Sandstorm will be crated again when I am working- 7 hours daily

[BarbV]

What I did with Bacca was to put a crate inside an X-pen. He still had extra room to move around, but no way to get into trouble. It worked great, and I had less guilt.

He had his water dish and toys. Eventually, I opened up the Xpen and used it as a very long gate to contain the boys in the kitchen, then finally the kitchen and family room.

They were both almost 2 years old before they got full run of the house when I was away, and even now that they are both 3, I'll still find one of them got into a toilet paper roll from time to time.

 

[Fergus]

We used to crate Clancy for about 9 hours a day when we first got him. He eventually 'earned' his freedom as he got older and more used to us being gone. Now he's usually asleep on the mat before we even get out the door .

Now I'm just trying to convince a co-worker to buy a crate and/or ex-pen for her yorkie who's destroying her house. Someone told her that her 9 month old puppy is 'asserting his dominance' over her by chewing on the baseboard while she's at work. Um...yeah, okay, folks...let's just put down the Cesar book and get an ex-pen

 

[sable]

Karen don't be hard on yourself, hey SS says for dad to put the phone where I can't try to call someone. Your fine, SS will be safe in his cage, and eventually he will be good.

What I did with Lucky and Lady, and maybe this would work for you on the week-ends when SS gets a bit older. When I tried them out of the cage, I would leave the house for 15 minutes and return, then a half hour, then an hour, and kept build the time up to see if I could trust them.

Lucky nippled on the sheets while I was sleeping as a pup, he quit. Lady like to dig in the plants that I had on the floor. My two hated bitter apple, some shelties like it. Purposely put a magazine on the floor, spray it with bitter apple, walk away, and see what happens. Just a thought.

There are some dogs out there that will tear a couch apart. In fact I know a Lab pup who chewed up a couch and a loveseat, so SS is doing better then that.

 

[SheepOfBlue]

I ran by the house at lunch and Sca is curled up in the corner next to the girl in a power snooze. Notice not playing in the yard or even sprawled on the porch nope tucked into a corner. So don't feel to bad for SS

 

[RonandJan]

Hey Storm,

I am being crated 'cause Jan says she trusts me, but NOT MY BUTT!!!! (insert from Jan, Read the thread, McKinley's Digestive Issues to understand why he is being crated).

Go figure on that one? Just because I pooped in the very, very, very farthest corner away from the bedroom, ONCE mind you, she doesn't trust my butt! You tell me, how do you not trust someone's butt?

From my recollections, it's a good 8 hour day. I sleep. I turn around and I sleep the other way! Then I turn and face the other way and sleep. Jan came home one day at her lunch hour and I was sound asleep on my back with my feet up in the air, Now that was embarrassing! But I really didn't expect her at that time.

It's all good, Missy Karen. We don't mind the crate as much as you think we would. I am sure you walk and play with Storm when you come in. And Miss Karen, Storm is just a bit bored, not bad!

MMM

 

[KarenCurtis]

Hey Storm,

I am being crated 'cause Jan says she trusts me, but NOT MY BUTT!!!! (insert from Jan, Read the thread, McKinley's Digestive Issues to understand why he is being crated).

Go figure on that one? Just because I pooped in the very, very, very farthest corner away from the bedroom, ONCE mind you, she doesn't trust my butt! You tell me, how do you not trust someone's butt?

From my recollections, it's a good 8 hour day. I sleep. I turn around and I sleep the other way! Then I turn and face the other way and sleep. Jan came home one day at her lunch hour and I was sound asleep on my back with my feet up in the air, Now that was embarrassing! But I really didn't expect her at that time.

It's all good, Missy Karen. We don't mind the crate as much as you think we would. I am sure you walk and play with Storm when you come in. And Miss Karen, Storm is just a bit bored, not bad!

MMM

Sandstorm here;
Mckinley mom says she will get the big crate. the one the old dog had. I will have more room to sleep different ways. I can hide in it and mom cannot see if I am sleeping funny. she cannot laff at me. she wants me to be safe so I cannot chew up dads fone. Dad had to call his boss and say I did it. I am humiliated. I wanted to call him on the fone.