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4doggiemama · 11-01-2008, 08:34 PM

I'll bump this for you. I don't claim to have any training skills.

Just have one question. Does the male soil his crate when he is alone in there after you remove the female? If not, I would crate them separately at the beginning rather than wait until the female squeals. Of course they know you are coming so I guess I wouldn't necessarily think that nothing had happened even though they are looking innocent. IMO, if she is on her back then there is definitely a dominance issue going on. You might possibly look into obedience training. I don't crate any of mine at night. We have all four with us, but then we also have a king size bed.

I hope you can come up with some solution. If you want to re-post, you might want to put it in the "training" section. Good luck. Joanne

11-01-2008, 08:34 PM	#2
4doggiemama Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KS Posts: 3,290	I'll bump this for you. I don't claim to have any training skills. Just have one question. Does the male soil his crate when he is alone in there after you remove the female? If not, I would crate them separately at the beginning rather than wait until the female squeals. Of course they know you are coming so I guess I wouldn't necessarily think that nothing had happened even though they are looking innocent. IMO, if she is on her back then there is definitely a dominance issue going on. You might possibly look into obedience training. I don't crate any of mine at night. We have all four with us, but then we also have a king size bed. I hope you can come up with some solution. If you want to re-post, you might want to put it in the "training" section. Good luck. Joanne __________________ Joanne Eli ChipperEva Snowboy Rosie(R.I.P. 1996-July 29, 2013) Cocoa(R.I.P 1998-April 26, 2012):