Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003
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Katie,
I can understand what you went through, I left my Rottie bitch locked in our back porch many years ago for five hours, I was actually speechless at the mess and damage that she'd managed when we got home.
Fetz smashed his way out of a Vari-Kennel one training day a few years ago and joined us unexpectedly during another dogs protection training, fortunately both dogs were completely trained and would down on command, so nothing bad happened.
I plopped down $2200 on two full size aluminum crates that week to make sure that it would never happen again. Ouch!
Expensive? Sure...*but*, we work our dogs in an extreme environment and safety must be our number one concern at all times.
Tammy Moore Webboard User Reg: 01-14-2010
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Sorry Katie. What will you use to secure her until the aluminum crate comes?
Locks on vari kennels never work for those dogs that are set on getting out, they'll find a way. The aluminum crates will keep her secured, but I have known dogs that get sooo bent on getting out of those, they get hurt trying.
You may need to work with her if that becomes a problem.
Reg: 07-27-2009
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Will I can only imagine what that must have been like.
Tammy, she generally only breaks out if she's under exercised or under stimulated. And once she figures out there's no way to escape she stops trying. She does find when I turn the crate so the door is flat against a wall.
I feel for you. The only time I have had a true escape was when my son's border collie was in heat. We had put her wire crate inside the stock trailer. She worked the plastic tray out, turned the crate over so that she could get out of the big openings under the tray. Then she crawled out of the trailer. Luckily no males were around. We wound up wiring the crate to the floor of the trailer for the remainder of her heat cycle.
But, would we want a less intelligent dog? I think not!
Reg: 07-27-2009
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Ripped all the carpet up today, it's salvageable. Got new bed sheets and a new duvet from Ikea. My dogs are horribly under-stimulated. But it'll be a few days until things get back to normal.
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Good news on the carpet Katie! I know you mentioned some paint problems too, I always check the cart at Home Depot and places like that for paint that was mixed wrong or the customer wouldn't take it. I've gotten some really good deals and a few rooms painted a color I wouldn't normally try..... <grin> Hey, $5.00 a gallon you can live dangerously, right? LOL
I always check it now, either when I don't have a painting project in mind.
Also you can often get wonderful deals from painting contractors with left over paint, it's worth a phone call.
I wish I would get the vision out of my head of Danni turning on the water and having a good old time playing in it......
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