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- From: bds@mbunix.mitre.org (Smith)
- Subject: Re: Beagle problems
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.185058.18561@linus.mitre.org>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:50:58 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.143552.6979@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> ehlerswm@hackney.ecn.purdue.edu (William Mark Ehlers) writes:
- > So the dog was able to be out her crate more than than
- >before. Eventually after some trial times etc. she was able to be out of her
- >crate all the time when we were not at home.
-
- >The second problem is really the big problem. Lately, Bogey has started to
- >eat my wife's books from the bookcase. This has become such a problem that we
- >had to get out the crate again (she has been back in the crate for about a
- >week now).
- >
- >What can we do to help break her Dino habits and more importantly what can be
- >done about her newly aquired thirst for knowledge ?????
- >
-
- I'm not a dog trainer and I'm sure others on this net could and will
- give you much better advice than I can. However, when we started
- leaving our Weimaraner out of his crate and alone during the day, he
- started to become destructive after behaving himself for the first
- month or so. We eventually put him back in his crate whenever we
- aren't home. We found that he threw about the same fit when we left
- whether or not he was in his crate, which told us his crate was not
- the issue for him. We also found that he was calmer when we got home
- after leaving him in his crate all day than when he was free. Not
- calm, but calmer. He still goes wild when we come home, but after a
- few minutes he settles down, while when he was out of the crate all
- day he would take the better part of an hour to calm down. Part of
- this may be due to the fact that he's older (12 months) and seems to
- be calming down naturally. In any case, we're calmer too since
- there's no damage to the house. Possibly our calmness helps the
- situation too.
-
- So I would recommend that you return your dog to the crate and not
- think of it as a short term solution. The dog won't mind, and
- everyone will be happier in the end.
-
- Barry
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