so, i have moved about 13 times total since i started college in 04. It has been crazy. iI have always moved with cats and/or rabbits, but i only moved once with a dog, and that was Bart when he was 4 months old.
Now, well, i have quite a few dogs. I am only moving a few blocks away, and do plan to walk them from here to the new house when they go for the first time instead of driving them, but do any of you all have tips for moving with a whole pack of dogs?
What about the transition time with crates?
i will be walking them, so i will either have to take the crates first, or after, but eitherway, that will mean they will be loose in the house for only a few minutes, but should i lock them all in one room, all in separate rooms????
what behaviors do i need to look out for with the move? I know with my cats, i can expect them to be pissy for a while, to pout and pee on everything. What about the dogs?
If your dogs are accustomed to crates, I would move them when you move your furniture by truck. Having moved with multiple dogs on more than one occasion they have always accepted the new home easily because no matter what, they still have their crates. If you are dead set on not moving them by truck, do you have one dog that is more trustworthy than the others? Move a crate, and that one trustworthy dog loose, then bring each dog, then another crate, then another dog, etc. Better to be safe than sorry.
So far as the cats peeing on things... that wouldn't last here! I would confine said kitties to a bathroom with a litterbox and food while the move is in progress and acclimate them from there.
i could move them by truck, i just remember reading in cesars way that if you are moving within walking distance, to make the first time your dogs go to their new home by walking there. It was a "packs migrate to find new homes" kind of thing, which makes sense to me, but if i can't do it, i won't.
haha, the cats peeing was pre-neuter. My last move was after they got fixed, and no one marked. Thankfully.
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I do what CM says about taking a new dog to my house: We walk first, and then we walk to my house.
But what Deanna says about the crates makes a ton of sense for a move like this.
Also, I just want to remind you that on that day, the dogs need to be securely contained. 100%. It's not yet home to them, and it's a chaotic day, and a hundred other factors that spell "lost dog" or "runaway dog," who doesn't even know how to get back yet, if he wanted to. If at all possible, I'd assign one person who has zero packing/moving duties that day except for the dogs (potty, feeding, etc.).
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If at all possible, I'd assign one person who has zero packing/moving duties that day except for the dogs (potty, feeding, etc.).
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