Casey Crawford Webboard User Reg: 10-25-2004
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So you picked up your little monster!!! I think I warned you that Ollie was a hellion for the first 10 months. Now that he is a year he is starting to grow up a bit and he is even getting to be a decent house dog. But if your pup is anything like the other Butan pups I have seen expect to have your hands full until you start a little more serious OB. On the bright side Ollie did not let me pet him until about 11 months and he still far prefers to greet me with a light leg bite rather than a kiss!
Casey Crawford Webboard User Reg: 10-25-2004
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One more thing Kristen. Don't go to heavy on the corrections right now if at all. Ollie and most of the other pups out of Butan don't need much in the way of heavy handed treatment. Once you get to know each other I bet he'll do about anything you ask if you'll just throw him a ball afterwards. I hear he is a pretty nice pup. You'll have to bring him back in a few months so we can see what he is looking like. Good luck!
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Don't put a bark collar on a puppy crate training, that's a bit much.
Welcome to ownership of a persistant dog. Really, it's a good sign.
Crate training is never fun. I hate it with a passion.
I've never owned a puppy that was an easy crater. They fight tooth and nail till they learn that fighting doesn't help at all. Some sooner, some later. I like to think that the ones that fight longer, harder, and louder are stronger pups. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> (Saying that over and over helps me keep from climbing into that damn crate and killing them with my bare hands.LOL)
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Get used to it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I usually put a noisy pup in a crate in a place in the house that is as far away from me as possible when it starts getting on my nerves.
Many a night I have dragged a crate into a closet at the end of the house. In fact I think one or two of them have spent a night in the crate on the porch LOL!!
If you are lucky he will shut up within a few days. One of my Mals is still squealing and barking in the crate.. at 6 mths old. (I have had him since 9 wks) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Kristen Cabe Webboard User Reg: 06-09-2004
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Welcome to ownership of a persistant dog. Really, it's a good sign.
I know, I know, and I keep telling myself that. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> Unfortunately, due to the layout of my house (think, a square separated into fourths), I can't really move him any further away than he is right now, so I guess I'll just have to get some ear plugs for me and hubby to wear at night and tell him to just deal with it until the dog learns that it doesn't pay to act like an idiot in the crate. I'm SO glad my neighbors don't seem to mind barking dogs! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
I shouldn't have to worry about separation anxiety with this pup, being that he's from strong working lines, should I? I know a lot of people with shepherds that have big problems with this, but they aren't working dogs either. Just something that crossed my mind yesterday.
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Casey Crawford Webboard User Reg: 10-25-2004
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Kristen:
I hate to tell you this but I thought I was done with Ollie at 6 months. Then last week at 13 months a new problem cropped up he was able to get his teeth around the wire front and pull back hard enough to bend the gate latches loose. I bent them back and straighted the door but now that he knows he can do it he confined for about 10 minutes and then it back to freedom. I guess its time to look for a little more serious crate/cage. My wife has started calling him Houdini!
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This crate is one of those awful "old style" metal ones with the pins that go down through the loops on each corner. It's fine for him for now, but he'll outgrow it really fast, so I need to be investing in a bigger one that will fold and/or a travel crate.
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Jason Shipley Webboard User Reg: 05-13-2005
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I shouldn't have to worry about separation anxiety with this pup, being that he's from strong working lines, should I? I know a lot of people with shepherds that have big problems with this, but they aren't working dogs either.
This is an interesting question. I really have no idea but I would think that separation anxiety would be more common in working lines than in pet/show lines. It seems that the same drives that make for a good working dog would contribute to separation anxiety problems.
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Your working dog should want to be with you in a serious way, but the nasty behaviors that go along with seperation anxiety would probably be a nerve issue.
Your dog should fuss some and should try to get to you if possible, but when left alone in a safe place they should calm down and you shouldn't see the nerve issues leaking out into other nasty behaviors.
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