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Originally Posted by Rusty_212
Boy, so many of you say you crate or kennel your dogs when your not home. Anyone have their dogs live inside your house with you?
All of our dogs havelived in our house from the moment we got them. Of couse we crate train them as pups, until their house broken. We've had a few instances of chewing and a few accidents, but that's what carpet shampooers are made for.  |
For years, I had dogs that were fine "home alone." That was what was normal to me. Then came Jasmine. And torn-up books, ruined shoes, trash tipped over, dog food gotten into, my ex's dental stuff chewed up ($$$), and, finally, a nice upholstered chair totally destroyed. I bought every kind of baby gate there is, which were nothing more than entertainment for the escape artist. Jasmine, meet the crate; Crate meet Jasmine
Funny thing is she, of all dogs, became so attached to that crate, so possessive of it that she would watch me with an eagle eye if I had to even reach in there to get something. She was finally able to be loose in the house when I wasn't home when she was 8, one year before she died
Kasey, my Aussie mix, cannot be trusted alone in the house. He is a major counter surfer, jumper-on-plantation-shutters, and trash monger.
Scout has always been fine in the house alone. Totally trustworthy. I'm actually surprised he doesn't clean when I'm gone.
Then there is the puppy. Enough said.