My dog ate my new Fishing Reel! (pic)

[handyman]

True story.

Went to Bass Pro Shops on Saturday and bought a new Ambasssadeur "Record" reel to use for pike and stripers. I took it out of the box and placed it on my dining room table. I came home yesterday to learn that my black lab Koho (the hockey company not the salmon), had grabbed the reel from the table and chewed the rubber knobs off!

Anybody want a black lab???

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[Pints]

Now don't blame the dog. after all, you left the reel on the table in the first place. Reminds me of a guy I used to work with, he left his partial denture on the table while taking a nap. His dog thought it was a neat chew toy.

[handyman]

I think he's mad at me because I don't take him fishing. He whines too much. All he wants to do is jump in the water.

Now if he could find fish for me that would be another story!

[scttsmpsn]

Pints is right. Anything a dog chews is always your (by your I mean the humans) fault for leaving it there. A ladt at work said her husband smacked there puppy hard because it chewed their sons playstation cables. She oddly seemed humoured that it sat by the window trembling for 45 minutes. I basically gently bitched her out for that. How is the puppy supposed to know.

Would you smack a baby hard because it through it's drink on the ground? How can you punish something for doing something it knows nothing about.

Now, if you always had reels lying around and had trained it not to touch then it's bad doggy.

Look at the bright side; now you get to go back shopping at Bass Pro.

(Sorry if I got heated, not intended to you more like the lady from work...)

Cheers,

Scott

[SCUBA_STEVE]

hey handyman!

wow bad dog eh?well i had a black lab and first 3 yrs wow they ate and destroyed alot...my wife almost kicked me out with the dog


but hey can always buy a new one your buddy will always be there

mind you still always sad to see ya lose a new reel



zort

[handyman]

Guys

I fully subscribe to the theory that if a dog chews on some item, it's my fault for leaving it around where he can get to it. The reel can be fixed. This is my 4th lab and I've lost numerous items to the other three.

Scott is right...now I get to go back to BPS!

[GamblerSteve]

Handyman,

I wouldn't use that bacon scented reel oil any more!

Steve

[Fisheye]

Handyman, The dog ate my homework more than once!

Pints, That happened to me once! Went for a nap and woke up and there it was, gone! My lower plate!

[painter]

Just remember dogs have about 5 MILLION times better noses than we do.
It was most likely YOUR scent on the item that made your lab. sniff, lick then CHEW (in that order).

you can try this.

Put items you don't want the dog to touch in front of him. When he DOES NOT touch them use a REWARD (doggy treat) .......this will tell him it's GOOD not to touch the stuff.

Have fun at BPS !

Tim

[handyman]

Painter

You're right about the scent business. I leave my hockey equipment in my garage after a game to dry out. I would say Koho has rumaged through my hockey bag six different times to find my mouthguard and chew it up...including a $150 piece that I had custom made after I got my front teeth knocked out!

[scuro]

The dog is showing that it loves you.

[Wall-I-Guy]

Man you think his teeth would hurt after that

Hopefully you can re-attach new ones, or even those..

[bottom feeder]

I suscribe to the Dr.Stanley Coren school of dog training, it is as much learning " how to speak dog" through body language etc. as it is actual dog training.
He has a tv show as well
It really works and uses positive reinforcement.
Norm

[ady]

never mind the dog, what about the reel, come on guys - this is serious stuff.

As for the choice of the record - been looking at them myself, are they as good as the reviews??? what size did you get, I'd be looking at the RCN61HC

As for spares, where are you going for replacement parts? I use www.mikesreelrepair.com

[muskymatt]

My choc. lab ate almost everything the first 3 years , had to watch him constantly

But your new prized reel thats gotta hurt

my dogs 4 now and he has really settled down

sorry to hear about your reel, look at the good side .........at least it wasn't attached to a 200$ rod