HELP!! How do I stop this behavior?

[Karen]

Yes, make a habit of keeping all library books in an enclosed space - a box, or a drawer, something you can close. Even a flat tupperware container would do, anything to mask the smell. Often library books are reinforced or glued with extra stuff, or covered with extra plastic - something is making it Marta tempting!

Paul's childhood dog was even more picky - she preferred to chew up "Make Way for Ducklings," - she would pick that one book out of a shelf of other books, and proceed to chew it up every time. And of course Paul, who grew up not only here in the Boston area, but next to the river where lots of mallards lived, loved that book so his parents ended up buying several copies.

[sana]

Maybe the librarian used to be a butcher and still has the meat scented hands with he/she uses to touch the books, ok out of the joking part, I think that maybe the books got some scent on it that he likes and so he chews on them. Get a library book and try scenting it and see his reaction, should be different as I think. I agree with Karen and with Taz_Zoee. Keep the books on high places or in closed places.

[sasvermont]

I, too, would put the book(s) in a case or drawer, away from danger.

This advice is coming from a person who is taking her Electrolux vacuum to the repair shop to have the cord replaced, as one furry friend named Prue, chewed the end off the cord, yesterday. My fault for leaving the vacuum out in full sight.

How old is the dog? Still a puppy? Prue is only 10 months old.

Good luck!

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Thanks for the advice- I think I'm going to get a locked container to put by the bedside for library books, since I often forget to put them up (I read for an hour or so every night before bed and don't remember the book is still there when I get up in the morning).

Marta is going to be 8 years old in January, and she's been sleeping on our bed since she was just a puppy, so banning her would be cruel...though I was pretty mad yesterday and thought about it!