Ooh - Electra - I got a good idea for you. Instead of bringing the shoes to the living room to chew, bring 'em to the kitchen and put 'em in someone's water bowl. Mom can wear shoes with extra holes, but wearing WET shoes is just icky. And then your water will be shoe-flavored, too - yumm!

My Freckles, now at the Rainbow Bridge, trained my by either doing that (though as a St. Bernard she was drooly enough not to need the bowl), or by destorying ONE each of each of my pair of shoes. If Mom has heels - chew those off first - then if she tries to wear 'em, she's walk reaaaaaaallly funny, and all you doggies will have a good laugh!