Posted: 12/1/2013 1:45:34 PM EDT
I am thinking my dog has an inner force that directs her to high voltage. I noticed something funny on 20m so after checking connections in the shack I went out in the cold.That's when I saw this.
The reason I think she has a voltage problem is this 
If you can't tell that is the power cord for the washing machine. About a year ago she chewed it in two while it was plugged in. That old 213 was needing replaced anyway. |
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I might know what causes the problem... When I was a kid we had a dog that did that for a while, we think at one point the dog got an actual shock from a wire or plug. Dog now associates plugs or wires of the sort as something bad that hurts or "bites" them... Any time dogs attention is occupied by a wire plugged into the wall it thinks, those things are not good, they bite and hurt, I need to take care of it...
Could be also some one hit the dog with a wire, maybe playing or being mean, dog now has aggression towards wires... Seen both. Dog gets whacked with fly swatters when being bad... Any fly swatter left in range of dog now gets shredded. 
Two solutions: keep dog away from all and any wires for an extended period of time and the dog may forget about them and or loose interest or give it zap of some sort that it won't forget but that could make the problem worse... Or could be wires look like a toy he has of some sort? If a dog doesn't like getting squirted with a squirt bottle then those make great negative reinforcement tools... But you gotta pay close attention and get them at the exact moment they are committing the act or it does no good... Most dogs need instant positive or negative reinforcement or it doesn't work very well... Rubbing a dogs nose in pee 3 hours after it did it does no good because the act they committed 3 hours ago no has no bearing on the punishment at hand for the most part. They need to get caught in the act or right after. Good luck/ YMMV/
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I have been waiting to get to my desktop to reply. At first I just thought she liked to chew stuff, but she doesn't chew furniture or anything other than her toys.
The thing I wondered about is the spot she chewed. No other lines where chewed and there are 3 other coax lines she could get to. I still don't know how she walked away from the washer cord. Pat story #2 A few months ago my wife asked if I had seen her or if I put her outside. I said no to both so we started looking around. We found her with her head stuck inside of the tupperware cylinder we keep her food in. There is no telling how long she was stuck in it but she had worked up a good lather and didn't have any fight in her when I pulled it off of her. She laid around for a little while and the next day was back to her crazy wild self. Pic of dag as requested; 
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My Girl
<-------- As a puppy removed the lattice all around the bottom of the deck. and chewed up the four coax lines that went to my Satellite dish When I replaced the coax I ran them through a section of plastic conduit Now that she is older she does not chew up things |
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Wait a tic ,your a Ham in Va that owns a cj5 and I dont know you ..... Im slipping . Nice pre 67 Note the VX6 swinging in the cup holder , Theres also a FT 2800 and a cb on the jeep  I dont have a dog anymore but I say Darn dog every time I spend the day in the yard. |
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Wait a tic ,your a Ham in Va that owns a cj5 and I dont know you ..... Im slipping . Note the VX6 swinging in the cup holder , Theres also a FT 2800 and a cb on the jeep http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c241/Hawk_308/Jeep/IMG_2830.jpg I dont have a dog anymore but I say Darn dog every time I spend the day in the yard. Nice pic... I want another jeep... Rust free does not exist in my AO AKA Rust belt... 
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That one is my father in law's. He traded an AR I built him years ago for it during the scare. It is my plan to trade him a rifle for it  , as long as my MIL is around it is a go.
He has that and a polaris UTV. While I was home I would grab the keys to the jeep any day before the side by side. The jeep is dead quiet besides the chain rattle we fixed with garden hose and a rubber on the hood hinge. |
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I had an IC-706mkIIg installed in a TUFFY lockbox It was cool. tires and softtop made it difficult to hear though You needed one of those old Motorola commercial radio speakers. I've NEVER heard a speaker so loud. I think some of the CB shops sell a chromed copy of them now. |
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from dogs to jeeps.........? 
This is ARFCOM after all... Black Rifle... Black Radio... Jeeps... Dogs... Imagine if a bunch of arfcomer hams all lived together in one community. Field day at a shooting range would be one hell of a weekend!
Speaking of dogs, time to take mine for a walk... Maybe we will hit up the range together: 
eyes & ears... CHECK! |
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What about putting the wires in some schedule 80 conduit? I have some PVC around that I think I am going to use. As long as the weather cooperates I plan on getting my radials down over the Christmas break. 4 x 20m, 4 x 10m, 4 x 6m so I will have some time out there. |