sheltie snout will make them disappear in a flash! :biggrin2:[






QUOTE=1stSheltie;226854]This is US EXACTLY! :yes:

No toilet paper on our rolls either! Its on the vanity - but yes Julip is getting so tall & that lovely long snout can really reach a lot now!

We were at my Dads on the wknd. with Julip, while we are eating dinner we see this flash & a white trail - yep she discovered their toilet paper! :lol:

And a big yes to dinner napkins, my eyes water a lot when I eat (ya its odd & annoying) so I often have a dinner napkin I've forgotten on the table, but not for long Miss Julip who can now reach things on the table (yikes!) has it shredded in no time.

Yes, had to buy trash cans with lids for the bathrooms, as WE know not to put anything in an open trash container. But of course you HAVE to have a garbage can in a bathroom for guests! :wink2:

If I try to wipe something off the floor with a paper towel, she's ALL over it!

Cardboard - check! Paper - check! Newspaper - check! Yep she's a paper product lover!

Iris our cat chews & eats plastic bags. She comes running if you bring something in from a store with a plastic bag - she can totally smell plastic & opens drawers to get to it! Must always HIDE anything with plastic!

Fern our cat eats tape! And also Post It Notes, because of the sticky area?!

Literally nothing paper, plastic or tape can be left unattended here! :winkgrin:[/QUOTE]
 
Eagle said:
I have had success using a citrus cleaning product on the area around the toilet paper. Dogs don't like citrus. I had to do it multiple times a day at first, but not for long. Eventually, they ignored the toilet paper.
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I did NOT know that! I am off to buy citrus smelling stuff for all kinds of things now, maybe even my shoelaces! :smile2:
 
Of our six Shelties (three past, three present), only Zoey has a fascination with tissues (including napkins!). I can leave the room for only a couple of minutes and come back to shredded tissue pieces laying all over the floor. She used to chew holes in our socks. Luckily, that stopped a while ago. Now she just carries them (yes right and left) in her mouth after we take them off.

What would life be without our Sheltie antics?:winkgrin:
 
Hahaha, Toby is the same way but more so with socks and undies :rolleyes2:. He gets so proud of himself when he gets a hold of one and prances through the house with it :lol:
 
biowicks said:
I did NOT know that! I am off to buy citrus smelling stuff for all kinds of things now, maybe even my shoelaces! :smile2:
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I have never used one, but I believe Citronella collars basically spray citrus spray in the dogs face if they bark, I think, because they don't like the smell of citrus.

For shoelaces I use Tabasco sauce (turns the laces orange). Pet stores also sell products that are not harmful but taste terrible and don't stain. The problem with all these things is they don't last long, you have to keep reapplying.
 
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