I am rather pleased with the open-mindedness of this forum. I am a member of another forum that makes me feel like a horrible monster for doing the crate and rotate thing. I have toy poodles and the two Yorkie mixes for my own bed-buddies/pets, etc. I raise and rarely breed Kelpies, though. I will allow the small dogs to intermingle with well-behaved members of my 'big dog pack,' but never, ever unsupervised. The bigguns' have their own room (what used to be the master suite) with crates, grooming tables, etc. and the little ones have the run of the rest of the house unless they are in time out (as the poodle boys are now since I have a Kelpie in season and do NOT want doodles lol). They are happy, loved, groomed, played with, trained and I even took two shopping with me the other day (Half Price Books is dog friendly). But, to hear folks on that other forum.... *sigh*
magicgenie - I wish I could have a pretty basement/doggie palace like yours. I think it is well thought out and seems to accomodate the furkids nicely.
Yes, I'm a bit jealous. lol |