Grannick's Taste Deterrent for Dogs, 8 0z Pump Spray GB118AT

We only have the product for 24 hours, but so far it has worked with every test we put it through. I know it's soon, but I'm so ecstatic I had to write a review before I forget. This has been such a help I want everyone to get the same relief! We have a puppy golden retriever. He likes to retrieve everything and then wants you to chase him to get the object. We've trained him to do everything else.... sit, speak, paw, rollover, stay, lay down but the whole "leave it" or "drop it" may be understood but he also enjoys the game of us chase and loves to rip things apart. I'm not chasing him. The other day I tried to get something from him and he literally pulled me down. He's about 9 months old now, but he's already big and strong. Sweet, loveable guy, but I'm tired of this. Once in a while, I admit it's cute, but it got old quick. Well, not that quick, but about six months of this feels like a long time. He has also destroyed things because he loves to things tear up. My recliner, countless shoes, the bottom of our couch and some of my favorite throw pillows. I recently bought a new pillowcase to replace the throw pillow cover he destroyed. This time he destroyed the new pillow cover and the inside pillow. Stuffing everywhere. I had enough. My husband suggested I buy a detterent spray, but so many had mixed reviews or mentioned cats clawing more than dogs chewing, but this particular chew preventative spray seemed to be the best out there and I can vouch it 100% works. I almost bought it more to appease my husband because I didn't have too much faith in the product, but now I'm thanking him! Our puppy stole my sandal this morning. I got it back sprayed it, let it dry for like 30 sec and put it on the floor. He grabbed it and immediately spit it out, shook his head and was moving his tongue trying to get the taste out of his mouth while his granddogma (thats me.... is that a thing?) did a victory dance in the living room. Last night I sprayed my ivory colored, textured throw pillow. No staining. Not sure if it were a smoother fabric or cotton material if there could have been, but no problem what so ever on this light colored pillow or any other objects we've used it on. I put the pillow in its usual spot, on the ottoman bench in plain sight where he can easily reach it and in less than a minute he ran to grab it and immediately spit it out, again shook his head and didn't like the taste of it at all! He was not happy and disdained the pillow after that. 😁 He never went back to it all night or all morning. Before I could never leave pillows out without him stealing them. I'm hoping he'll get to the point where he can detect that taste by smelling it on an object and won't even put it in his mouth but the release is so quick, there is never any chewing, or damage or chasing, so I'm 100% satisfied! It seems once hes learned an objects new taste he leaves it aling so my hope is it will only take one try of each sprayed object. I'm so excited to think of putting out my fall decor that I actually was considering not putting out at all for fear of him stealing. I kept thinking what are we going to do around the holidays when even more stuff comes out? What a blessing! I can't vouch for how long it works. He no longer chews or keeps anything in his mouth we spray with it. So we may have to respray items after awhile, but judging by his reaction it's not something he should ever get used to. He really hates it. It seems to be very unpleasant and I'm fine with that. Its nit hurtful, just unpleasant. He has a million toys to play with or destroy. I'm thrilled and highly recommend! I hope you all have the same results and can get back to enjoying your pooch while having peace and calmness in your home! 😊🐕

It works! I got a high energy terrier for my birthday and I truly think this saved me $1,000s in furniture. He initially tried chewing on everything! I got 2 bottles of this and literally sprayed everything at his level down. This put a pretty quick stop to his need to chew! I took my new puppy to the in-laws where my brother-in-law's dog had already wrecked a leg of a wooden chair a few months before. Sure enough, within an hour my puppy found that chair leg and started to go to town on it. I sprayed the chair leg down. The puppy made one more attempt to eat the chair leg, but quickly stopped and did not go for it again. This all took place about 8 months ago. This initial spray down eliminated a lot of the hassle of having to train my dog that only his toys were ok to chew on. We were able to concentrate on other things, like potty training. My dog does not have a chewing problem even though we only used this product when we initially got him. If you found this review helpful, please let me know by hitting the button below.

Even though this says for dogs, I bought it to spray my plants to keep my cats from eating them. I don't know why my cats find my house plants, even my cacti, so attractive to eat, but they do. I've had a lot of plants die before I decided to do something. I was hesitant at first because I didn't want to hurt my cats, but I didn't want them eating plants that could make them sick either. All you have to do is spray the leaves or whatever your animal is chewing on you don't want them to chew and this will deter them from eating it. I think mostly the smell will detract before they ever actually eat it. For my plants I did not see them actually try to eat the plants after they were sprayed. As for people smelling it, you can smell it when you spray it, but that's it. There's no lingering smell. If you accidently spray your hand you just wash your hands and its gone. It does not last forever though. I did re spray my plants every week just to make sure they wouldn't go near them, but after so long (it will depend on your animal) they won't bother with it anymore. This is NOT meant to actually spray your pet. It is derived from alcohol and could burn their eyes if you spray it directly at them. It is used a deterrent to train them not to chew on whatever you don't want them to be chewing on.

This spray only works when it's wet. Once it dries, my three-month-old Rhodesian Ridgeback goes right back to chewing away so I have to keep spraying the same areas. She is starting to learn with this, though, what I don't want her chewing on. I've sprayed it on stained and painted wood furniture, leather, rugs, cables, sunbrella fabric and more and it hasn't stained anything. I really don't notice any smell unless I get very close to where it was sprayed. Also, the 8 oz. spray bottle itself is very cheaply made. It will only spray when upright and usually takes about five or six pumps before anything comes out. I just wish the bitter taste/smell lasted longer.