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Well I guess the dog knows how to open doors. Also if you've never experienced the joy of patching drywall or replacing chewed molding I never suggest it. I still remember when my grandfather's dog dug through a interior door to get out of a bedroom. Oh ... those were the days.
Oh yes, I HAVE lived those days. Nice deep hole in the wall, no more corners on a night stand and also a bathroom molding chewed up. But it sounded like this dog wasn't destructive - more curious. Jumping on furniture, not de-stuffing it...But a contained mess is better than a whole house. I did vote for the crate overall...
Well I certainly think the dog needs to be crated I would say that he should NOT have to be crated 10 hours each day. If that were my work schedule I would find a way to get home during lunch or have someone do so that you and the dog trust and know to run him midday. I also hope he is getting some serious activity when you are together so he can burn off some energy.
Also, I am curious as to whether he has a dog door or did the bird get inside some way?
If the dog has not earned the right to be loose, then he should not be loose. He was fine in the crate before, so he will be fine in the crate now.
If you do not like the crate, then the only other way to confine him would be a kennel. I know people who lived in an apartment that built a wire dog kennel in their spare bedroom for their dogs. I thought they were nuts, but it worked for them. They took it down when they bought a house and put it up outside.
My almost 2 year old GSD has not earned the priviledge of having the run of the house, so he does not have it unless I'm home. Period. Too much opportunity for damage and the danger to ingest something harmful, IMHO. I do not like leaving him crated all day (he is large) so when weather permits, he is in a secured 10 x 10 kennel outside, and on days too hot or wet, he has the garage (he is fine in the garage as long as I remember to not leave any of my "outside shoes" within his reach... Safety has to come first - for your dog AND your home.
How important is it that your dog is out of the crate while you're not at home? Personally I don't allow most of my dogs free reign over my house while I am not home. That privileged is won through good behavior while I leave the home for a few minutes at a time in the beginning and eventually extends to several hours. If I have doubts the dog is crated and of my six dogs only the two eldest have earned the unsupervised freedom award of being uncrated while I'm at work.
A dog left to his own devices will behave as a dog.
This is literally a perfect philosophy! It's what Ed Frawley thinks too.
Wendy Lefebvre Webboard User Reg: 12-08-2005
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how much exercise is this dog getting BEFORE you leave him for the day?
If you aren't exercising him in the morning's before you go, and you aren't leaving a tired dog in the house, you more than likely aren't going to solve this problem.
Even if you DO crate the dog, you shouldn't be putting an amped up dog in the crate. You should always be exercising the dog before you leave.
a tired dog is a good dog.
He's bored....that's why he's getting into things.
If you have to get up and extra 1/2 hour to 45 minutes earlier to get him out, do it.
ADAM BIEGLER Webboard User Reg: 11-23-2009
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I admitt crateing is the best sloution. my 15 mo Italian mastiff has eaten through 3heavy metal wire crates. If she can not get out she will thrash around to the point she would roll the crate.
Any sugestions on it. We tryed just letting her go in it when she wants. Feed her there. Just don't know what to try any more
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