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06-26-2013, 07:18 AM | #1 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Can you leave your dog loose in the house? Jackson has been left totally free roam in the house since about 5 1/2 months old. He always proved to be trustworthy. If anything, he's worse when I'm home with finding things to pick up and chew when he's bored, etc, but when he's alone (or if I'm not home and others are) he just sits in the window sill. We did the crate thing very briefly as a pup (3 weeks maybe) and then graduated to an ex-pen but it didn't really last long. Our family has generally just been a 'dogs are loose' kind of family so it's what I know.
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06-26-2013, 07:21 AM | #2 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
Posts: 22,140
| Tibbe has been left loose in the whole house since his housebreaking was done. He never disturbs a thing.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
06-26-2013, 07:27 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South Florida
Posts: 8,008
| my guys are "free" at around 6 months or so. Bailey had to be crated (play pen) a little longer because he was a chewer!!!!
__________________ Shinja mom to Remy lil Sis to Bailey and Sammy |
06-26-2013, 07:34 AM | #4 |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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| Psssssssh HECK NO Mr Peanut can't handle being left alone in the house, I will put the baby gate up in our door way and lock him in our room I'm sure Mr. Jackson will be fine.
__________________ "People with nothing to hide don't usually feel the need to say so." |
06-26-2013, 07:47 AM | #5 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Netherlands
Posts: 1,072
| If jackson does fine when alone, just let him roam free I trust Nena, she can stay loose in the house, but Rufus makes a disaster when he is alone! Everything that he can chew and/or eat he will grab!
__________________ Mommy of Nena and Rufus |
06-26-2013, 07:50 AM | #6 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 726
| Lexi gets the whole downstairs. Upstairs hasn't been Lexi proofed. She's an explorer and loves to find new things. |
06-26-2013, 07:51 AM | #7 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: montana
Posts: 2,945
| No, I don't let Morgan roam |
06-26-2013, 07:56 AM | #8 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Deer Park New York
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| We don't let our dogs roam free in the house because they bother the cats and we're afraid the cats will scratch their eyes out if they get annoyed. |
06-26-2013, 08:00 AM | #9 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 25,041
| Max and Teddy are never alone (exception: when dad was gone for a week). However, they are limited to the back of the house, the living area, to keep them away from stairs and doors. They prefer it that way. When I leave the hall doors open, they might go take a peek, but they come back right away. I videotaped them when I had to leave them alone. They stayed in their beds almost the whole time.
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06-26-2013, 08:02 AM | #10 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: South Holland, IL
Posts: 241
| Lexi's been running free since about 4 months and she does just fine. But, free, really means upstairs. When I leave she's downstairs watching me go out the door. But, immediately, whenever she can't find me, she goes upstairs. She can go up , but she can't come down, so she's up there til I get home. But, it works out, because my bedroom is her favorite spot anyway. Little Mr. Peanut is hilarious, btw...
__________________ Jan Lexi's Mommy |
06-26-2013, 08:02 AM | #11 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | I won't let Galen run free. His new thing is to jump up to try to get the cat. Also he likes chasing them. I don't want him to eat hurt
__________________ Teri . . . Galen Jameson Frazier Seraphina Luna Rosencrantz, Saber Tooth Tiger, Pussy Willow Pandora Guildenstern |
06-26-2013, 08:04 AM | #12 |
and Shelby's too Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Millbrook, AL
Posts: 7,842
| Mandie is left to roam all areas that have NO carpet. Just sayin...lol
__________________ Terri, proud mom to Mandie & Shelby-Dale |
06-26-2013, 08:20 AM | #13 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Alaska
Posts: 3,299
| Joel is good when he's loose in the house, he does like to get into some stuff lol but he makes up for it because he listens really good when I say leave it, bring it or drop it but some things he just can't help to get. He just know graduated from his crate to staying in the living room with Rosco when we leave but all he does is watch and wait for me to come back so he's good |
06-26-2013, 08:21 AM | #14 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
Posts: 23,247
| Callie has never been left alone but she has always had free run of the house. I never knew about play pens and stuff when she was a puppy I sure wish I had though lol
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
06-26-2013, 08:48 AM | #15 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Delaware
Posts: 2,663
| Brandi has the whole house. I trust her completely. She is trained to use potty pads. The only thing she does is scratch up the window she looks out of barking at other dogs or just about anything that passes by. She gets excited and stands on her hind legs scratching up the window. But other than that she is a perfect little angel.....now the cat on the other hand is a whole different story. Last edited by yavenay; 06-26-2013 at 08:49 AM. |
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