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No free reign here. I have an epileptic dog, and it wouldn't be fair to lock one up and not he others. They are fairly trustworthy though :) |
I never crate trained my guys, so they have partial free roam. If I'm upstairs, I'll gate it off, so they stay w/me & I can keep an eye on them. If I don't gate off the stairs, Momo will go downstairs & start barking @ something & that'll trigger all of them to run down barking like cwazzie. Quote:
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Harry has 'the run of the house' whether I'm there or not.... It was never really the pottying that bothered me, more that he'd find something to chew that I hadn't Harry-proofed....!!! When I/we are out, he just kind of sits and waits - nothing moves, he doesn't eat or drink or play with any toys....:( He just sits on the back of the sofa in the window, surveying his property front and back....poor, poor Harry....I THINK HE NEEDS A PLAYMATE!!!! :D Sally + Harry x |
Willow and Allie have free roam of the house when I leave. Luci is too small, so I put her in her playpen when I leave. |
At first when he was loose in the house and I would leave the house, I would drive up to find Tibbe sound asleep on the big living room windowsill, his little face resting right on his outstretched forelegs - just like he was praying or something. He'd gone sound asleep watching for me! My heart would turn every time I'd come home to this. If someone was walking by on the front walk, they would usually be looking and smiling at him sleeping there in the window. Such a sweet picture. He sometimes wouldn't wake until he heard the garage-door opener start working and he'd jump and raise his head and see me coming up the driveway in the car and start going crazy. Once he got older, he's rarely there now and I guess he waits in more comfort on the couch or bed so he can sleep on his back like he likes to do. But he comes running to the big window the moment he hears the garage-door opener! I kind of hold my breath until I see him appear there in the window jumping all around and so happy. |
I can't wait for the day. We are still potty training. So, for now, they have to stay in their playpen while I am gone. Once they are more trustworthy, they will get run of our living area. Our bedrooms will be shut off though as they have carpet. Max is nearly 15. He gets free run of the couch. After he does his morning business and breakfast, he parks himself on the couch until we get home. One more meal, two more potties and he is done for the day. |
My guys have complete access from the second floor of the House, all the way out to the end of the Property. I have a Doggy Door, very secure yard from above and the sides, and that's basically 24/7. There are brief periods in the early evening I don't let them go outside, since I host a Possum and one stray Cat, which live somewhere else and just visit for the scraps. My new Pup Ichabod was going outside reliably to potty at about four months. Have two adult Dogs and it's really nice to have teachers like that. :thumbup: |
Once they are housetrained all my previous dogs have had the run of the house and that's probably what I'll do with my yorkies when they come - crate on the odd occasion there's no one at home (Saturday 3pm until 6pm) and then once they've got past the poopy and chewy puppy phase they'll have the run of the place....and probably spend the hours asleep on our bed next to George :yelrotflm That's what our last dog, Tina Whippet, was like....she loved her, or rather OUR, comfortable bed! :p I need to have them happy to sleep in a crate though because they'll always be coming on holiday with us around the UK and the cottages & caravans we like to stay in usually prefer dogs to stay off the furniture :) |
Mine are trust worthy and have run of the house |
Mine, only get left on rare occasions. When they do they are fenced off in an area, not because they might have a potty accident but for their safety. I wouldn't want them to get upset and jump off of something and hurt themselves. They are restricted to a hall with doors closed except for the bathroom where Tatiana's pee pad is located. I supply them with toys and a bed and blanket for comfort. |
Blazer just turned one year and he had been allowed to run free in our lower level while we were away but then he started peeing down there! It didn't matter if we were gone half an hour or 3 hours, I would come home and find pee spots. Now he is back in a large size travel kennel when we are gone. It is funny to watch him in it because he figured out how to move it while he is inside! He rolls it around! One time, when we were gone longer than expected he figured out how to unzip it, but it's been a long time since that. Anyway, he's being retrained and regaining my trust for being left out. |
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Our neighbours say he sleeps on the windowsill most of the day ( they all look out for him in his cute jammies) and goes berserk when the postman and window cleaner come. We play ball every morning and he just jumps right into bed for a nap when he knows it is time for us to go to work. He is right there on the window sill waiting for us to come home every day, he is so funny when he sees us, he sort of crouches down like he is scared and then jumps from the sill onto the sofa onto the floor to greet us and has to get kisses from us both, then he knows he gets his jammies off, gets a quick brush, harness on and off to the park for plying ball again. |
Jack and Izzy have free rein here. When we are not home, they sit on the back of the couch, look out the window and wait for us to get home. Izzy is pee pad trained and Jack will also use the pad if he absolutely cannot hold it any longer. Neither one was a chewer and both are very well behaved. |
My two have somewhat of a free roam when we run errands. We just close the bedroom and the basement door. When I am gone for work, they go in the upstairs bathroom where there is a giant metal crate, a potty pad, water and lots of room. They generally use the potty pads, but sometimes Couver thinks it's more fun to pee on the walls, so they I don't trust them for long periods of time alone. He also likes to get into things and being confined seems to curb that. I hope I eventually can give them free range 100% of the time, but since he's almost 5... I'm guessing probably not. |
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