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Dogs have been chewing cords, starting fires, and electrocuting themselves since home electricity was a thing.
When my dog, Fester, was a puppy, he was chewing power cords and I am still surprised and grateful he never harmed himself in the process, at least not that warranted care.
He's more constrained to his own toys and chewables now, but for a while nothing was safe. He has the epithet Fester The Destroyer for having chewed through over $1K of shoes in a week. His grand total it significantly higher.
Alexandrite doesn't allow image downloading so ~~I don't know how to provide pet tax.~~
Here we go. Jackie on the right; Fester (The Destroyer) on the left.
For cords, IIRC you can make them taste bad.
hits Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Cord-Protector-CritterCord-Protect-Hazardous/dp/B000EH2I5O
Maybe it'd be possible to make something similar for phone cases.