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dog keeps scratching carpet
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he does this at night my carpet is starting to get pull marks in it
why does he do this?
can i do anything to stop him??
why does he do this?
can i do anything to stop him??
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It might be different for cats but I have a rough mat and scratching post and some seagrass baskets which are more satisfying for them to scratch on than the carpet. Still doesn't stop them but they tend to go more mad on the scratching post and such than anything else.
Maybe something distracting? Is there anywhere he could dig or anything like that?
Maybe something distracting? Is there anywhere he could dig or anything like that?
jenna I've given up on them. scratch post - ignored, sisal toys - ignored with disdain. Bamboo weave table - climbing frame. Wicker chest of drawers downstairs - almost no front left on the bottom drawer. However if they just wreck one or two items which they keep coming back to, that's better than shredding the curtains (which I've had before!)
by walked, do you mean sedately on a lead or a blooming good off lead run? Unless he's a small dog, IMO an hour out on the lead if that is the only exercise is not enough.
Having said that, it does sound like bedmaking to me...can you give him old sheets or towels or something he can wreck and see if that stops the carpet trashing?
Having said that, it does sound like bedmaking to me...can you give him old sheets or towels or something he can wreck and see if that stops the carpet trashing?
hes 4 and a jack russell pedegree patterdale x
we have had him 2 and a half years hes a rescue dog
we had a multitude of problems when we first had him wetting in the house have got him out of that nervous he ok socially now its just this carpet clawing thing thats the problem he did have a crap life before we got him
we have had him 2 and a half years hes a rescue dog
we had a multitude of problems when we first had him wetting in the house have got him out of that nervous he ok socially now its just this carpet clawing thing thats the problem he did have a crap life before we got him
One of ours does this and we finally concluded that it was food, not bed, related. The dog can smell even the faintest trace of where something of interest has been. That may be a bone or a sweet wrapper or where some drink has been spilled at some time. He goes to the same places to scratch and, significantly, takes an intermittent quick sniff of the carpet. He wouldn't do that to make a bed. When the carpet has been shampooed he ignores the sites..
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