Recently took over a 5-month-old dog from a colleague, and of course, he immediately showed what he (the dog, not the colleague hehe) was capable of and gnawed a nice damage in the wall next to the front door, see pictures.
How do you repair this in the simplest way without it looking terrible? Putty, sand, and paint?
I’m not planning to repaint the entire wall due to small children and dogs, that can be dealt with later
So I can live with a difference in shade, although of course, it should be as unnoticeable as possible.
Is it your first puppy? That wasn't much damage.....
I would have removed all the loose parts. Spacklat once, sanded, spacklat again, sanded, and finally painted. The rest of the wall doesn't look newly painted, so one can probably accept that it shows a little that it has been repaired.
Is this your first puppy? That wasn't much damage.....
I would have scraped off all the loose bits. Applied filler once, sanded, applied filler again, sanded, and finally painted. The rest of the wall doesn't look freshly painted, so one can probably accept that it's a little noticeable that it's been repaired.
Haha no, unfortunately, I can't blame it on that, but you forget over the years and are used to the old trusty dog...
Thanks for the answer anyway, what filler would you have used? The house is from 2013, but as mentioned, small children+service dogs+white walls is an exceptionally bad combo
Finspackel is available in tubes, so you don't have to buy too much if you won't be using it for anything else. It is very easy to sand and can essentially be sanded with your hands
The little rascal might have problems with teeth now that they are going to grow out. Get some bones and other things for him (her?) to gnaw on, so maybe furniture and walls will be left alone
A tip that calmed down two Jämthunds for a friend was to turn on a radio (small cheap tabletop radio) when they were left alone in the house. They used to bark almost constantly regardless of how long they were left alone.
This was noticed by the friend's father (who lived in a house 75m next door) and he started monitoring it over a couple of weeks. They tried a few things (though I don't remember what). Then they tried having a radio on at a fairly low level, and the tip was to play p1/etc, which has a lot/only talk instead of music. Even on the first day, there was a noticeable difference, and it seemed to get better over the next few days as well. In other words, they hardly barked except occasionally when a car drove by, but they quieted down quickly after it passed (which they didn’t do before).
And when they tried a day without the radio, they barked all the time again. In other words, the radio had a significant calming effect on them. Of the other people (7-8 people) we advised about this, it was split pretty evenly between helped/didn't help at all/don't know if it helped (as they didn't have anyone who could monitor as well).
It wasn't a problem for neighbors since his father lived the closest and another neighbor 100m in the other direction hardly heard them at all. But when a dog barks for 8+ hours straight, something is not right, and even if they don't disturb anyone, it's desirable to get them more "stable" overall.
In your case, it might very well be itchy/painful teeth since the dog is young, but it might be worth buying a 100:- radio and trying instead (if the radio helps) rather than buying materials for significantly more.
Putty as mentioned, and I had masked off sharply vertically all the way up to the ceiling somewhere a little to the right of that outlet. Maybe taken a completely different shade (gray?) and made a thing of it being another color.
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KnockOnWood said:
Are those the military quarter-million dogs?
