1. Make sure your fiancee doesn’t leave her panties around the house–they should go straight into the hamper. Or she can start going commando.

2. Give your dog plenty of appropriate things to chew on. For instance, a variety of different shaped rawhides or nylabones or beef marrow bones.

3. The more physical activity and more mental stimulation (problem solving, tricks, training), the less bored he’ll be and the less mischief he’ll get into. I’m not arguing he’s bored now–I have no idea what you do with him. But show me a dog who runs 2-3 miles a day with you, or a dog just back from an agility trial, or a dog who went on a 2 hour hike, and I’ll show you a dog that doesn’t chew panties, shoes, overturn waste baskets, tear up newspapers, or play with knitting yarn. Im not arguing it needs to be 2 hours every day, only that a bored dog is more likely to go hmmm…..nothing to do…let’s go sniffing around the house. Wooo–what’s this? Smells….intriguing. Maybe it would taste good–let’s find out!).

4. Take a pair of her panties and spray Bitter Apple spray on them (it’s alcohol based, doesn’t stain and the smell leaves in a few hours). Leave it in a promenant place for your dog to find (middle of the bedroom door for instance). Your dog will instinctly go YES–look what I found, time to chew—oh no–this is nasty cheese–get away from me! I’m not arguing it’s a guarantee but do this once or twice and the dog might start to associate your girlfriend’s panties as something to stay away from.

And yes, the Dog Whisperer isn’t going to be any help on this matter.