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Originally Posted by tkelly  These are all great ideas. Some of them are already in practice. I will give more info and see what you think. I don't crate him while we are gone because we have another indoor dog who is free. She is older and doesn't get into stuff. I feel like it is cruel to crate him while she is out. We do have a baby gate up and they are both confined to the living room. His toys are out and they play together constantly (at least when we are home). Perhaps I should leave a bully stick out while we are gone? The belly band worked well while I was gone for a couple hours this morning, but I know it is only a band-aid. Keep the ideas coming! I love yokietalk and being able to come here for advice.  |
What's better, training him fully and having him earn his free reign, or trying to be "fair"? (A concept I assure you isn't helping) I would listen to Mike. I'm not a fan of the crate and used an expen when I first got Kaji. My roomies each had a dog, and both pups had free roam of our condo. Kaji was expened until HE EARNED his free roam just like the other two dogs did before him. I don't have room for it now in my current apt so we went with a crate. I swear i hate it, but Kaji needs to learn i mean it when i say no pottying in my room. Same concept is used for both expen and crate. (confined to an easily managed space).