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10-10-2005, 03:13 AM | #16 | |
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10-10-2005, 07:53 AM | #17 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: House Of York
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| My yorkies are great climbers so I keep them in crates. However, if you want a quick solution, try covering the pen with a bed sheet. If you are afraid the bed sheet will fall off, buy some clips and clip the sheet onto the pen. p.s. here is a picture of one of my dog escaping the bathroom when she was around 6-8 weeks old. http://www.geocities.com/tinybittosalt/MVC-004V.MPG |
10-10-2005, 08:24 AM | #18 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
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| That was a perfect clip of a yorkie mountain goat! Mine was 6 weeks old when I brought her home and I noticed how she used her little toenails to dig into the carpet on our patio steps to get up them. They are just about 4 to 5 inch steps, but it was fun to watch her.
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10-10-2005, 08:49 AM | #19 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Florida
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| My little guy did the same thing as a puppy, I got baby gates piled one on top of the other, and he still climbed out!! I don't leave him in anything now, he stays in my laundry room with all his stuff.
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10-10-2005, 09:03 AM | #20 |
Mom loves Gucci Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New York City
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| Great video. This little ones are agile huh. Im so glad Gucci has never climb out of her gate. Can't wait to see pics of Pat's project. |
10-10-2005, 09:31 PM | #21 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Minnesota
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| UPDATE: My modifications to the playpen are done! I will test it out tomorrow. Previously, she wouldn't get out of her pen unless we were gone. We tried putting her in there and hiding, and could never get her to jump out. However, the second the garage door closed and we pulled away, she could climb out! A smart little one she is! Here's the story on my modifications- the plastic was way more expensive than I thought, so I bought smaller sheets. They start 12" up from the bottom, and go to the top. I think it's better that way, as then the bottom is still open for her, but she won't have anything to get her paws on to climb up. Everybody I told about this said "why don't you just get a taller playpen", to which I would always respond "if she's going to climb 30 inches high, what's to say she won't climb 48 inches high, and possibly hurt herself falling or jumping off??" Unfortunately, we don't have a good room to close off for her to stay in... and she licks everything! So we feel better with her in the playpen. If it's effective in keeping her in there, I'll post a how-to article. However, the project did take me a lot more time than I thought, but being an engineer, I can't resist a good project Plus, it only cost $35 which is about what I wanted to spend. In the pictures, it's very hard to see the plastic. This stuff is CLEAR! The glare gives it away, though, and in the detail shots you can see how it's attached. Let me know what you think, and hopefully I'll have good news to report when I get home tomorrow and she's still in there (crossing my fingers...). Later, -Pat- |
10-10-2005, 09:36 PM | #22 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Minnesota
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| And here's the little culprit! I haven't posted any pics of her yet, but she's a 12 week old Yorkiepoo and we are crazy about her! It doesn't show in the pic, but she has a lot of dark brown on her, with lighter patches on her ears, front, and front of her legs. Her new fur is looking silver, though, so it's possible we'll have a light colored puppy named Coco. Oh well, we think she's the best regardless of what color she turns out to be |
10-10-2005, 10:32 PM | #23 |
Mom loves Gucci Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New York City
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| Gret job on the playpen, I really hope the improvements work to prevent your little one to climb out. She is so cute. Adorable. We need more pics of Miss Coco. |
10-11-2005, 05:56 AM | #24 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NYC
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| Pat- You mods look great. Keep us posted as to how they are working out since I am contemplating doing the same thing. Where did you buy the pastic? What is it called? Did the store cut it to size for you? Also, did you drill the holes with standard drill bits? Side point - how has has everyone's Yorkies climbed? We had a 24 inch pen and Zack got out of there in a week. Traded it in for a 30 inch pen. He has gotten out of that one twice, but in general, he seems okay. Then, this weekend we stayed at my parents. We had bought a 36 inch pen for Zack to leave at there house. And Zack managed to climb out of that one! He is so small (2.5 pounds; 4 months). I have seen him scale the pen, but i still find it amazing. HGas anyone's Yorkie gone higher??? allan |
10-14-2005, 07:20 AM | #25 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Minnesota
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| Allan, I bought acrylic plastic sheets at Home Depot. It was about $35 bucks for (6) 18"x24" sheets. Unfortunately, they had to be about 23.5" to fit the playpen, so I had to cut off about 1/2", which was a challenge. Also, any kind of plastic like this (acrylic, lexan, etc) is very hard to drill with a regular bit, but if you go real slow and apply almost no pressure it works. I had planned on getting a plastic bit, but they didn't have them and I didn't want to wait for one. I still have to make 3 more panels and I'll be done. She can still get out, but I think she's climbing the sides near the wall without the panels and then jumping over. There's no way she can climb the smooth plastic! When it's all done, I'll let you know if it was worth it or not.... Zack climbed 36" and he is only 2.5 pounds?! Wow, that's impressive! I just picked up a new digital camera, so hopefully I can get a video of how our little Coco is getting out! -Pat- |
10-15-2005, 09:15 PM | #26 |
BANNED! Join Date: Oct 2005
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| We bought a playpen for our yorkie and she got her head stuck in it and we had to get her out. We returned it. |
10-19-2005, 03:42 AM | #27 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: texas
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| Wow! What a good idea on the playpen! I've been looking at pens for traveling with mine, and I didn't like the looks of them either. The plexi-glass/plastic is a great idea.
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11-07-2005, 02:13 PM | #28 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NYC
Posts: 75
| Pat, how did you cut the 1/2 inch off on the side? I am in the same situation. What type of saw did you use? |
11-07-2005, 03:29 PM | #29 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2005
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| It looks great and I hope it works but my Shelby would eat it. Shelby stopped climbing after we got a higher expen. My next step was going to be one of those metal crates for large dogs. |
11-07-2005, 03:52 PM | #30 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2005
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| oops sorry about above post. now I see the kind of plastic. yup, that might do the trick. i bought a roll of that stuff to keep shelby from falling through the rails at the top of the stairs. May not be exactly the same you can use a whole punch on this stuff, then attach it with plastic ties. http://www.rightstart.com/global/sto...~item~281.html |
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