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Bad bad Mr. Sweaters
I woke this morning to find that Mr. Sweaters had kicked the pan out of the bottom of his cage again and this time he walked his cage over to the couch and ripped the whole back off of it and chewed it into 2 inch pieces. Ryan is going to go through the roof when he wakes up.
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OOOOh - not good. Time to rearrange the furniture?
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Oh no!  I'm amazed he could do that through a crate
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OOOOh - not good. Time to rearrange the furniture?
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I can't rearrange the furniture. If I put the couch the other way, it would have to go in front of the fireplace.
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You wouldn't believe what he has pulled through his crate and chewed up. I am quite shocked myself sometimes. One time it was a whole comforter. When we go to bed at night, we have to make sure his crate is in the middle of the floor away from everything or he pulls in into his cage and chews it up. Yes, he does have toys and things to chew on in his crate. He just likes the verboten.
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I can't rearrange the furniture. If I put the couch the other way, it would have to go in front of the fireplace.
You wouldn't believe what he has pulled through his crate and chewed up. I am quite shocked myself sometimes. One time it was a whole comforter. When we go to bed at night, we have to make sure his crate is in the middle of the floor away from everything or he pulls in into his cage and chews it up. Yes, he does have toys and things to chew on in his crate. He just likes the verboten.
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Well he's a working dog. He's gonna work yours and Ryan's nerves sometimes!  
..But hey, as creative as you are you may be able to reupholster the back of the sofa?! SHould be easier than anyother part of it?..
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I'm working on a solution. Maybe some electric fencing for the back of the couch. j/k I might have to order a crate with solid sides and back that has only bars for the door. I took pics of his work. I'll post them later. Right now I have to fix lunch. The natives are resorting to cannibalism.
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He tore out the bottom of his cage...
and he ripped off the back of the couch.
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Wow Luna he's something else!!
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he's a brat. He's going to look like something else the next time he does this. I might just have to pull his tail off the next time.
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he's a brat. He's going to look like something else the next time he does this. I might just have to pull his tail off the next time.
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Hahaha....Seigi does that all on his own..I can't seem to convince him it's attached to his body lol.
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Hahaha....Seigi does that all on his own..I can't seem to convince him it's attached to his body lol.
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He doesn't even realize it when you step on his tail?
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He sure doesn't and every time I do it and say I'm sorry he looks at me like I have 4 heads!
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I couldn't get to sleep last night and have no idea why I started thinking about what happened to your sofa! Did you fix it yet? I was thinking it wouldn't be too hard to staple some similar type material to that wooden frame. You could get a piece of upholstery or maybe even some drape-like material---And as a last resort even some kind of carpet sample/rug. Lol, but you would want to remove that 'stash' of doggie toys 1st!
And if you don't like the idea of stapling it on--There are curved upholstery needles that will work too--special thread but maybe fish line would be good too!
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Maybe even try getting one of those slip covers for the couch. They go over the whole couch. There are some really nice ones out there with nice rich patterns or just a solid color.
This would be a quick fix, the real thing would be trying to get Mr. Sweaters from not chewing the comforters and upholstery. Hmmm, maybe this has something to do with his name?? Fabric a.k.a. Mr. Sweaters!!
If this was the case, then Keegan would be Mr. Jack Rabbit.
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Can't get slip covers. My couch is a sectional. We are heading to Hobby Lobby sometime to get some upholstery that closely resembles what we have. I hope they have it.
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You're too crafty to not be able to work something out, Luna.
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If I had the cash, I would reupholster the whole couch.
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