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What To Do If Your Dog Eats Tree Bark. You can also wrap your trees trunk with commercial trunk wrap or heavy-gauge aluminum foil. Remove the scions from the refrigerator. Keep giving the gas x –. Trim the bark damage with a utility knife above and below the missing bark horizontally in the spring when new growth is appearing on trees.
Keep giving the gas x –. Ideally you also remove fallen sticks tree branches bark nuts leaves flowers and pieces of wood debris that fall from the trees or avoid the areas where theres a lot of that stuff around. You can use a variety of training methods to keep your dog away from the mulch including both positive and negative reinforcement praising the dog for not going to the mulch and saying no to the dog and pulling it away when it chooses to walk toward the mulch using anti-chew sprays for some smaller patches of mulch that you have in your yard scold the dog if it manages to snag some bites of. Spread some hot sauce or a bitter taste repellent on the tree trunks and shrubs. Most dogs do this because they are bored and are looking for something to do. Trim loose and dry bark from around the wound.
If the damaged bark is less than 25 of the trees total diameter as with the above photo then the tree should recover from the damage just fine as long as the tree is properly cared for and remains otherwise healthy.
If your pup seems to love the taste or texture of leaves consider adding dog-friendly herbs and vegetables into their diet such as carrots peas and celery. Trim loose and dry bark from around the wound. When the patch of bark is one-half or greater the chances of tree death increase. With 25 50 of the trees diameter damaged the tree should still survive but with some serious detriments to the trees health. It is important to discourage this as soon as you notice it happening. Wrap the tree trunk at least three feet high taking into account where the average snow line falls and adding additional height if necessary.