Our dog Cleo

[Aliantha]

Some of you may remember that we got a puppy about a year ago who is now quite a large dog. She's a bitza whose breeding include, great dane, ridgeback, mastiff and bull arab, so yeah, a big dog, but as lovely as you could ever hope for. She is a big sook. If I sit in the yard to play with Max, she literally tries to sit on my lap, and when you stand outside, if you're not paying attention to her, she'll come and stand so that your hand is resting on her head. She follows Max around constantly and plays silly chasey games with him and just generally keeps him company whenever she's with him. In short, we got just what we wanted in her when we picked her. She's a beautiful animal.

BUT...

She chews her dog house at night! Every morning when we get up, there's a smallish pile of wooden bits and splinters of wood around the doorway to the dog box.

SO...

Last night, we painted hot chilli sauce around the opening (which is where she chews).

This morning there were a few new teeth marks, but no pile of chewed up dog box bits!

Yay!