I recently built a custom dog door into our laundry door and our dogs liked to chew on it so I bought some aluminium rails from the local big box hardware store and lined the edge with that. The aluminium is easy enough to work with (and to file down to ensure no sharp edges) but strong enough and distasteful enough to discourage the dogs from mistaking my handiwork for food. Generally dogs will try and chew on a corner or edge where they can get their teeth in so you only need to line these edges.

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You need to thread the bolt head and/or rod in to shorten the flush bolt throw length. The proper way would be to remove the door and lay it flat, then remove the guide. You could try turning it while the door is still hung, using long nose pliers or similar tool; but if the bolt head is keyed and a guide is installed it wont turn, by design.

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