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05-21-2008, 09:52 AM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kentucky
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| House plans for yorkies If you was building a new house and had the options to make it living with yorkie friendly, what would those options be.
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05-21-2008, 09:56 AM | #2 |
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| self shampooing carpet
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05-21-2008, 10:00 AM | #3 |
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| Tile and hardwood floors so you don't have to deal with carpet.
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05-21-2008, 10:16 AM | #4 | |
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I am more chilled with Tink knowing the floor is safe!
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05-21-2008, 10:17 AM | #5 |
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| I would make their own room with attached outdoor play area with roof overhead.
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05-21-2008, 10:20 AM | #6 |
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| That's exactly what I would do. My friend's husband did that for their dog and cats. He made a hold in the side of the house and then installed a little dog door (so the cold didn't come in) and then he made this big house on the side of the yard with gravel on the bottom and different levels for the cats to climb and wire all around so they could go outside and look at the birds and go to the bathroom outside but then come back in through this tunnel. It was a brilliant idea!!! She doesn't have to worry about them getting taken by another animal or running off and if she doesn't make it home they can take themselves out.
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05-21-2008, 10:21 AM | #7 |
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| A tightly secured fence in the back yard, one that is tall and not see through. ledges by the windows so they can lay in the sunshine. Lots of doors so we don't have to use baby gates. These are just a few off the top of my head.
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05-21-2008, 10:30 AM | #8 |
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| I also think I would like my kitchen to be off limits to them, even though I love them greatly. I think I would like to be able to cook without mine helping me.
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05-21-2008, 10:45 AM | #9 | |
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That's funny!!!
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05-21-2008, 11:01 AM | #10 |
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| Yep, we try so hard to keep them out of there, but they think they are little linoleum cleaners.
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05-21-2008, 11:24 AM | #11 |
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| Definitely hard wood and heated tile floors, a covered and secured outdoor area with a doggie door and doggie dooley sistem, window seats (mine love theirs and spend lots of time there) and Dutch doors throughout the house. (Dutch doors are a door that is 'cut' in half so you can unlatch it and just close the bottom instead of using baby gates.) I would also want their outside area free of trees so there weren't so many of nature's snacks laying around but I would provide artificial shade. Oh, and an automatic bottle style watering system that is dripped through a filter...no more soggy floors from dripping doggie beards! |
05-21-2008, 11:33 AM | #12 |
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| I'd have a room or two (or even the door to the backyard) with dutch doors.
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05-21-2008, 11:42 AM | #13 |
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| Haha I agree with the ledges by the windows! We have to keep at least one couch against the window because Duke is just lost if he can't sit on the back of it to look out the windows and lay in the sun
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05-21-2008, 12:22 PM | #14 |
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05-21-2008, 12:58 PM | #15 |
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| My MUST for when we build again is to have a narrow ramp that hugs the wall on the inside of the staircase up to the 2nd floor. I am tired of constantly going up and down numerous times b/c mine *don't do stair* |
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