Quote: Saffron K. Hall

the hardest part about managing multiple dogs in a household is dealing with the humans. Dogs are pretty quick to catch on but 'old' people are quite trying to teach new 'tricks' to.

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She also didn't understand why she had to keep him contained when our dogs were eating. She had the perception that dogs should all get along *wry smile*. She got it the day Hershey got into the kitchen while our boys were eating and almost got his nose bitten off for trying to swipe a chicken thigh! Fortunately we were able to intervene and used it as an opportunity to clearly explain how important it was to us for our dogs to feel protected in a situation where they felt their resources were being threatened.

Oh, ouch! She would have learned the hard way why you wanted them separated. And cleaning up after? I hope your couch pillows survived! It's good to see things worked out. My roommate is doing good, we talked and he's all about what is in the best interest of both dogs. I almost feel bad for his poor husky, it's a brand new house with people she's never seen before, in another dog's territory, and her owner gone at work for most of the evening. She must be so stressed.

He doesn't close her in his room because he said whenever he took her to someone else's place & closed her in a room, she howled incessantly and tore up the door frame/carpet. It's an apartment.. unfortunately door frames aren't a luxury I can afford to let get chewed and scratched. Plus we're still working around having both dogs be QUIET.. although our apartment has no adjacent walls, we WILL have noise complaints if the dogs are loud. My dog doesn't make much noise but his is the most vocal dog I've ever met. Every command, scritch, pet, want, or feeling this dog feels is expressed in whines, yodels, mumbles, grumbles, and long "mauwowowow" noises. (i shouldn't encourage it, but i love a dog that has some pizazz!) I've already watched her bark at the door because her owner left. If it were Diaz I'd have no problem getting her to be quiet, but she isn't my dog and she doesn't know me yet, so I'm not sure how to remedy it except for time and patience.

Again thanks for the great responses. He and I worked things out and agree to come across every issue as we see it for the best interest of the animals. My main concern was my sugar gliders - I keep them in my room and although I wouldn't say I trust my dog unsupervised near the cage his dog has already tried to paw the door open and she's forbidden from my room.