Connie Sutherland wrote 10/14/2013 07:14 PM Re: 9-month-old GSD; help needed: reactivity & manners [Re: Natalie Rynda ] #384337 - 10/14/2013 07:14 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Natalie Rynda i see and read about people leaving their dogs for 15 hours and thought it was OK.  Quote: Natalie Rynda  Quote: Connie Sutherland Where did you see and read about people crating dogs, no exercise/potty breaks, for 15 hours? Please link us. This can't be allowed to stand unchallenged if it's on some forum. Actually, no matter where it is. I didn't see it, I know someone that does it. ETA he's not crated, he's either loose or chained.
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Natalie Rynda wrote 10/14/2013 07:20 PM Re: 9-month-old GSD; help needed: reactivity & manners [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #384338 - 10/14/2013 07:20 PM
Natalie Rynda Webboard User Reg: 10-01-2013 Posts: 343 Loc: nyc Offline	I don't think I saw anyone admitting online to the 15 hours. That was supposed to read 'I see and read about people leaving their dogs up to 15 hours'. I did read about people leaving for 11 hours, google it, it's there somewhere. But the 15 is someone I know and I'm in no way saying that's OK. Just telling you what I saw. I'm usually back in 10 hours but it takes a half hour or so to get ready to go out
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Connie Sutherland wrote 10/14/2013 07:29 PM Re: 9-month-old GSD; help needed: reactivity & manners [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #384339 - 10/14/2013 07:29 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Back to this .... My opinion: Eleven hours is much too long for this nine-month-old to be crated. It's too long to hold his bladder, even if he is physically able to, and it's too long to be uninterruptedly in a crate.
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Natalie Rynda wrote 10/14/2013 07:28 PM Re: 9-month-old GSD; help needed: reactivity & manners [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #384340 - 10/14/2013 07:28 PM
Natalie Rynda Webboard User Reg: 10-01-2013 Posts: 343 Loc: nyc Offline	I don't understand, what are you saying? That everyone takes their dogs out more than twice? Or that no one crates for that long? There are more people than you think who let's dogs go without pottying for 10 hours, I've been told countless times that they have no problem holding it and it does seem that way. When I take him out at night sometimes he doesn't go to potty right away. But that's not the point. I didn't realize that I shouldn't do that. I definitely wasn't being malicious, I thought it was OK ETA I posted before I saw your message. I understand. Again, I wasn't being malicious. I thought it was OK.
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Tammy Moore wrote 10/14/2013 07:28 PM Re: 9-month-old GSD; help needed: reactivity & manners [Re: Natalie Rynda ] #384341 - 10/14/2013 07:28 PM
Tammy Moore Webboard User Reg: 01-14-2010 Posts: 1564 Loc: USA Offline	Does the dog have water in this time? Could you arrange for a dog walker?
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Cheri Grissom wrote 10/14/2013 07:31 PM Re: 9-month-old GSD; help needed: reactivity & manners [Re: Natalie Rynda ] #384342 - 10/14/2013 07:31 PM
Cheri Grissom Webboard User Reg: 09-30-2010 Posts: 2609 Loc: Michigan Offline	Natalie, this is your first dog, right? That's a wonderful and exciting experience to be going through, but it also can be confusing in this information age where anything and everything can be found on the Internet. We were all in your position at one time, and we all went through the learning process and certainly made mistakes along the way. That said, I beg you to please use compassion and common sense in deciding what you are going to do with your dog. Just because someone else does it or says it is okay does not make it so. Your dog is completely dependent on you to make decisions and choices that are in his best interest. Kindness and consideration of his needs, both physical and mental, will go a long way toward ensuring he grows up to be a stable and happy dog.
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Natalie Rynda wrote 10/14/2013 07:32 PM Re: 9-month-old GSD; help needed: reactivity & manners [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #384343 - 10/14/2013 07:32 PM
Natalie Rynda Webboard User Reg: 10-01-2013 Posts: 343 Loc: nyc Offline	Then I have no use for a crate. If he can't be in there the entire time I'm at work then I shouldn't've even bothered. What do people that work do? I can't imagine everyone having dog sitters
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Connie Sutherland wrote 10/14/2013 08:13 PM Re: 9-month-old GSD; help needed: reactivity & manners [Re: Cheri Grissom ] #384346 - 10/14/2013 08:13 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Good post, Cheri.
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Natalie Rynda wrote 10/14/2013 08:16 PM Re: 9-month-old GSD; help needed: reactivity & manners [Re: Tammy Moore ] #384347 - 10/14/2013 08:16 PM
Natalie Rynda Webboard User Reg: 10-01-2013 Posts: 343 Loc: nyc Offline	Quote: Tammy Moore Does the dog have water in this time? Could you arrange for a dog walker? He does. We will go back to what we were doing before
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Mara Jessup wrote 10/14/2013 08:52 PM Re: 9-month-old GSD; help needed: reactivity & manners [Re: Natalie Rynda ] #384350 - 10/14/2013 08:52 PM
Mara Jessup Webboard User Reg: 12-28-2005 Posts: 2316 Loc: Offline	Quote: Natalie Rynda Then I have no use for a crate. If he can't be in there the entire time I'm at work then I shouldn't've even bothered. What do people that work do? I can't imagine everyone having dog sitters What? You have another able bodied adult in the house that WANTED a dog. You have her take the dog out and do something with him!! It's not an "all or nothing" thing. Also you have a teenage puppy, you do not have an adult dog. Even if an adult might be okay with that on occasion, a pup at that age is not. What do I do? I take the dogs along to work and leave them in the car, I ask family members that live nearby to stop in and take the dogs out in the middle of the day. If it was going to be a regular occurrence that I'd be gone most every day for 11 hrs and no one was available, then I'd hire somebody to come take them out in the middle of the day. That's part of having a dog. K-9 Knitter
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