Dakota's new thing in the last couple of weeks is that he's decided to attack a large potted jade plant that we have on our back porch. The plant is there for a reason...it's big and it blocks what would be about a 2 foot drop from our back porch onto our pool deck. I've looked online and although there are a few websites that say that a jade plant can be poisonous to cats and dogs, the majority of websites list it as a safe plant. Also, if it were unsafe, I think we'd have seen some side effects by now, but there have been none.
He goes over to the plant sometimes and rips a big fat stem off it and makes a dirt mess on the porch. He doesn't eat the plant, he just decides it's time to shred it and then he attacks it. We send him out with chew toys, etc but sometimes he just decides to go over and take a hunk out of the plant. This is the only plant he messes with, inside or out. Do you think I can spray something like bitter apple on the plant to deter him? Or should I just go ahead and put another (non-plant) thing in its place? I'm not particularly attached to the plant. Like I said, it's mostly there because we have one narrow part of our back porch which has this 2 foot drop down to the pool deck and this big potted jade is a natural barrier and fills the gap perfectly. I can't always catch him in the act so it's hard for me to correct the little stinker.