🐶 Stop the Chew, Keep the Love!
The Bodhi Dog Bitter Lemon Spray is a 100% non-toxic anti-chew solution designed for dogs and cats. Made in the USA, this plant-based formula effectively deters chewing without harming your pets or your belongings. Ideal for training puppies and kittens, it can be safely applied to various surfaces both indoors and outdoors, ensuring a harmonious home environment.
S**E
Bitter Lemon stops chewing without awful smell
We bought this spray with hope of improvement over the old Bitter Apple spray we used to rely on to keep our dogs from chewing on things. The Bitter Apple worked like a charm, and tasted unbelievably awful, but also smelled awful. Even an accidental whiff of the vapor could get the taste in your mouth! I am a long time veterinarian with lots of experience in various behavior problems with pets. The Bitter Lemon is MUCH better in regard to the smell, as it advertises. We didn't taste it, but it does seem to still deter chewing,and it has a faint almost pleasant smell, not overwhelming at all. Believe it or not, my mom bought this because her cat likes to chew on everything. That's right - her cat! He chews on paper, paper bags, cardboard boxes, countertop corners, chair legs, and worst of all, the computer printer. It's hard to spray paper stuff, but the spray seems to deter him from chewing on the edges of the printer for at least a day or two, then it may need to be resprayed. We also had the idea of spraying people's hands and legs, ankles, feet, etc, with this, because he also has an occasional tendency to unexpectedly grab those in his mouth and paws, which is not appreciated, but haven't tried this yet. Maybe this summer my mom says she will try spraying her ankles once she is wearing shorts. She recommends this product, and I am happy with how it has been managing her cats problem behaviors so far, although I wish she would use it more proactively. Highly recommend.this product!
P**E
Did not work and made me physically ill
This product does not work to deter my cat from our plants. I liberally sprayed my new plants down with this stuff(as per the directions), to the point where it was dripping off the plant. My cat? She went right up and started chewing. I let her, because I had read some reviews that said that they stop at one bite. She didn't. She kept chewing. To add injury to insult, the mist from the spray made it impossible to breathe comfortably in my small apartment, and after breathing in the fumes from this product for fifteen minutes it made me violently ill to the point of vomiting and being bed ridden for hours. I have no idea what is in this product that made me so ill, but it is the only change I introduced to the apartment, and I cook my own food (which is vegan to boot) so it's extremely unlikely that I gave myself food poisoning. It could be that I have a certain allergy that I'm not aware of; this product is probably safe for most people, however I would urge that you test your reaction to it before spraying it anywhere, and that you keep the area you are spraying it very well ventilated. I would go so far as to encourage a face mask, as this stuff is extremely irritating to the mouth andthroat. But again, this product did not seem to deter my cat at all; I could just have an extremely odd cat. Lol. JUST BE CAUTIOUS WITH THIS PRODUCT!
M**N
Used for a bunny with no results
I used Bodhi Dog Bitter Lemon Spray for a bunny so she'd stop biting the wood trim of my home. It didn't exactly work. Funny thing is this product smelled just like other household cleaners, so I didn't smell it to be any different from other cleaning products. The effect was no different either. Granted this says "dog/cat" and not "bunny" on it... I can't exactly be the only person in the world looking for options to try to prevent an animal from chewing my home, but I also can't give this fewer stars than three stars, as I used it for a different animal then the name and description suggests.
J**N
Good product; Results As Expected with Possible Exception
I bought this product for a friend with two cats that eat through wires relentlessly. One has not touched a wire since. The other, it's hard to tell because we located a wire that I sprayed, and then was chewed through a day or two later, but it is possible that the damage had been done before we sprayed, and we just did not notice is. So I can't quite give it a 5. But I'd buy it again for sure because it is safe, environmentally friendly and appears to do the job. I may update when we know whether it is working on the other cat. (Fortunately, my cats don't go for wires, and have outgrown furniture, so I cannot base my review on them.)
M**G
Completely ineffective in changing the behavior of a 9-month French Bulldog
We bought THREE different "chew stop" products including this one and two others. None of them had any noticeable effect except to lighten our wallets.We did make the mistake of getting some overspray on our kitchen counter top that found it's way onto some gummy bears that flopped out of the bag... My wife wasn't at all happy about that!I wish at least one had worked to some degree, then I could have determined how often it needed to be re-applied to remain effective.As for deterring our 9 month frenchie... no dice. If it had worked, the Bitter Cherry (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A2BSZZY) was the least expensive of all the items we tried. The other products were: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01I2A6MPG (this one Bitter lemon because we have observed our French Bulldog to avoid biting lemons that fall from our tree) - no help.And https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0841LVD57 - Bitter Apple spray. We didn't really expect this to work because Zeus has been munching on green apples that fall from our neighbors apple trees for quite a long time.In short: it will likely repel humans adequately, but like many other reviews have noted, doesn't seem to help much / at all with dogs.HOW WE TESTED IT:Zeus, our Frenchie, discovered that while he could not rip apart the top surfaces of his dog bed, he COULD flip it over and shred the bottom fabric. So, I sprayed copious amounts of each of these substances on each of three corners of the bottom of the bed... and even on one of the top surfaces where he "suckles" to soothe himself. There was absolutely no change in behavior. I even repeated the application of all three areas with the same products to the point where all were quite damp. No change. Zeus didn't even seem phased and attacked each of the corners with his usual abandon.I also tried spraying each of the three products on rags to the point where half the rag was quite damp... Zeus cheerfully chewed and tugged on the damp part of each rag. I saw no change in behavior at all... except for me... I touched my mouth with a finger that had touched the bitter lemon and ... well YUCK - it was like chewing on aspirin.Finally I tried spraying corners of the amazon box these 3 products came in. Zeus loves to shred boxes. The spray(s) might as well be liver pate... no behavior changes at all despite licking, and biting of the various treated surfaces.In short, none of the sprays worked in any discernable way at all. I'm going to try my experiments again, but I don't expect any difference.On the plus side, only the bitter Lemon smelled unpleasant - and only mildly so due to its "chemical" aroma. The others were pleasant smelling and I saw no change to the surfaces they were sprayed on.It seems our best approach to curtailing the chewing is to be diligent watching, chastening bad behavior and rewarding good behavior. Besides, there is just not enough of any of these products to prevent Zeus from wanting to munch on any shoes or socks he finds!
L**3
Product fail
The media could not be loaded. This product came with no nozzle spray.What a waste purchase.Not recommending it.
B**T
My cat hasn’t chewed on my plants since this arrived!
My plants were suffering because of my cat snacking on them, but this works like a charm! The cat doesn’t munch on my plants anymore and they are quickly growing back. Will for sure be keeping a bottle of this around from now on.
C**A
Hasn’t had an impact
I got this to try and save some soft furnishings and plants from destruction - my cat shows no signs of even noticing the spray scent, even when it’s freshly been applied. One of the unlucky ones!
D**N
Works as advertised!
Works a treat! I have sprayed this on all our electrical appliance cords & the chewing stopped immediately. We have put this on shoes (a puppy favorite!) couches and the chewing stops immediately. Also - a useful tip: If accidentally get any of this in your mouth (easy to do when you have sprayed the cushions on the couch) & can't get rid of the bitter taste - rinse your mouth with an alcohol containing mouthwash, this seems to be the only thing that gets rid f the taste quickly.
A**R
Did not stop the licking
I bought this product in spite of how expensive it was because it is an all natural product and it was recommended on a veterinarian website. My 12 y.o. Goldendoodle has allergies to grass in the spring and fall which irritate his paws in spite of us wiping them. He loved licking the product off of his paws. This product did not work at all on our dog. For this reason and the cost, I do not recommend it.
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